From Jacquard Loom cards to PlayStation Vita memory cards, the history of data storage on removable media with a list of media in the Museum in chronological order of introduction. Comprising floppy disks, optical and magneto-optical discs, hard disks and others, tape, solid-state media, ROM cartridges, and punched media.
1780s
Catalogue card (1780s – 2015)
1800s
Jacquard Loom card (1801 – 1990s)
1840s
Punched tape (1846 – 1980s)
1850s
Wheatstone tape (1857 – 1980s)
1890s
Herman Hollerith’s punched card design is used in the 1890 US census (1890)
Punched card (1890 – 1980s)
1900s
Macrame lace embroidery punched roll (1906 – )
1930s
Mark Sense card (early 1930 – 1970s)
McBee Keysort card (1932 – 1980s)
1940s
Aperture card (1943 – 2000s)
Open reel instrumentation and data logging tape (1949 – 2000s)
1950s
UNISERVO, the first magnetic tape drive for a commercial computer system is introduced (1951)
IBM introduces 7-track magnetic data tape (1952)
Magnetic-core memory (1953 – late 1970s)
IBM introduces the hard disk drive with the IBM 305 RAMAC using 50 24-inch disks storing 5 MB (1956)
Hickok Cardmatic Tube Tester (late 1950s – late 1960s)
Procter & Gamble punched discount coupon (late 1950 – late 1960s)
Magnetic ledger card (late 1950s – early 1980s)
IBM carriage control tape (1959 – 1970s)
1960s
DEC releases the PDP-1, the first minicomputer (1961)
Telephone auto dialler card (1962 – early 1980s)
Honor Teaching Machine Roll (1963 – late 1960s)
English Electric LEO KDF9 tape (1963 – 1980)
IBM introduces first word processor, the MT/ST (Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter) (1964)
IBM MT/ST (1964 – late 1970s)
DECtape (1964 – 1980s)
IBM releases the System/360 range of commercial mainframe computers (1964)
9-track tape (1964 – 2003)
Magnetic stripe card (1964 – )
Olivetti introduces what is sometimes called the first desktop computer, the Programma 101 programmable calculator (1965)
Olivetti Programma magnetic card (1965 – early 1970s)
Friden Computyper punched tape cartridge (1967 – early 1970s)
Tri-Data CartriFile (1968 – mid 1970s)
Knitting machine punched card (late 1960s – 2000s)
96-column punched card (1969 – late 1970s)
IBM 5440 (1969 – 1990s)
1970s
Intel introduces Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) technology for non-volatile memory (1971)
EPROM (1971 – 2000s)
The Kenbak-I, the first personal computer, is introduced (1971)
IBM introduces the 8-inch floppy disk, initially in read-only form (1971)
8-inch floppy disk (1971 – early 1980s)
Magnavox launches the first-generation of home video game consoles with the Odyssey. Most consoles of this generation were simple ‘pong’-style consoles that played simple built-in games, but the Odyssey used removable printed circuit boards to select the chosen game (1972)
Magnavox Odyssey (1972 – 1975)
QIC Data Cartridge (1972 – 2000s)
IBM introduces a read/write capable 8-inch floppy disk drive (1973)
IBM 3850 Mass Storage System (1974 – 1986)
HP calculator magnetic card (1974 – 1990)
Control Data Corporation 9877 (1974 – 1990s)
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft (1975)
DC100 (1975 – 1987)
Compact Cassette (1975- late 1980s)
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne found Apple Computer, Inc (1976)
