This 1961-era 1MB hard drive is too small to hold this picture.
This 28MB IBM 1301 machine cost $110,000 and weighed half a ton.
And now you have this to carry around in your pocket.
Go here:
http://www.jcmit.com/flashprice.htm
Can you compose a simple rule about prices over time?
Data copied here:
| X | Y | Year | Month | Sales Company | Manufacturer | Size | Size | Cost |
| date | US$/MB | MBytes | US$ | |||||
| 2003.17 | 0.258 | 2003 | 25-Mar | NewEgg.com | Samsung | 128MB Flash | 128 | 33 |
| 2003.58 | 0.191 | 2003 | 19-Aug | NewEgg.com | Dana-Elec | 256MB Flash | 256 | 49 |
| 2003.75 | 0.219 | 2003 | 1-Oct | NewEgg.com | Delkin | 256MB Flash | 256 | 56 |
| 2004 | 0.191 | 2004 | Jan | pcclub.com | Simpletech | 256MB Flash | 256 | 49 |
| 2004.17 | 0.238 | 2004 | 16-Mar | NewEgg.com | SanDisk | 256MB Flash | 256 | 61 |
| 2004.33 | 0.266 | 2004 | 4-May | NewEgg.com | SanDisk | 256MB Flash | 256 | 68 |
| 2004.42 | 0.223 | 2004 | 8-Jun | NewEgg.com | SanDisk | 256MB Flash | 256 | 57 |
| 2005.5 | 0.0762 | 2005 | July | Crucial.com | Crucial | 512MB Flash | 512 | 38.99 |
| 2006.33 | 0.0219 | 2006 | 25-May | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 2GB Flash | 2048 | 43.98 |
| 2006.67 | 0.0156 | 2006 | 1-Sep | NewEgg.com | Patriot | 4GB Flash | 4096 | 63.99 |
| 2006.83 | 0.0146 | 2006 | 25-Nov | NewEgg.com | PNY | 2GB Flash | 2048 | 29.98 |
| 2007 | 0.0122 | 2007 | 28-Jan | NewEgg.com | Wintec | 4GB Flash | 4096 | 49.98 |
| 2007.17 | 0.0104 | 2007 | 15-Mar | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 8GB Flash | 8192 | 84.98 |
| 2007.33 | 0.0105 | 2007 | 7-May | NewEgg.com | Kingston | 2GB Flash | 2048 | 21.58 |
| 2007.5 | 0.00976 | 2007 | 9-Jul | NewEgg.com | R-Data | 4GB Flash | 4096 | 39.98 |
| 2007.67 | 0.00805 | 2007 | 30-Sep | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 4GB Flash | 4096 | 32.98 |
| 2007.75 | 0.00763 | 2007 | 16-Oct | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 124.98 |
| 2007.83 | 0.00732 | 2007 | 10-Nov | NewEgg.com | Corsair | 8GB Flash | 4096 | 29.99 |
| 2007.92 | 0.00763 | 2007 | 5-Dec | NewEgg.com | Corsair | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 124.99 |
| 2008 | 0.00458 | 2008 | 18-Jan | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 74.98 |
| 2008.08 | 0.00463 | 2008 | 20-Feb | NewEgg.com | PQi | 4GB Flash | 4096 | 18.98 |
| 2008.33 | 0.00415 | 2008 | 18-May | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 67.98 |
| 2008.5 | 0.00354 | 2008 | 7-Jul | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 57.98 |
| 2008.58 | 0.00305 | 2008 | 21-Aug | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 49.98 |
| 2008.67 | 0.00311 | 2008 | 25-Sep | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 50.98 |
| 2008.83 | 0.00183 | 2008 | 14-Nov | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 32768 | 59.99 |
| 2008.92 | 0.00214 | 2008 | 14-Dec | NewEgg.com | Corsair | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 69.99 |
| 2009 | 0.00162 | 2009 | 19-Jan | NewEgg.com | OCZ | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 26.49 |
| 2009.08 | 0.00168 | 2009 | 14-Feb | NewEgg.com | HP | 8GB Flash | 8192 | 13.75 |
| 2009.25 | 0.00204 | 2009 | 3-Apr | NewEgg.com | Patriot | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 133.99 |
| 2009.42 | 0.00214 | 2009 | 3-Jun | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 34.99 |
| 2009.5 | 0.00195 | 2009 | 2-Jul | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 31.99 |
| 2009.58 | 0.00177 | 2009 | 20-Aug | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 57.99 |
| 2009.75 | 0.00214 | 2009 | 7-Oct | NewEgg.com | Corsair | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 34.99 |
| 2009.92 | 0.00226 | 2009 | 12-Dec | NewEgg.com | A-Data | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 36.99 |
| 2010 | 0.00244 | 2010 | 15-Jan | NewEgg.com | Corsair | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 79.99 |
