SANDISK UNVEILS BROAD RANGE OF FLASH MEMORY PRODUCTS AT CES
Products Address High
Growth Markets, Highlight Pervasive Applications of SanDisk's Flash
Memory Technology
CES 2009, South Hall, Booth # 30659, LAS VEGAS, January
8, 2009 - This week, SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) is
announcing a wide range of new flash storage products that are
expected to enter production in the coming months. "These new flash
storage products will significantly enhance the way in which
consumers capture and enjoy their precious memories, personal
content, and valuable data in handsets and computing platforms.
With these important product introductions, SanDisk is again taking
the lead in ushering the next wave of growth for flash storage in
the years ahead," said Eli Harari, chairman and chief executive
officer, SanDisk.
- slotRadio™ Player and slotRadio (SR) preloaded
cards: The Sansa® slotRadio™ player is a small, stylish,
portable music device that comes bundled with an SR card preloaded
with 1,000 songs handpicked from the Billboard® charts and
professionally arranged into a variety of genre-themed playlists.
The on/off switch provides instant music discovery and brings fans
ownership of the songs they love at a great price.
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- New SSD Netbook Modules: SanDisk's new SATA
solid-state-drives (SSDs) employ MLC and new controller technology,
and are attractive not only for Netbook PCs but also for POS
terminals, printers, ATMs and other applications where users needs
HDD functionality with strong reliability, yet want to pay a low
cost for the exact capacity that they need.
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- New Generation SSD (G3): SanDisk's new
generation SSDs are based on SanDisk's 43 nanometer MLC technology
and employ SanDisk's new high speed controllers to achieve SLC SSD
performance at MLC cost1. Offered in capacities of 60,
120 and 240GB2, the units are priced to OEM customers at
$149, $249 and $499, respectively and are expected to be available
in Q2 20093.
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- SanDisk Ultra® Backup USB Drive: Fitting into
any pocket, the new SanDisk Ultra Backup USB flash drive is a
complete backup solution that provides an incredibly easy way to
protect digital files. It comes with patent-pending backup
technology with capacities up to 64GB, large enough to back up most
average consumer requirements in addition to critical small
business files and documents.
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- 16GB SanDisk® Mobile Ultra™ microSDHC™ and Memory Stick
Micro™ (M2™): At 16GB, SanDisk Mobile Ultra microSDHC and
M2 mobile memory cards feature the world's largest removable
storage capacity for mobile phones, as well as fast side-loading
speeds. The microSDHC cards are ideal for newer mobile phone
models, most of which are compatible with these higher capacity
cards.
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- 2GB Rock Band® 2 SD™ Gaming Card: Compatible
with the Nintendo® Wii™ console, this must-have accessory for the
wildly popular Rock Band® franchise makes it possible for gamers to
take advantage of the over 300 additional songs that will be
available for download4. The card works seamlessly in
compatible digital cameras, allowing users to fill the card with
images and then post their pictures on the Wii's photography
channel.
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- New Memory Stick PRO™ Formats Announcement:
SanDisk and Sony have co-developed two expanded Memory Stick™
formats. Expanded format for "Memory Stick PRO" is capable of
storing up to 2 terabytes (TB)5of data, and "Memory
Stick HG-Micro" offers a 60MB/s6 transfer rate, making
it one of the fastest-smallest memory card formats announced to
date.
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| To view our live press
conference on Thursday, January 8 at 1 p.m. PST/4 p.m. EST, please
visit www.sandisk.com/ceswebcast. |
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation, the inventor and world's largest supplier of
flash storage cards, is a global leader in flash memory - from
research, manufacturing and product design to consumer branding and
retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio includes flash
memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and camcorders;
digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for consumers and the
enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices; and solid state
drives for computers. SanDisk (www.sandisk.com/corporate)
is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half
its sales outside the United States.
1 SanDisk C25-G3 and C18-G3 SSD Performance:
anticipated performance based on SanDisk internal estimates and
projections. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes; 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1
billion bytes
| a) Performance is characterized using some or all of the
following tools |
| b) H2BENCH 3.6; average access time = average seek time +
average latency time |
| c) IOMETER 2003.12.16 |
21 gigabyte = 1 billion bytes
3Performance based on internal testing and projections,
may vary depending on host device
4Early in 2009, downloadable content will be available
for the Wii.
51 terabyte = 1 trillion bytes
61 megabyte = 1 million bytes
SanDisk's product and executive images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/mediakit
SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo, SanDisk Ultra and Sansa are trademarks
of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other
countries. slotRadio, pSSD and SanDisk Mobile Ultra are trademarks
of SanDisk Corporation. Memory Stick is a registered trademark of
Sony Corporation. Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, Memory Stick
Micro, Memory Stick HG-Micro and M2 are trademarks of Sony
Corporation. microSDHC and SD marks and logos are trademarks of
SD-3C LLC. Rock Band®, Rock Band® 2 and all related titles and
logos are trademarks of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., a MTV
Networks company. Rock Band® and Rock Band® 2 developed by Harmonix
Music Systems, Inc. MTV: Music Television, MTV Games and all
related titles and logos are trademarks of MTV Networks, a unit of
Viacom International Inc. Nintendo, the Nintendo logo and the Wii
logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nintendo of America
Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. Other
brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only
and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including expectations for new product introductions, applications,
markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations
and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these
forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause
these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among
others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than
our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these
products in new markets that we are targeting, our products may not
be available at the prices, dates or in the geographies we
anticipate, our products may not perform as expected and the other
risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange
Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our
annual report on Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.
We do not intend to update the information contained in this press
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