The Fairchild Channel F is the first video game console to use interchangeable ROM cartridges, and begins the second-generation (sometime called the early 8-bit era) of video game consoles (1976)
Fairchild Channel F / Channel F System II (1976 – 1984)
Digital Equipment Corporation RK07 (1976 – 1990s)
Shugart Associates introduce the 5.25-inch ‘minifloppy’ disk, for use on desktop computers (1976)
5.25-inch floppy disk (1976 – early 1990s)
5.25-inch ‘flippy’ disk (1976 – mid 1980s)
Most manufacturers of first-generation pong-style video game consoles leave the market due to the first video game crash (1977)
General Instrument PC-50x cartridge (1977 – early 1980s)
Olivetti minidisc (1977 – early 1980s)
Texas Instruments Solid State Software module (1977 – 1983)
Texas Instruments TI-59 magnetic card (1977 – 1983)
Floppy ROM (1977 – mid 1980s)
Robotron 1370 program card (1977 – 1986)
Olympia Micro-Disk (1977 – late 1980s)
QIC Minicartridge (late 1970s – late 1990s)
The Atari Video Computer System (VCS) is launched, becoming the 2600 in late 1982. It becomes the second-generation’s most popular video game console (1977)
Atari VCS / 2600 (1977 – 1992)
Coleco Telstar Arcade (1977 – 1978)
RCA Studio II (1977 – 1978)
Bally Astrocade (1977 – 1984)
Commodore 8-bit cassette (1977 – 1994)
The first online bulletin board system (BBS) is launched, accessible via a modem (1978)
DECtape II (1978 – early 1980s)
Voltmace / Videomaster Database Games-Computer (1978 – early 1980s)
Interton VC 4000 (1978 – 1983)
Bally Astrocade (1978 – 1983)
Philips Videopac / Magnavox Odyssey² (1978 – 1984)
Exatron String Floppy (1978 – 1986)
VisiCalc, the first spreadsheet program for personal computers, is introduced for the Apple II (1979)
Prinztronic Tournament VC6000 (1979 – early 1980s)
Rowtron / Teleng T.C.S (1979 – early 1980s)
Acetronic MPU-1000 (1979 – 1981)
Milton Bradley Microvision (1979 – 1981)
Texas Instruments TI-99/4 / TI-99/4A (1979 – 1983)
8-inch hard disk drive (1979 – late 1980s)
Mattel IntelliVision / IntelliVision II (1979 – 1990)
Atari 400 / 800 / XL / XE (1979 – 1992)
1980s
Seagate Technology introduces a hard-disk drive for desktop computers, the ST506, to fit in the same space as a 5.25-inch floppy disk drive (1980)
There were an estimated one million personal computers in use in the US (1980)
5.25-inch hard disk drive (1980 – 2000)
MCD cassette (early 1980s)
Milton Bradley Omni (1980 – early 1980s)
Philips digital mini-cassette (1980 – mid 1980s)
Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer (1980 – 1991)
The IBM Personal Computer is launched (1981)
Sony introduces the 3.5-inch microfloppy disk (1981)
Epoch Cassette Vision (1981 – 1984)
Commodore VIC-20 (1981 – 1985)
Optical phonecard (1981 – 1996)
LaserDisc with teletext (1981 – late 1990s)
Dragon 32 (1982 – 1984)
Emerson Arcadia 2001 (1982 – 1984)
ColecoVision (1982 – 1984)
Atari 5200 SuperSystem (1982 – 1984)
HP 82176A Mini Data Cassette (1982 – mid 1980s)
Iomega Bernoulli disk 8-inch (1982 – 1987)
3-inch Compact Floppy disk (1982 – early 1990s)
3.5-inch microfloppy disk (Double Density) (1982 – 1990s)
Commodore 64 (1982 – 1994)
