Average cost of RAM per gigabyte
U.S. dollars, 1980–2015
| Data Item | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
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| Average cost of RAM per gigabyte | 6,328,125.00 | 5,234,375.00 | 4,140,625.00 | 3,046,875.00 | 1,953,125.00 | 859,375.00 | 708,276.00 | 557,177.00 | 406,078.00 | 254,979.00 | 103,880.00 | 89,279.00 | 74,678.00 | 60,077.00 | 45,476.00 | 30,875.00 | 24,921.40 | 18,967.80 | 13,014.20 | 7,060.60 | 1,107.00 | 923.40 | 739.80 | 556.20 | 372.60 | 189.00 | 153.67 | 118.35 | 83.02 | 47.70 | 12.37 | 10.08 | 7.79 | 5.50 | 5.22 | 4.94 |