A technological marvel of its time, the STC 4305 was seven times faster than HDDs and cost half the price.
Manufactured by StorageTek, the STC 4305 hit the scene in 1978 and is considered the first SSD.
Instead, solid-state devices rely on integrated circuit memory technology.
Some people use the term solid-state disk, but that’s a bit of a misnomer since SSDs don’t use disks.
