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USB Flash Drive was created mainly for data storage and in the backing up and transferring of files between various computer devices.
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In 2001, the Windows XP operating system is released. It was invented for better operating systems than the previous versions.
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Hitachi Global Storage Technologies announces the first 1 TB hard disk drive (HDD). The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 used five 3.5-inch 200 GB platters and rotated at 7,200 RPM.
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In 2008, Apple released a new laptop based computer with better battery capacity, which also included a camera and wifi.
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The IMB's Roadrunner Computer was the first computer to reach 1 petaflop and it used two different microprocessor the IBM POWER XCell L8i and AMD Opteron. Also, a fun fact is that an offshoot of the POWER XCell8i chip was used as the main processor in the Sony PlayStation 3 game console.
