system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How have we been able to make the physical size of memory sticks such as SD cards and flash drives smaller and smaller while being able to hold much larger amount of bytes of data?
gpt
We find and/or invent new manufacturing processes that allow us to make smaller and smaller circuits and components. Sometimes that's a matter of building more accurate machines, sometimes it's a matter of creating new materials.