Although hard drives don't technically follow Moore's Law, they might as well. Every year it seems they get more capacity at lower prices. That was certainly true in 2009, and should continue in the foreseeable future.
This year's big news was the introduction of 2TB 3.5-inch drives and 1TB 2.5-inch drives, respectively the top-end capacity for desktops and notebooks. Capacity has been growing at about 40 percent a year, and the hard drive vendors see no slowdown..
What's in store for storage in 2010?
Posted on Wednesday, December 23 2009 @ 17:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
ExtremeTech takes a look at what to expect in the storage market in 2010, you can read it over here.