Kingston memory and what we can expect in the future

Advances in technology and devices place increasing demands on available operational and storage memory. In this brief overview, Kingston points out the main reasons and solutions that will eliminate the problem with the growing amount of data and the need to use more and more memory.

With the advent of 8K video, 5G technology, and completely new types of smart devices, our need to store data has also exploded. That is why we need as much memory as possible in every respect (RAM, SSD, memory cards, etc.). Technology is currently advancing incomparably faster than it has ever been the case before. And one of the keys and very measurable factors of this development is the amount of memory we use every day. 

One of the companies that have a lot of experience in working with memory products is Kingston. Their memories are in the widest range of devices. Today, there is a growing need for this type of device wherever you turn. Desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, smartwatches, are all devices that first come to our minds when we think of memory.

In addition to the obvious expansion of needs in these segments, Kingston points out that today's market is expanding day by day, so their products are required by robotic vacuum cleaners, virtual reality devices, aircraft entertainment systems, smart speakers, home security devices, set-top boxes. Memory is no longer closely tied to computers and phones, so Kingston often likes to say that they are everywhere today.

The most convincing indicator of how much things have changed in terms of our need for memory is without a doubt video content. Until the advent of HD TVs, 240p, 480i, and 480p resolutions were the industry standard with 30 frames per second for TV content and 24 for movies as well as 24-bit colors. The amount of data for video files was mostly measured in megabytes. Since then, setting 1080p resolution as the standard, then increasing the frame rate, then the amount of color information that each pixel carries - the industry standard for video content has grown unstoppably in setting ever-increasing demands on storage and data transmission media!

Today, it is difficult to find a TV with a diagonal of 40 and more inches that is not 4K resolution, and there is more and more talk in the industry about the next step - 8K resolution. Suffice it to say that 1 minute of video content in 8K resolution takes up about 200 GB, and you already know how much they need for memory is growing.

In addition, technologies such as High Dynamic Range (HDR) and Wide Color Gamut (WCG) should be considered, as well as videos that have 60 frames per second, which have been common on even the most popular viewing service for a few years now. Taking all this into account, it is clear that the amount of memory required by modern video content today, dozens of times, exceeds the standards to which we have become accustomed in the past few years.

That the need for memory is constantly growing, you can easily conclude if you look no further than your pocket. How much memory did your previous phone has compared to your current one? And only the one before him? Photos, apps, music… Not just video content is responsible for our daily storage needs.

One of the most current topics in the world of technology these days is certainly the upcoming massive expansion of the 5G network. Today, you can hear predictions that go so far as to call the arrival of the 5G network the beginning of the fourth industrial revolution. Very shortly, don't be surprised if our toilets are also connected to the 5G network.

As a company that meets the needs of customers with microSD cards on which we record memories from our daily lives, quality SSDs that make our business life even faster and more concrete, all the way to memory modules built into the widest range of devices, Kingston today can talk about memory in the widest range of its uses.

With more than thirty years of market experience, Kingston is aware that technological innovation has so far, without exception, gone hand in hand with growing user memory needs. Therefore, investing in long-term memory solutions can only be beneficial, no matter what branch of IT it is.

There is no doubt that memory has always been a very clear indicator of how fast technology is evolving. The borders are moving every day, and in the coming period, we expect that the memory capacities with which we live and work every day will significantly increase.