Toshiba has announced that it is the first company in the hard disk storage space to “verify 12-disk stacking technology.” Rivals currently aren’t able to squeeze more than 10 platters in their 3.5-inch HDDs. Thanks to this latest innovation, Toshiba expects to be able to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://news.toshiba.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2025/Toshiba-First-in-Industry-to-Verify-12-Disk-Stacking-Technology-for-Hard-Drives/default.aspx” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://news.toshiba.com/press-releases/press-release-details/2025/Toshiba-First-in-Industry-to-Verify-12-Disk-Stacking-Technology-for-Hard-Drives/default.aspx” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>commercialize 40TB HDDs for data centers as early as 2027.
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Turn it up to 11? This one goes to 12.
How did Toshiba manage to add 20% more platters to the confines of a standard 3.5-inch form factor drive? The answer is, of course,…

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