Seagate begins work on NVMe HDDs for cost-effective AI workloads

Forward-looking: Hard disk drive technology dates back to the 1950s and still relies on decades-old I/O standards. Seagate plans to usher hard drives into a PCIe-based future – a shift driven by the growing demand for faster storage in artificial intelligence training and inferencing, particularly in massive, energy-hungry data centers. Seagate recently introduced a novel approach to HDD development and evolution, bringing magnetic storage and NVMe together in a new storage technology. The manufacturer wants to simplify and improve data storage for AI companies by providing a significantly cheaper solution than solid-state drives. Hard disk drives will never reach the same performance level as SSDs, but Seagate says it can improve them for more efficient use in next-gen data centers. The company is pioneering a "transformational" solution by adding NVMe compatibility to high-capacity hard drives. Seagate explained that by adopting the PCIe-based protocol, NVMe hard drives could elim ... Read full article.