Due to market saturation and price drops of home computers, the second video game crash occurs (1983)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum ROM cartridge (1983)
Apple FileWare / Twiggy disk (1983 – 1984)
Casio PV-1000 (1983 – 1984)
GCE / Milton Bradley Vectrex (1983 – 1984)
3.25-inch floppy disk (1983 – mid 1980s)
Mattel Aquarius (1983 – mid 1980s)
Coleco Adam High Speed Digital Data Pack (1983 – 1985)
Acorn Electron (1983 – 1985)
Sega SG-1000 / SC-3000 (1983 – 1985)
Sharp Magnetic Bubble Memory (1983 – 1986)
ZX Microdrive (1983 – 1987)
Casio ROM Pack (1983 – early 1990s)
MSX (1983 – 1995)
The third-generation (sometime called the 8-bit era) of video game consoles begins with the Nintendo Famicom in Japan (1983)
Nintendo Famicom (1983 – 2003)
3.5-inch hard disk drive (1983 – )
Apple adopts the 3.5-inch microfloppy disk for use in its new Macintosh computer (1984)
Fujio Masuoka invents flash memory at Toshiba (1984)
IBM introduces the 3480 cartridge tape system, to replace open reel computer tape (1984)
IBM introduces the 1.2 MB high-density 5.25-inch floppy disk, for use in the IBM PC AT (1984)
IBM PCjr (1984 – 1985)
Canon LBP font cartridge (1984 – 1989)
Commodore 16 / Plus/4 (1984 – late 1980s)
Epoch Super Cassette Vision (1984 – late 1980s)
Wafadrive (1984 – late 1980s)
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet font cartridge (1984 – early 1990s)
Psion Organiser Datapak (1984 – 1992)
IBM 3480 (1984 – 2004)
CompacTape (1984 – 1993)
InterDyne MicroReel (mid-1980s)
Brother Micro Disc (mid 1980s)
2.6-inch micro-disk (mid 1980s)
60-pin memory card (mid-1980s – early 1990s)
Sony Writable Disk (mid 1980s – mid 1990s)
Intel introduces the 80386 32-bit microprocessor, which first sees use in the Compaq Deskpro 386 of 1986 (1985)
Epoch Super Lady Cassette Vision (1985)
BBC Bridge Companion (1985 – mid 1980s)
Wang laser printer font cartridge (1980s)
Bee Card (1985 – 1986)
Sega My Card (1985 – 1987)
Sega Mark III (1985 – 1987)
ISI 525 WC Optical Storage System (1985 – late 1980s)
Mitsumi Quick Disk (1985 – late 1980s)
Singer SewWare (1985 – 1990)
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is launched in the US and helps revive the video game console industry (1985)
Nintendo Entertainment System (1985 -1995)
5.25-inch magneto-optical disc (1985 – 2000s)
CD-ROM (1985 – )
CD-ROM caddy (1985 – mid 1990s)
SCSI-1 is introduced as a standardised interface for external devices such as disk and tape drives (1986)
The BBC publishes the Domesday Project on adapted LaserDiscs (LV-ROM) (1986)
LV-ROM (1986 – late 1980s)
Video Floppy (1986 – 1990s)
Atari 7800 ProSystem (1986 – 1992)
2.8-inch DataDisk (1986 – early 1990s)
Nintendo Famicom Disk System (1986 – early 1990s)
Sharp Pocket Disk (1986 – early 1990s)
Sega Master System (1986 – 1996)
Scalable Linear Recording (SLR) (¼-inch) (1986 – 1997)
Sony PD-1 (1987 – early 1990s)
Sharp IC Card (1987 – 1999)
Optical Disk Cartridge (1987 – late 1990s)
Plasmon LaserDrive (1987 – mid 2000s)
The 3.5-inch HD (High Density) microfloppy disk is introduced, and is first used with the IBM PS/2 range and the Apple Macintosh IIx (1987)
3.5-inch microfloppy disk (High Density) (1987 – late 2000s)
Sega Card (1987 – 1989)
