Evolution Of Storage: From HDDs To Resistive RAMs

By analyst Chris Burniske

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on October 27, 2014 at 4:06 pm

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The Evolution Of Storage: From HDD Drives To Resistive RAM
In 1956 when IBM shipped the world’s first HDD, it cost $59,095/MB in 2013 dollars, and in 1988 Intel shipped its first flash memory chip for an inflation adjusted $1,260/MB. Today the latest evolution of storage, resistive RAM, sells for $34.50/MB, a much more affordable starting point. As shown, given the inflation adjusted price histories of HDD and flash memory, RRAM will not stay at $34.50/MB for long.