SD Cards : From 16MB to 16GB in 7 years
I read a blog post on Engadget today about Panasonic’s latest Secure Digital (SD) card, a 16GB SDHC. That really got my thinking about my first ever SD card, which was a 16MB Panasonic that I received free with my Palm m505 in 2000. At the time, 16MB seemed more than enough for all my photos and ebooks. 16GB these days will get quickly filled up with movies and large files.
It’s amazing how fast flash memory capacities have increased in just 7 short years. The jump from 16MB to 16GB is 1,000 times. I am still amazed today on just how convenient the SD card format is. I like the balance between capacity and physical size. I have MicroSD cards which are smaller than my thumbnail for my Nokia phone, but I’ve never really been comfortable with that.
Imagine 7 more years down the road, when we’d have 16 terabytes of data in one SD card!
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