HAMR reliability is largely a material science problem. An NFT made of gold required for optic properties with a melting point of 1,000C, in a device that thermally cycles up to 500C. Repeated laser heating cycles softens and deforms the NFT peg until it no longer works. Nothing's every going to change for reliability until the material science issue is solved. I know other materials are being investigated but no real alternatives have emerged to date. You can put all the fancy error proofing firmware you want on to try to fake reliability but it's not going really fix the fundamental problem. So has Seagate fixed the material science issue yet? If not, it's not going to work. It's that simple.
Post ID @2kli+1jqlI7oR . I agree with every word. The question is whether the company will manage to solve this issue or not?