SANDISK BRINGS MORE STORAGE TO NETBOOKS IN A SIMPLE, RELIABLE SDHC CARD FORMAT
Available in 8 and 16GB Capacities, the SanDisk
Netbook SDHC Card Enables Netbook Users to Increase Storage While
Maintaining Size and Cost Benefits
Milpitas, Calif.,June 2, 2009 - SanDisk Corporation
(NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced the SanDisk Netbook SDHC™ removable flash
memory card, offering consumers an easy and affordable way to
significantly increase their netbooks' storage capacity. Consumers
simply insert the SanDisk Netbook SDHC card into a netbook's card
slot to add capacity instantly. This news expands upon the
previously announced next-generation SanDisk® pSSD™ product family,
which serve as drop-in replacements for hard disk drives (HDDs) in
netbooks.
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced the SanDisk
Netbook SDHC™ removable flash memory card, offering consumers
an easy and affordable way to significantly increase their
netbooks' storage capacity. Consumers simply insert the SanDisk
Netbook SDHC card into a netbook's card slot to add capacity
instantly. This news expands upon the previously announced
next-generation SanDisk® pSSD™ product family, which serve as
drop-in replacements for hard disk drives (HDDs) in netbooks.
The SanDisk Netbook SDHC card gives consumers the ability to
increase the netbook's storage capacity by 8 or 16
gigabytes1(GB), effectively doubling the storage space
offered in most solid-state drive (SSD) powered netbook models. The
card resides within the netbook, which decreases the risk of it
being damaged while the netbook is moved.
Netbooks are small, low-cost computers that offer consumers a
highly portable means of surfing the Internet, accessing email as
well as enjoying their favorite music and videos on the go. Market
researchers, IDC, project consumer purchases of netbooks to rise
from 11.5 million sold in 2008 to 50 million in 20132.
Despite their growing popularity, many netbook models are
capacity-constrained, causing users to run out of storage space
quickly, with few options for increasing memory.
"SanDisk is committed to offering flash memory products that
create the best possible consumer experience," said Eric Bone, vice
president, retail product marketing, SanDisk. "Our Netbook SDHC
card helps consumers get the most out of their netbooks by
increasing storage capacity and providing a reliable means of
transferring data from the netbook to a removable storage device or
another PC."
Pricing and Availability
The SanDisk Netbook SDHC card is currently available at
shop.sandisk.com. The 8GB card carries an MSRP of $39.99 and
the 16GB card carries an MSRP of $79.99. The card comes with a 5
year limited warranty.
In addition to the Netbook SDHC card, SanDisk offers a
comprehensive product portfolio of SSDs for the netbook and
notebook markets.SanDisk pSSD drives'
combination of capacity, performance, weight, pricing and power
advantages make them ideally suited to serving the needs of
designers, manufacturers and users of netbooks. SanDisk G3 SSDs are
designed as drop-in replacements for HDDs in notebooks, and offer
users a convenient upgrade with industry-leading performance at an
affordable price.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards -
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 is a Silicon Valley-based
S&P 500 company with more than half its sales outside of the
United States.
11 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes
2 IDC, Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, June 2009
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Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries.
SanDisk pSSD is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. SDHC is a
trademark of SD-3C LLC. 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,
features, markets, and customers that are based on our current
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among others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly
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may not perform as expected, these products may not be available,
and may not be available at the prices, in the regions, or at the
time expected, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in
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on Form 10-K and our subsequent Quarterly Reports filed on Form
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