Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1992 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1992 – September

256 KB

17

68

256 KB

17

68

1 MB

69

69

1 MB

48

48

4 MB

210

52.5

4 MB

180

45

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1993 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1993 – September

256 KB

15

60

256 KB

27

108

1 MB

53

53

1 MB

109

109

4 MB

218

54.5

4 MB

380

95

8 MB

840

105

16 MB

1560

97.5

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1994 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1994 – September

256 KB

24

96

1 MB

60

60

1 MB

69

69

2 MB

162

81

2 MB

150

75

4 MB

234

58.5

4 MB

264

66

8 MB

498

62.25

8 MB

570

71.25

16 MB

918

57.37

32 MB

1908

59.62

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1995 – March

On January 17th 1995 Kobe, Japan was hit by a huge earth quake. Kobe hosted one of the worlds largest memory manufacturers and this facility was put out of action. Its impact doesn't show much in the year on year figures.

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1995 – September

Windows 95 made its debut in August 1995.

1 MB

66

66

1 MB

70

70

2 MB

132

66

2 MB

128

64

4 MB

242

60.5

4 MB

250

62.5

8 MB

504

63

8 MB

470

58.75

16 MB

762

47.62

16 MB

854

53.37

32 MB

1574

49.18

32 MB

1738

54.31

64 MB

3600

56.25

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1996 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1996 – September

1 MB

45

45

1 MB

20

20

4 MB

140

35

4 MB

43

10.75

8 MB

265

33.12

8 MB

82

10.25

16 MB

520

32.5

16 MB

170

10.62

32 MB

1476

46.12

32 MB

335

10.46

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1997 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1997 – September

1 MB

14

14

1 MB

13

13

4 MB

37

9.25

4 MB

37

9.25

8 MB

55

6.87

8 MB

55

6.87

16 MB

100

6.25

16 MB

92

5.75

32 MB

189

5.9

32 MB

172

5.37

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1998 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1998 – September

4 MB

23

5.75

4 MB

25

6.25

8 MB

45

5.62

8 MB

27

3.37

16 MB

58

3.63

16 MB

35

2.18

32 MB

95

2.97

32 MB

58

1.81

64 MB

236

3.69

64 MB

135

2.1

128 MB

550

4.29

128 MB

325

2.54

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1999 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

1999 – September

4 MB

18

4.5

4 MB

23

5.75

8 MB

32

4

8 MB

19

2.37

16 MB

67

4.18

16 MB

67

4.18

32 MB

78

2.43

32 MB

60

1.87

64 MB

171

2.67

64 MB

88

1.37

128 MB

348

2.71

128 MB

162

1.26

256 MB

395

1.54

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2000 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2000 – September

4 MB

24

6

16 MB

99

6.18

8 MB

40

5

32 MB

84

2.62

16 MB

60

3.75

64 MB

140

2.18

32 MB

73

2.34

128 MB

280

2.18

64 MB

138

2.15

256 MB

662

2.58

128 MB

250

1.95

512 MB

1623

3.16

256 MB

708

2.76

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2001 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2001 – September

32 MB

39

1.21

64 MB

29

0.45

64 MB

56

0.87

128 MB

45

0.35

128 MB

108

0.84

256 MB

79

0.3

256 MB

241

0.94

512 MB

300

0.58

512 MB

834

1.62

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2002 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2002 – September

64 MB

35

0.54

128 MB

49

0.38

128 MB

70

0.54

256 MB

86

0.33

256 MB

122

0.47

512 MB

209

0.4

512 MB

240

0.46

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2003 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2003 – September

128 MB

49

0.38

128 MB

27

0.21

256 MB

86

0.33

256 MB

54

0.21

512 MB

209

0.4

512 MB

155

0.3

1 Gig

395

0.38

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2004 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2004 – September

256 MB

65

0.25

256 MB

75

0.29

512 MB

130

0.25

512 MB

150

0.29

1 GB

310

0.3

1 GB

345

0.33

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2005 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2005 – September

256 MB

256 MB

45

0.17

512 MB

512 MB

75

0.14

1 GB

1 GB

190

0.18

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2007 – March

Size

Cost

$ per Meg

2007 – September

512 MB

55

256 MB

1 GB

110

512 MB

1 GB