Sony and Seagate to Increase HDD Capacity to 30TB, Aim to Meet Growing Data Center Demands
Sony and Seagate to Increase HDD Capacity to 30TB, Aim to Meet Growing Data Center Demands
Sony Group Corp (NYSE:SONY) is set to significantly enhance Hard Disk Drive (HDD) capacities through the mass production of laser diodes, a move poised to meet the growing demands of data centers worldwide.
索尼集团公司（纽约证券交易所代码：SONY）将通过批量生产激光二极管来显著提高硬盘驱动器（HDD）的容量，此举有望满足全球数据中心不断增长的需求。
Starting in May, Sony Semiconductor Solutions, in collaboration with Seagate Technology Holdings Plc (NASDAQ:STX) from the U.S., will manufacture these advanced diodes for use in 3.5-inch HDDs capable of storing 30 terabytes of data—double the capacity of current models.
从5月开始，索尼半导体解决方案将与美国希捷科技控股有限公司（纳斯达克股票代码：STX）合作，生产这些先进的二极管，用于能够存储30 TB数据的3.5英寸硬盘，是当前型号容量的两倍。
To accommodate this innovative technology, Sony plans to invest approximately 5 billion yen ($33 million) into expanding its facilities in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and Thailand, Nikkei Asia reports.
日经亚洲报道，为了适应这项创新技术，索尼计划投资约50亿日元（合3,300万美元），扩建其在宫城县、日本和泰国的设施。
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This technological advancement is characterized by its unprecedented precision, enabling lasers to target areas as minute as one-millionth of a millimeter on the disk's surface.
这种技术进步的特点是其前所未有的精度，使激光器能够瞄准圆盘表面微至百万分之一毫米的区域。
Heating the storage area to 400 degrees or higher allows for denser data packing, significantly expanding the HDD's storage capabilities.
将存储区域加热到 400 度或更高可以实现更密集的数据打包，从而显著扩展硬盘的存储能力。
This breakthrough comes at a crucial time, as the rise of startups and companies investing in generative artificial intelligence fuels an exponential increase in data center demand.
这一突破发生在关键时刻，投资生成式人工智能的初创企业和公司的崛起推动了数据中心需求的指数级增长。
Research firm Statista projects global data generation to surge to 181 zettabytes by 2025, a 90% increase from 2022.
研究公司Statista预计，到2025年，全球数据生成量将激增至181泽字节，比2022年增长90％。
However, their substantial land and electricity requirements hinder the expansion of data centers.
但是，它们大量的土地和电力需求阻碍了数据中心的扩展。
Sony's laser diode technology presents a solution to these challenges, promising to double data storage capacity without increasing space and cutting electricity consumption by about 40%, thus supporting the sustainable growth of data centers in the face of escalating data needs.
索尼的激光二极管技术为这些挑战提供了解决方案，有望在不增加空间的情况下将数据存储容量增加一倍，并将电力消耗减少约40％，从而在面对不断增长的数据需求时支持数据中心的可持续增长。
This week, Sony reported third-quarter FY23 sales growth of 22% year-on-year to $25.34 billion, beating the consensus of $24.62 billion.
本周，索尼报告称，23财年第三季度销售额同比增长22％，达到253.4亿美元，超过了预期的246.2亿美元。
Adjusted EPS of $1.99 beat the consensus of $1.65. It also shared plans to list its financial arm in October 2025.
调整后的每股收益为1.99美元，超过了市场普遍预期的1.65美元。它还分享了在2025年10月上市其财务部门的计划。
On Friday, Macquarie analyst Damian Thong downgraded Sony from Outperform to Neutral.
周五，麦格理分析师达米安·通将索尼的评级从跑赢大盘下调至中性。
Price Action: SONY shares traded lower by 2.34% at $89.84 premarket on the last check Friday.
价格走势：索尼股价在周五的最后一次盘前交易中下跌2.34％，至89.84美元。
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