For my first job where I regularly used a computer, I noted one day that the 10 MB hard drive on my PC wasn't going to be big enough to hold the database I was creating for our client. My boss then went out and bought me a 20 MB external hard drive. I was the envy of the office. It measured 14x25x29 cm. (I just went out to my garage and measured it.)
I wonder where it will top out? Terrabytes? Petabytes?
I notice we have pretty much topped out in processor speed ~3Ghz. For most of the 70's through the 90's we were following Moore's law. Well, actually, his law states that the number of transistors in a processor would double every 18 months. As a result, we were doubling speed as well. For my first 3 computer upgrades, I went up on processor speed by a factor of 10 each time.
My first hard drive was 10 MB. I see this one has 450 GB and at Best Buy they have Terrabyte drives for under $100.
I wonder how things will be different in another 40 years? Of course, I had better be around to make the comparison!
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Date: Sunday, 21 March 2010 08:35 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: Sunday, 21 March 2010 09:58 (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: Sunday, 21 March 2010 13:10 (UTC)I wonder where it will top out? Terrabytes? Petabytes?
I notice we have pretty much topped out in processor speed ~3Ghz. For most of the 70's through the 90's we were following Moore's law. Well, actually, his law states that the number of transistors in a processor would double every 18 months. As a result, we were doubling speed as well. For my first 3 computer upgrades, I went up on processor speed by a factor of 10 each time.
My first hard drive was 10 MB. I see this one has 450 GB and at Best Buy they have Terrabyte drives for under $100.
I wonder how things will be different in another 40 years? Of course, I had better be around to make the comparison!
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Date: Sunday, 21 March 2010 17:34 (UTC)And I can't wait to see what else changes either!
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