| 2010.08 | 0.00226 | 2010 | 11-Feb | NewEgg.com | Lexar | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 36.99 |
| 2010.17 | 0.00244 | 2010 | 10-Mar | NewEgg.com | HP | 8GB Flash | 8192 | 19.99 |
| 2010.33 | 0.00201 | 2010 | 9-May | NewEgg.com | PNY | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 32.99 |
| 2010.5 | 0.00193 | 2010 | 25-Jul | NewEgg.com | Kingston | 8GB Flash | 8192 | 15.85 |
| 2010.58 | 0.00176 | 2010 | 26-Aug | NewEgg.com | Lexar | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 28.85 |
| 2010.75 | 0.00177 | 2010 | 7-Oct | NewEgg.com | Kingston | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 28.99 |
| 2010.83 | 0.00146 | 2010 | 16-Nov | NewEgg.com | OCZ | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 23.99 |
| 2010.92 | 0.00119 | 2010 | 10-Dec | NewEgg.com | Patriot | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 38.99 |
| 2011 | 0.001403 | 2011 | 21-Jan | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 22.99 |
| 2011.08 | 0.001251 | 2011 | 12-Feb | NewEgg.com | Verbatim | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 40.98 |
| 2011.33 | 0.001342 | 2011 | 6-May | NewEgg.com | Patriot | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 21.99 |
| 2011.42 | 0.001219 | 2011 | 22-Jun | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 19.98 |
| 2011.67 | 0.001007 | 2011 | 2-Sep | NewEgg.com | Team | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 32.99 |
| 2011.75 | 0.001037 | 2011 | 17-Oct | NewEgg.com | Verbatim | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 16.99 |
| 2012 | 0.000824 | 2012 | 12-Jan | NewEgg.com | Corsair | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 26.99 |
| 2012.08 | 0.000824 | 2012 | 13-Feb | NewEgg.com | Team | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 26.99 |
| 2012.25 | 0.000793 | 2012 | 8-Apr | NewEgg.com | Team | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 25.99 |
| 2012.33 | 0.000702 | 2012 | 24-May | NewEgg.com | HP | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 22.99 |
| 2012.58 | 0.00058 | 2012 | 20-Aug | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 18.99 |
| 2012.62 | 0.00061 | 2012 | 21-Sep | NewEgg.com | Kingston | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 9.99 |
| 2012.83 | 0.00061 | 2012 | 17-Nov | NewEgg.com | Kingston | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 9.99 |
| 2013 | 0.000458 | 2013 | 17-Jan | NewEgg.com | DNY | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 26.99 |
| 2013.08 | 0.000518 | 2013 | 23-Feb | NewEgg.com | Lexar | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 16.99 |
| 2013.33 | 0.00058 | 2013 | 18-May | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 37.98 |
| 2013.42 | 0.000564 | 2013 | 30-Jun | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 36.98 |
| 2013.58 | 0.000564 | 2013 | 9-Aug | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 36.98 |
| 2013.62 | 0.000564 | 2013 | 7-Sep | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 36.98 |
| 2013.75 | 0.000534 | 2013 | 16-Oct | NewEgg.com | Centon | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 34.98 |
| 2013.83 | 0.000542 | 2013 | 10-Nov | NewEgg.com | Centon | 128GB Flash | 131072 | 70.98 |
| 2013.92 | 0.000548 | 2013 | 23-Dec | NewEgg.com | AData | 16GB Flash | 16384 | 8.98 |
| 2014.08 | 0.000457 | 2014 | 8-Feb | NewEgg.com | Transcend | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 14.98 |
| 2014.17 | 0.000473 | 2014 | 13-Mar | NewEgg.com | Team | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 30.98 |
| 2014.25 | 0.000366 | 2014 | 10-Apr | NewEgg.com | Silicon Power | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 11.99 |
| 2014.42 | 0.000389 | 2014 | 19-Jun | NewEgg.com | PNY | 128GB | 131072 | 50.98 |
| 2014.58 | 0.000335 | 2014 | 2-Aug | NewEgg.com | Adata | 32GB Flash | 32768 | 10.98 |
| 2014.67 | 0.000345 | 2014 | 13-Sep | NewEgg.com | Silicon Power | 64GB Flash | 65536 | 22.58 |
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