The fourth-generation (also known as the 16-bit era) of video game consoles begins with the launch in Japan of the NEC PC Engine (1987)
NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 HuCard (1987 – 1994)
Iomega Bernoulli disk 5.25-inch (1987 – 1994)
8mm / Data8 (1987 – late 1990s)
Streamer cassette (D/CAS) (late 1980s – late 1990s)
The 3.5-inch microfloppy disk outsells the 5.25-inch floppy disk (1988)
Texas Instruments Voyager (1988 – early 1990s)
HP 9145A tape cartridge (1988 – early 1990s)
The NEC PC Engine becomes the first video game console to use CD-ROM as a storage system, through the use of the CD-ROM² System add-on (1988)
NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 CD-ROM² (1988 – 1994)
Minolta Creative Expansion Card (1988 – 1997)
Sega Mega Drive / Genesis (1988 – 1998)
SyQuest 5.25-inch disk (44/88/200MB) (1988 – 1998)
2.5-inch hard disk drive (1988 – )
Habimat Xpac (1988 – )
The SoundBlaster sound card for the PC is introduced (1989)
Roland Music Style Card (1989 – 1991)
LT-1 (1989 – early 1990s)
Atari Portfolio (1989 – 1993)
Atari Lynx (1989 – 1995)
Nintendo Game Boy (1989 – 1999)
Digital Data Storage (DDS) (1989 – 2007)
1990s
First communication between a Web browser and server via the open internet (1990)
Television viewing cards (1990s – )
Amstrad GX4000 (1990 – 1991)
Canon Optical Card (1990 – early 1990s)
Bit Corporation Gamate (1990 – 1995)
Sony Data Discman (1990 – early 2000s)
Nintendo Super Famicom / Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990 – 2003)
SNK Neo Geo AES (1990 – 2004)
SNK Neo Geo AES memory card (1990 – 2004)
SNK Neo Geo MVS (1990 – 2004)
Sony D1D (1990 – 2012)
PCMCIA / PC Card (1990 – mid 2000s)
Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R) (1990 – )
Mini CD-ROM (1990 – )
Amstrad replaces the 3-inch ‘Compact Floppy’ disk drive in its PCW word-processor range, the last devices to use this size floppy disk, with a 3.5-inch microfloppy disk drive (1991)
Commodore 64 Games System (1990 – 1991)
Linux, an open source computer operating system based on Unix is released. Originally designed for personal computers, Linux now powers most of the world’s servers and the Linux-based Android operating system powers most of the world’s smartphones (1991)
Grandstand Game Player (1991 – early 1990s)
Commodore CDTV (1991 – 1993)
Floptical (1991 – 1993)
3.5-inch microfloppy (Extended Density) (1991 – mid 1990s)
Sega Mega-CD (1991 – 1996)
Sega Game Gear (1991 – 1997)
CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) (1991 – 1998)
CD-i Ready (1991 – 1998)
Psion Series 3 Solid State Disk (1991 – 1999)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System (North American version) (1991 – 1999)
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) full-size (1991 – 2000s)
3.5-inch magneto-optical disc (1991 – 2000s)
IBM 3490E (1991 – 2004)
1.8-inch hard disk drive (1991 – 2014)
Microsoft releases Window 3.1 (1992)
HP Kittyhawk 1.3-inch hard disk drive (1992 – 1994)
Tandy / Memorex VIS CD-ROM (1992 – 1994)
Dendy (1992 – 1996)
Iomega Ditto (1992 – 1999)
Photo CD (1992 – 2004)
The fifth-generation (also known as the 32-bit era, the 64-bit era and the 3D era) of video game consoles begins, and marks a shift from cartridge-based media to CD-ROM (1993)
