Seagate already presented storage volume of 8 TB, but the description of their characteristics have been added to the producer site only recently , and the actual delivery of a wide range of consumers will start only in the next quarter.
First of all, Seagate believes the technology used by competitors increase the recording density using helium filling storage body is too expensive for mass use, and therefore is not going to follow the example of WD . All future Seagate drives will work without helium. In particular, in the next year the market will drive volume 10 TB containing six platters. It will be limited to technology tile magnetic recording (SMR).
The next year, Seagate also promises to show a prototype hard disk magnetic recording using heating technology. The flow of this technology will allow it to further increase the recording density by 20-30% per year. In addition to the introduction of the heating area of the plate with a laser.