Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Moore's Law gives birth to yet another Monster - SD Card!

Just think how many Cat Videos you can store on this monster of a Card!   You will no longer need the hairballs to be considered a crazy cat person!!

“Just a few short years ago the idea of a 1TB capacity point in an SD card seemed so futuristic..." –  said Sam Nicholson, CEO of Stargate Studios

I find his shock to be a bit on the humorous given the speed at which the memory industry has made leaps and bounds from the day I bought my first 1GB SD Card less than ten years ago.  The fact that is so very clear to me as I type this short review. of the announcement by WD that they have broken the 1TB barrier.  We all know that now that they have done so that the other manufacturers will follow suit.  I look forward to the day when my future Samsung Note 10 has a 10TB SD card in its expansion.

That details that I will be able to capture in my photographs of the wondrous beauty I see all around me in my home State of Alaska, will be phenomenal!  Not to mention the fact that I will be able to hold every last scrap of data that I have EVER deemed savable for future possible use or review, will be right there on that very same card!   It is insane for sure as I think about it today, yet I can in that same moment recognize that the insanity of today will be the new announcement of a few years from now.  In fact, I would not be surprised to see the the first 1PB (Petabyte) SD card before 2031.   There is no reason not too and far too many reasons why someone just might need to store that much data someday on a card capable of fitting in the even more fabulous Samsung Note 21...  

The world is amazing and ever changing and improving!  If we can avoid blowing each other up and learn to play nice in the sandbox of life then we just might be amazed at what new miracles of technology will appear as Moore's Law marches on!

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