Commodore Amiga CD32 (1993 – 1994)
3DO Interactive Multiplayer (1993 – 1996)
Pioneer LaserActive LD-ROM (1993 – 1996)
Atari Jaguar (1993 – 1996)
SyQuest 3.5-inch disk (105/270MB) (1993 – 1998)
Sega Pico (1993 – 2005)
Digital Linear Tape (DLT) (1993 – 2018)
Sony enters the video game console market with the release of the PlayStation in Japan (1994)
Sega 32X (1994 – 1995)
Sega Saturn CD-ROM (1994 – 1998)
Sega Saturn Backup Memory (1994 – 1998)
SNK Neo Geo CD / CDZ (1994 – 1999)
Datasonix Pereos (1994 – 2002)
Sony MD Data (1994 – early 2000s)
Digital Tape Format (DTF) (1994 – 2004)
QIC-Wide (1994 – 2000s)
CompactFlash (Type I) (1994 – )
Emit backup card (1994 -)
The Sony PlayStation is launched, and becomes the most successful of the fifth-generation video game consoles. It uses CD-ROM as its main storage media (1994)
Sony PlayStation CD-ROM (1994 – 2006)
Sony PlayStation Memory Card (1994 – 2006)
Mini CD-ROM (mid-1990s – )
The United States Social Security Administration stops using punched cards for data processing (1995)
Microsoft launches Window 95, the first version of its operating system that is not available for retail on 5.25-inch floppy disks (though it was still possible to post a coupon to obtain it on 5.25-inch disks) (1995)
C-Map C-Card (1995 – )
Atari Jaguar CD (1995 – 1996)
Nintendo Virtual Boy (1995 – 1996)
SyQuest EZ135 (1995 – 1996)
Casio Loopy (1995 – 1997)
Phase-change Dual (PD) disk (1995 – 1998)
Nomai MCD 540 (1995 – 1999)
Miniature Card (1995 – late 1990s)
Yamaha Music Cartridge (1995 – late 1990s)
SmartMedia (1995 – early 2000s)
Iomega Zip (1995 – 2004)
IBM Magstar 3590 (1995 – 2006)
Travan (1995 – mid 2000s)
The Internet Archive is founded (1996)
Atari leaves the video game console market after disappointing sales of the Atari Jaguar (1996)
SyQuest EzFlyer (1996 – 1998)
Syquest SyJet (1996 – 1998)
Mammoth (1996 – 1999)
QIC-EXtra (QIC EX) (1996 – early 2000s)
IBM Magstar MP 3570 (1996 – 2002)
Iomega Jaz (1996 – 2002)
Nintendo 64 (1996 – 2003)
Nintendo 64 Controller Pak (1996 – 2003)
Serial Flash Module (1996 – 2003)
Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) (1996 – 2010)
Navionics Nav-Chart (1996 – early 2010s)
Gold CD-R (1996 – )
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) mini-size (1996 – )
Sony introduces the MVC-FD5 and MVC-FD7 still cameras, the first to use 3.5-inch microfloppy disks for storage (1997)
SyQuest SparQ (1997 – 1998)
Tiger Electronics Game.com (1997 – 2000)
SuperDisk (1997 – early 2000s)
Scalable Linear Recording (SLR) (8 mm) (1997 – 2015)
Compact Disc-ReWritable (CD-RW) (1997 – )
Husqvarna Viking d-Card (late 1990s – early 2000s)
Mini CD-R (late 1990s – )
Mini CD-RW (late 1990s – )
MultiMediaCard (1997 – 2008)
DVD-ROM (1997 – )
DVD-R (1997 – )
Mini DVD-R (1997 – )
Apple launches the iMac computer with no floppy disk drive (1998)
SyQuest, producer of a range of removable rigid-disk storage formats, files for bankruptcy (1998)
Philips ceases publishing software for the CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) format (1998)
QIC, the international trade association formed to promote the use of quarter-inch tape cartridge formats for data storage and backup, becomes inactive (1998)
