Seagate Launches the FireCuda Forge, Powered by New Alkemi Intelligent Platform to Deliver Both SSD-Grade Responsiveness and HDD Capacity

The 8TB and 20TB configurations start at $699 and $899, respectively, and require a user-provided NVMe SSD.

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Alkemi’s dynamic-caching technology prioritizes recent and frequently accessed data on a user-provided SSD while storing high-value, foundational content on a high-capacity hard drive.

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Seagate Technology Holdings plc (NASDAQ: STX), a mass-capacity data storage leader, today introduced the Seagate® FireCuda™ Forge drive, representing the first Seagate hard drive powered by the Alkemi™ intelligent storage platform. With Alkemi, the FireCuda Forge combines solid-state drive (SSD) responsiveness and hard disk drive (HDD) capacity in a single drive, using adaptive intelligence to give gamers and creators the speed and space they need without added complexity.

A new platform for a new reality

From massive game libraries and 4K video to AI-powered animation, people are creating, working with, and keeping more data than ever. IDC projects annual global data generation will more than triple, from 218 zettabytes in 2025 to more than 718 zettabytes by 2030.¹ As digital libraries expand, consumers need fast access to active content and the capacity to preserve growing collections.

Engineered to improve with use, the Alkemi dynamic-caching technology learns how data is used in real-time and automatically prioritizes frequently accessed content from a user's SSD, while ensuring the HDD provides capacity for larger libraries. The result brings intelligent data tiering from the data center to the desktop, dynamically caching data based on activity patterns, to deliver fast and easy access without users having to manage where their data lives.

“For years, external storage has forced users to choose: speed or scale. Forge is built on the idea that they shouldn’t have to,” said Lance Ohara, VP of Edge IoT Marketing at Seagate. “Powered by our new Alkemi technology, it combines the responsiveness users want with the storage capacity they need in one intelligently managed system to give gamers and creators the best of both worlds.”

FireCuda Forge is the first product to deliver the Alkemi experience, combining a user's NVMe SSD with the Forge's high-capacity HDD to onboard processing in a single box. Seagate engineers designed the FireCuda Forge to provide fast, seamless access to the content people use most, while offering the capacity to keep more of what matters, whether gaming, streaming, creating or managing everyday digital life.

Product highlights

• First product build on the Alkemi platform: Alkemi learns and adapts over time to keep high-demand content fast and accessible on a user’s SSD, while the HDD provides space for growing libraries. Behind the scenes, Alkemi manages data placement, giving users the simplicity of a single storage drive.
• Performance for demanding workflows: Up to 2,500MB/s read and 2,000MB/s write performance.
• Choice and expandability: The FireCuda Forge contains an upgradeable HDD, and users select and provide their own NVMe SSD that is required for operational compatibility.
• High-bandwidth connectivity: USB4 supports gaming and creator workflows on compatible systems.
• Platform support: Designed to support Windows 11 and macOS 26 and above.

Availability:

The FireCuda Forge is available now through the Seagate on-line store and authorized partners in 8TB and 20TB configurations, starting at $699 (8TB) and $899 (20TB). Product availability may vary by market.

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For more information, please reference the FireCuda Forge landing page.

About Seagate Technology

Seagate (NASDAQ: STX) is a pioneer in mass-capacity data storage, accelerating ability to harness the full value of data. Our portfolio of advanced storage solutions helps hyperscale cloud providers, enterprises, and consumers protect, create and manage the data that powers their transformation and growth. For more than 45 years, Seagate has driven breakthrough innovations that bring sustainable, high-performance storage to the world at-scale. Learn more at www.seagate.com, and follow us on LinkedIn, YouTube, X and Facebook.

©2026 Seagate Technology LLC. All rights reserved. Seagate, Seagate Technology, FireCuda, and the Spiral logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Seagate Technology LLC in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. When referring to drive capacity, one gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes, one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes, and one exabyte, or EB, equals one quintillion bytes.

¹ IDC's Global DataSphere Forecast, 2026–2030 (June 2026, Doc #US53425426)

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Source: Seagate Technology Holdings plc

Key Terms

nvme ssd technical

A NVMe SSD is a solid-state drive that stores data on flash memory and communicates with a computer over the PCI Express (PCIe) bus using the NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) protocol. NVMe is designed for high parallelism and low latency, so these drives deliver much higher throughput and faster response times than older SATA-based SSDs, but actual speed and endurance depend on the device's controller, number of PCIe lanes, and the type of flash memory used.

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