Quite - I'm not aware that Moore said anything about the density of magnetic storage! Kryder's law is mentioned here: http://www.mattscomputertrends.com/harddrives.html
Also, this is old but may be relevant (the projections don't seem to be more than an order of magnitude off the mark, if that): http://www.oblomovka.com/entries/2002/12/04#1039028640 Rhys 2009/9/3 Alex Mace <[email protected]>: > Hmm, not sure it doesn't doesn't Moore's law actually say that the density > of transistors will double every 18 months? > Alex > On 3 Sep 2009, at 09:08, Brian Butterworth wrote: > > Very nice. You could store 29 days of everything transitted on Freeview (23 > after switchover). > Moore's law says you're going to get it in a 36TB in a single drive in five > years though... > 2009/9/2 Ian Forrester <[email protected]> >> >> http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build- >> cheap-cloud-storage/ >> >> Found via Frank Wales, >> >> I'm amazed, but this amazed me when I first saw it too - >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs >> >> Secret[] Private[] Public[x] >> >> Ian Forrester >> Senior Backstage Producer, BBC R&D >> 01612444063 | 07711913293 >> [email protected] >> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please >> visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > -- > > Brian Butterworth > > follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist > web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover > advice, since 2002 > > - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
