Technology Disruption Drivers = Rising & Cheaper Compute Power + Storage Capacity... Storage Price vs. Hard Drive Capacity $1,000 of Computer Equipment 10000GB $10,000,000 1.E+10 1.E+09 Pentium II PC $1,000,000 1.E+08 1000GB 1.E+07 ity $100,000 c 1.E+06 Sun 1 100GB 1.E+05 ond $10,000 c Capa e 1.E+04 S ge 10GB r 1.E+03 $1,000 ra BINAC pe 1.E+02 to per GB IBM 1130 S 1.E+01 $100 e ce 1GB tions 1.E+00 Pri Driv ula1.E-01 $10 c 0.1GB 0GB 1.E-02 Cal Hard $1 1.E-03 IBM Tabulator 1.E-04 0.01GB 0GB $0 $0.1 1.E-05 Analytical Engine 1.E-06 0.001GB 0GB $0 $0.01 1.E-07 1956 1987 2017 1900 1925 1950 1975 2000 2025 Price Per GB Capacity Source: John McCallum @ IDC, David Rosenthal @ LOCKSS Program – Stanford): Kryder’s Law. Time + Ray Kurzweil analysis of multiple sources, including Gwennap (1996), Kempt (1961) and others. Note: All figures shown on logarithmic scale. 145