Thailand’s BOI approves WD project to develop HAMR hard drives

Thailand’s Board of Investment (BoI) has approved a THB2.3 billion (US$73.81 million) research and development project for WD’s Thai unit, Western Digital Storage Technology (Thailand) Co, to advance heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technology to produce hard disk drives (HDDs) exceeding 100TB by 2029, according to reports from the Bangkok Post, Kaohoon and National Thailand.

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Pentagon’s brief blacklist reversal could ease US OEM access to Chinese memory suppliers, complicating Trump-Xi summit dynamics

Pentagon’s brief blacklist reversal could ease US OEM access to Chinese memory suppliers, complicating Trump-Xi summit dynamicsWith President Donald Trump set to visit China in just over a month, the US Department of War’s recent listing and rapid retraction of several Chinese firms has intensified tensions and exposed internal contradictions within the administration.

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