How large would a USB flash drive be if one byte of data required the volume of one human bite?

Authors

  • George Watson The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Leicester
  • Matthew Johnson The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Leicester
  • Devpreet Surae The Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Leicester

Keywords:

Idiom, Physics, Biology, Digital storage

Abstract

Data storage approximately follows Moore’s Law, meaning that data is being stored in much smaller volumes. In this paper, the volume required to store the data on current common USB flash drives if one byte of data was the size of human bite is calculated. It is determined that the volume required to store 128 GB of data is just over a trillion centimetres cubed. For a 16 GB flash drive, it is determined that the bite size storage device would be 54.7 billion times larger than common current technology.

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How to Cite

Watson, G., Johnson, M., & Surae, D. (2017). How large would a USB flash drive be if one byte of data required the volume of one human bite?. Journal of Interdisciplinary Science Topics, 5. Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/jist/article/view/796

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Vol. 5 (2016)

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