Wow. It took practically forever to have 500GB and 1TB HDDs.. and in only a few years, we'll have 512GB SSDs... too bad they won't be in the same price bracket for another decade or two.
I wouldn't talk about 10-20 years time in computing if I were you. the advances between 1988-2008 were almost unthinkable - not only that but the RATE of advance is ever increasing... It's been predicted that between 2030-2050, we'll have AI at human level (or greater).
Yeah, I think it's better to measure growth starting from those 16MB smartmedia cards or something. It's gone this far this quickly just because there's been a tipping point of commercial viability, the tech's mostly been there for a while.
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Ignatius @ Apr 23rd 2008 9:54PM
Wow. It took practically forever to have 500GB and 1TB HDDs.. and in only a few years, we'll have 512GB SSDs... too bad they won't be in the same price bracket for another decade or two.
Leo @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:18PM
I wouldn't talk about 10-20 years time in computing if I were you. the advances between 1988-2008 were almost unthinkable - not only that but the RATE of advance is ever increasing... It's been predicted that between 2030-2050, we'll have AI at human level (or greater).
Ethan @ Apr 23rd 2008 10:49PM
Yeah, I think it's better to measure growth starting from those 16MB smartmedia cards or something. It's gone this far this quickly just because there's been a tipping point of commercial viability, the tech's mostly been there for a while.
AutoTom @ Apr 24th 2008 12:07AM
not to mention the same preformance for another.. several more decades after that