1990s - Technology Highlights of the Decade

  • 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.