Events
Glass Optical Storage
(1884)Wire Recording
(1888)First magnetic tape drive
(1951)Magnetic tape reader/recorder
(1952)IBM disk storage computer
capacity of 932000 32 bit wordsFirst use of virtual memory
(1962)8-inch floppy disk
(1971)5.25-inch floppy disk (1.2MB)First 5MB hard disk
(1980)IBM 3380 (20GB)
(1980)CD-ROM
(1983)CD-R
(1990)Seagate Barracuda
7200RPM driveCommercial USB drives
(2000)3TB external HD
(2010)Blu-Ray
(2003)DVD
(1995)DVD-R
(1997)DVD-RW
(1999)DVD+RW
(2001)DVD+R
(2002)CD-RW
(1997)Semiconductor ROM chips
(1965)Magnetic tape used for audio
(1927)Williams-Kilburn Tube
(1947)DRAM
(1966)NOR flashNAND flash
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