Data storage & retrieval then and now

Storage cost of 1 GB:

1980 $438K
1985 $105K
1990 $11K
2000 $11
2005 $1
2012 $0.1
2014 $0.03
2016 FREE
15 GB —Google
10 GB —Box
5 GB - Amazon

[both photos at the same place]

1957: 13 men deliver one computer

2016: 13 computers can be held with one hand pic.twitter.com/tnT7diSxWU

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) December 30, 2016

Comment: HT ValaAfshar

5 megabytes of memory in 1956 weighed a ton and cost $3,200 pic.twitter.com/rLRpyx1Lyk

— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) September 24, 2016