Disk storage is eight billion times cheaper than in 1956
Original title: The price of computer storage has fallen exponentially since the 1950s · Our World in Data · 21 May 2024
What does the data say about the price of computer storage has fallen exponentially?
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So what
A laptop's 256 GB drive would have cost about $20 billion in 1950s hardware. When a core input falls this fast, business models built on storing everything become viable. The lesson for strategists: price curves, not product launches, signal which markets will open next.
- Data sources
- John C. McCallum; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Authors
- Edouard Mathieu
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