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1970 IBM system 370 Model 145 Mainframe Computer
companies first semi-conductor memory computer model 145 stored an equal amount of data in half the space compared to computers using to core memories -
1970 Amdahl First Product
470V6 was the corporations first product and ran the same software as IBM system 370 computers. They costed less and were smaller -
1981 Sony's 3 1/2 inch Floppy Drive Diskettes
First floppy disk by Sony -
1984 Digital Equipment Corporations: Compac Tape
Compac tape replaced DEC tape and evolved into digital linear tape -
1990 Hard Disk Drive
IBM 9345 was first hard disk drive to use Magneto-restrictive head and bits could be stored more densely -
1995 DVD's
DVD format was introduced and had a huge increase in storage capacity compared to compact disk -
2000 USB flashdrive
The drive consisted of a flash memory encased in a form factory container, it was used for data storage and backing up files to other devices -
2003 Blu-ray
blu-ray was designed to store high definition video it held 1080p compared to dvd's 480p -
2006 Wii
Nintendo Wii introduces new games and controllers. The controllers were much better with physical movements. Plus it's a lot of fun -
2008 MacBook Air is out
The first ultra-notebook, it was made with many different technologies to make it light-weight, fast, and have a long lasting battery
