1985
1 GB of memory cost $1 million,
and it was non-volatile.
Computer memory increases by a factor of 4 every 18 months.
1997
1 GB of memory will cost $1 thousand,
and it will be volatile.
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1
4
16
64
264
1,056
MegaBytes of
Memory per
$1,000.
Time
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