{"id":52903,"date":"2016-03-22T23:07:19","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T23:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=52903"},"modified":"2016-03-23T13:08:58","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T13:08:58","slug":"52903-hard-drive-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/52903-hard-drive-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Drive Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hard drive trends continue to show an increase in disk storage space&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Although hard drives are not made from silicon, amazingly enough, the disk manufacturers appear to be following Moore\u2019s law. Based on our research and industry trends, storage capacities double every two years, same as processors. The hard drive industry has consistently discovered new technologies to cram more information on a small platter.<\/p>\n<p>Having larger hard drives has benefited all of us as our PC\u2019s\u00a0use expands to serve our music, gaming and video needs. The information below is updated monthly, so come back often to see how the world of processors is evolving.<\/p>\n<h2>Median Disk Capacity Surpasses 100GB<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/graph_lib\/research\/rc_hdd_hddrange_all.php\" alt=\"test text test text\" \/><span id=\"more-29614\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>With the increased competition amongst disk manufacturers, the storage space continues to increase for PCs, which allows us to use our PCs in ways that historically, we could not.\u00a0 Such as internet streaming and downloading music and videos.<\/p>\n<h2>Desktop Storage Capacities Over 2X those of Portables<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/graph_lib\/research\/rc_hdd_avghdd_pctype.php\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Desktops continue to have more hard drive space than portable computers primarily because they have the physical space to accommodate multiple hard drives, unlike portable 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