1990s - Technology Highlights of the Decade

By h.nelson
  • Solid State Drive is Commercially Available

    Solid State Drive is Commercially Available

    Invented by Fulio Masuoka, the SSD started being sold commercially by SunDisk (now SanDisk).

  • CompactFlash is Developed

    The CompactFlash provided memory for portable digital devices such as digital cameras.

  • Java 1.0 is Released

    The computer program language, Java, is released. Java is still releasing versions of its language; most recently Java 8

  • Compact CD-RW

    Also known as CD-E, made rewriting data on a compact disc available.
  • IBM Microdrive

    IBM Microdrive

    IBM's fist microdrives could provide up to 340 MB in storage.