Evolution of Flash Drives

By brennongoetz

  • The Begining

    The Begining
    Flash memory was invented by Toshiba
    The name was derived from the way the memory was erased, which was reminiscent of a camera "flash".

  • The relese

    the first commercial flash drive was released by Intel in 1988. (i bet toshiba was mad)

  • 8gigs :)

    The IBM 8MB USB memory key became available on December 15, 2000.

  • XBOX 360 meets the FLASH DRIVE

    XboxLIVE sent out an update the allows flash drives to be compatible with the xbox 360

  • todays technologies

    now the great flash drives are here the Kingston - DataTraveler HyperX 256 GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive (if someone got me this i love you long time)

  • Citation

    "Evolution of USB/Flash Drives." Evolution of USB/Flash Drives. N.p., n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2012. http://www.usbdirect.com.au/about-usb-drives/history-of-the-usb-mainmenu-29. Fleming, Ryan. "Xbox 360 Updates Allow USB Flash Drive Support." Digital Trends. Digitaltrends.com, n.d. Web. 25 Sept. 2012. http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/xbox-360-updates-allow-usb-flash-drive-support/.