Helldivers 2 dev explains why the PC version takes a million years to update and has 3X the filesize of the console versions: old, undemocratic hard drives

Brendan Armstrong is a deputy technical director at Arrowhead Game Studios and has taken to the Helldivers 2 subreddit to ...

Blame HDDs.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios still doesn't have a solution for the shooter's groaning installation size on PC — ...
Rock Paper Shotgun

Why does Helldivers 2 have such a bloated install size on PC? Old hard drives, says dev

Helldivers 2 devs Arrowhead have finally explained why its PC version is so full of storage-hogging duplicate assets: it's ...
New Atlas

High-density hard drive packed with graphene stores 10 times the data

In a HDD, data is written onto fast-spinning platters by a moving magnetic head. Special layers called carbon-based overcoats (COCs) protect these platters from mechanical damage and corrosion during ...
Singularity Hub

This Molecular ‘Hard Drive’ Stores Information in Plastic

Like DNA hard drives, the approach could lock the world's data down for the long haul—if researchers can make it practical. We have a data storage problem. This year, the world’s storage needs will ...
Computer Weekly

HDD specs: Assess SATA vs SAS, sustained data rates and block size

Hard disk drive (HDD) capacity and price are not the only ways to determine the choice of drive deployed. Other specifications such as connection protocol, energy efficiency and even how drives write ...
TechSpot

Western Digital's upcoming 26TB HDD can store a whopping 2.6TB per platter

Bottom line: WD recently announced a slew of storage products, and the Ultrastar-branded 26TB DC HC670 and 22TB DC HC570 take the lead when it comes to HDD data storage and areal density. Closing in ...