The sixth-generation (sometimes called the 128-bit era) of video game consoles begins with the launch of the Sega Dreamcast (1998)
FlashPath adaptor for SmartMedia (1998 – early 2000s)
Sega Dreamcast Visual Memory Unit (VMU) (1998 – 2001)
Sega Dreamcast GD-ROM (1998 – 2007)
SNK Neo Geo Pocket / Pocket Colour (1998 – 2001)
Caleb UHD144 / it drive (1998 – 2002)
Nintendo Game Boy dual-mode cartridge (1998 – 2003)
Nintendo Game Boy Color (1998 – 2003)
Castlewood Orb (1998 – 2004)
HiFD (High capacity Floppy Disk) (1998 – early 2000s)
StorageTek 9840 (1998 – 2009)
2.5-inch solid-state drive (SSD) (1998 – )
Picture CD (1998 – )
Interactive DVD (1998 – )
DVD-RAM (1998 – )
Business card CD-ROM (1998 – )
Sony Memory Stick (1998 – mid 2000s)
Bandai WonderSwan (1999 – 2000)
Nintendo 64DD (Dynamic Drive) (1999 – 2000)
Mammoth-2 (1999 – 2001)
Handspring Springboard expansion module (1999 – 2002)
Advanced Digital Recording (ADR) (1999 – 2003)
Iomega Clik! / PocketZip (1999 – early 2000s)
LeapPad (1999 – 2008)
VXA (1999 – late 2000s)
Microdrive (1999 – early 2010s)
Secure Digital (SD) (1999 – 2015)
DVD-RW (1999 – )
Mini DVD-RW (1999 – )
2000s
The first camera phone is launched (2000)
Sony launches the Mavica MVC-CD1000, the first still camera to use 8 cm mini CD-R/CD-RW as its storage format (2000)
PokéROM (2000 – early 2000s)
Sony Memory Stick / Floppy Disk Adaptor (2000 – 2001)
Sanyo iD Photo (2000 – 2002)
Bandai WonderSwan Color / SwanCrystal (2000 – 2003)
StorageTek 9940 (2000 – 2009)
The PlayStation 2, the best-selling video game console of all time, is launched. Arguably, part of its appeal is its ability to play DVD-Video discs (2000)
Sony PlayStation 2 CD-ROM (2000 – 2013)
Sony PlayStation 2 DVD (2000 – 2013)
Sony PlayStation 2 Memory Card (2000 – 2013)
Linear Tape-Open (LTO) (2000 – )
USB flash drive (2000 – )
Sega ceases production of the Dreamcast and exits the video game console market (2001)
Microsoft enters the video game console market in the US with the introduction of the Xbox (2001)
Microsoft Xbox (2001 – 2005)
Iomega Zip U250 (2001 – 2003)
Double Density Compact Disc (2001 – 2004)
Iomega Peerless (2001 – 2004)
Iomega Zip 250 (2001 – 2006)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (2001 – 2007)
Nintendo GameCube (2001 – 2007)
Nintendo GameCube memory card (2001 – 2007)
CD Cardz (2001 – 2009)
Super DLT (2001 – 2018)
DVD+RW (2001 – )
Mini DVD+RW (2001 – )
There is concern that the discs containing the BBC Domesday Project of 1986 may already be unreadable (2002)
Pokémon mini (2002)
DataPlay (2002 – mid 2000s)
Iomega Zip 750 (2002 – 2006)
Sony Memory Stick Duo (2002 – 2010)
xD-Picture Card (2002 – 2010)
DVD+R (2002 – )
Qualstar Corporation, the last manufacturer of 9-track open reel computer tape drives, announces the final shipment (2003)
Dell begins removing floppy disk drives from its PCs (2003)
Nokia N-Gage card (2003 – 2006)
miniSD (2003 – 2008)
Super Advanced Intelligent Tape (SAIT) (2003 – 2010)
ExpressCard (2003 – early 2010s)
Sony Memory Stick PRO (2003 – early 2010s)
Leapster (2003 – 2012)
Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo (2003 – late 2010s)
Cricut cartridge (2003 – 2018)
Audavi HardTape / MediaPac (2003 – )
IBM 3592 (2003 – )
Ultra Density Optical (UDO) (2003 – )
