This is exactly right. The Moore's law slide is a cute comparison that has been used to try and demonstrate that sequencing volume has outpaced our computational ability in one context or another. Variously, it is used as commentary on computers' ability to keep up, our need for better storage , our lack of trained professionals, and so on.
Dollars/Mb is not a super-meaningful statistic anyway. If you include quality/value (either as raw base confidence or the value of that base in the context of longer read lengths), the Dollar/Base/Value number has likely kept falling. It's just hard to quantify the "Value" as a number.
Dollars/Mb is not a super-meaningful statistic anyway. If you include quality/value (either as raw base confidence or the value of that base in the context of longer read lengths), the Dollar/Base/Value number has likely kept falling. It's just hard to quantify the "Value" as a number.