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Hardware Price Trends
Microprocessor
RAM Chip
Hard Drive
Chapter 3
Problem 3
a1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
Microprocessor
Speed (Megahertz) 25 33 100 125 350 1000 3,000 3,800
Cost $180 $125 $275 $250 $300 $251 $395 $549
Cost per unit 7.2000$ 3.7879$ 2.7500$ 2.0000$ 0.8571$ 0.2510$ 0.1317$ 0.1445$
RAM Chip
Megabytes per Chip 1 4 4 16 64 256 512 2000
Hard Drive
Megabytes per disk 105 250 540 2,000 8,000 40,000 160,000 320,000
RAM Chip 55.0000$ 35.0000$ 30.0000$ 6.0625$ 1.9531$ 0.3516$ 0.1152$ 0.0745$
Hard Drive 4.5714$ 1.5000$ 0.4074$ 0.1250$ 0.0275$ 0.0035$ 0.0007$ 0.0004$