Seagate Launches FireCuda Forge Hybrid Storage Powered by Alkemi Platform
Seagate has announced the FireCuda Forge, a new external storage solution designed to bridge the gap between high-capacity hard drives and high-speed SSDs. Utilizing the company's new Alkemi intelligent storage platform, the device uses machine learning to dynamically relocate frequently accessed data from a traditional hard drive to a user-provided NVMe SSD, presenting both as a single unified drive. The FireCuda Forge is available in 8TB and 20TB configurations, priced at $699 and $899 respectively. Notably, the product requires users to supply their own NVMe SSD, which may increase total ownership costs during current memory shortages. The device supports read speeds up to 2,500MB/s and write speeds of 2,000MB/s on compatible Windows 11 or macOS systems.
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