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USB-style flash memory was available from 1987 onwards

its adoption was quite slow by tech standards, with USB driv...
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Date: June 10th, 2026 8:24 PM
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its adoption was quite slow by tech standards, with USB drives not becoming relatively standard in new PCs until 1999/2000.

the japanese team that developed 80's flash memory wrote its first research papers on the topic way back in 1980, but didn't have a coherent manufacturing process until seven years later.

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