Western Digital has been pursuing RISC-V technology. The company intends to incorporate an open source RISC core (SwerVE) into a new generation of controllers (for HDDs as well as SSDs). This will enable special purpose processing capabilities in future HDDs and SSDs, perhaps enabling computational storage in these devices. To read more, please visit: https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomcoughlin/2018/12/21/digital-storage-projections-for-2019-part-1/#4a6803654428.]]>