Mattel Juice Box (2004 – 2005)
Tapwave Zodiac (2004 – 2005)
0.85-inch hard disk drive (2004 – 2007)
Nintendo Game Boy Advance Video (2004 – 2007)
Sony Professional Disc for DATA (2004 – 2007)
Iomega REV (2004 – 2010)
RS-MMC (Reduced Size MultiMedia Card) / MMCmobile (2004 – 2008)
Sony Hi-MD (2004 – 2011)
LightScribe (2004 – 2013)
Sony PlayStation Portable UMD (2004 – 2014)
Nintendo DS / DS Lite / DSi (2004 – 2014)
Encrypted USB flash drive (2004 – )
Fujifilm PhotoDisc CD-R (2004 – )
RDX QuikStor (2004 – )
Gizmondo card (2005 – 2006)
MMCmicro (2005 – 2008)
Game Wave Family Entertainment System (2005 – 2009)
SanDisk Ultra II SD Plus USB (2005 – early 2010s)
The seventh-generation of video game consoles begins with the release of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 (2005)
Microsoft Xbox 360 Hard Drive (2005 – 2010)
Microsoft Xbox 360 Memory Unit (2005 – 2010)
Microsoft Xbox 360 DVD (2005 – 2016)
microSD (2005 – )
Mattel Hyperscan Game Card (2006 – 2007)
VTech V.Flash (2006 – 2007)
miniSDHC (2006 – 2008)
HD-DVD-R (2006 – 2008)
Sony Memory Stick Micro (M2) (2006 – 2009)
Nintendo Wii Optical Disc (2006 – 2013)
Sony PlayStation 3 Blu-ray (2006 – 2017)
Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) (2006 – )
StorageTek T10000 / T10000 T2 (2006 – )
Quantum GoVault (2006 – )
Blu-ray Disc Recordable (BD-R) (2006 – )
Blu-ray Recordable Erasable (BD-RE) (2006 – )
Only 2% of PCs and laptops sold still contain a floppy disk drive (2007)
Hitachi announces the first 1 TB hard disk drive, the Deskstar 7K1000 (2007)
HD DVD-RW (2007 – 2008)
Imation Odyssey (2007 – 2011)
Eye-Fi (2007 – 2017)
DAT 160 / 320 (2007 – mid-2010s)
microSDHC (2007 – )
Apple launches the iPhone (2007)
CD-ROM postage stamps (2008 – 2009)
SxS (2008 – )
The PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association), formed to promote standards for and use of PCMCIA memory cards, PC Cards, and the ExpressCard in laptops, is dissolved (2009)
Secure Digital eXtended Capacity (SDXC) (2009 – )
microSDXC (2009 – )
Advanced Disc for Archive (2009 – 2014)
2010s
Olympus follows Fuji and switches to Secure Digital (SD) memory cards for its digital cameras, making the xD-Picture Card format they jointly developed obsolete (2010)
Apple launches the iPad (2010)
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) micro-size (2010 – )
Sony ceases production of 3.5-inch microfloppy disks (2011)
SanDisk Memory Vault (2011 – 2015)
Sony PlayStation Vita game card (2011 – 2019)
Sony PlayStation Vita memory card (2011 – 2019)
Nintendo 3DS (2011 – 2020)
M DISC (2011 – )
The eighth-generation of video game consoles begins with the release of the Nintendo Wii U (2012)
Nintendo Wii U Optical Disc (2012 – 2017)
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) nano-size (2012 – )
Toshiba FlashAir (2012 – )
SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive (2013 – 2017)
Microsoft Xbox One Blu-ray (2013 – )
Sony Optical Disc Archive (2013 – )
Sony PlayStation 4 Blu-ray (2013 – )
LeapTV (2014 – 2020)
MemoriesCable (2015 – 2020)
Nintendo Switch Game Card (2017 – )
Blaze Entertainment Evercade (2020 – )
Microsoft Xbox Series X Ultra HD Blu-ray (2020 – )
Sony PlayStation 5 Ultra HD Blu-ray (2020 – )