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Freddie Williams and Tom Kilburn created the first high speed, electronic memory. It stored bits as dots on the screen's surface, and the information was constantly refreshed.
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Jay Forrester made the first magnetic memory core, and introduced the Intel 1103 DRAM.
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Robert H. Norman made the first calculator to use MOS to use logic and memory, and it could preform many functions. However, it was a limited product and was expensive.
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David Paul Gregg invented the laser disc and it used better audio and video quality, but only a few people could afford the discs.
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Fujio Masuoka invented the flash memory for Toshiba, but they did not reward his work. Instead he quit Toshiba and became a professor at Tohoku University.
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David Paul Gregg made the optical disc and it had better uses and could be rewritten a million times. It was better than the laser disc because it would heat up and get damaged
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Companies used the disc mainly in the film industry, and it had better audio and video quality.
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Dov Moran created the USB Flash Drive and it could be used for data storage and transferring memory to other devices.
