The next order of magnitude

Here’s how you store 2 terabytes of data today:

Yesterday the SD Association announced that by the end of 2009 2 terabyte capacities will be possible on SDHC cards. That’s 2,000 gigabytes. On a postage stamp…. The current limit is 32gB.

What does 2 terabytes store?

• 400 full length uncompressed movies
• 100,000 books
• 167,000 RAW image files
• 2,000 record-length CDs

Well, you get the idea. The Library of Congress will be in your wallet before long. Though some might argue it already is.