SanDisk

SanDisk Corporation (), formerly SunDisk, is a US-based multi-national corporation which designs and markets flash memory card products. SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Eli Harari, a non-volatile memory technology expert. SanDisk became a publicly traded company on NASDAQ in November 1995. SanDisk produces many different types of Flash Memory, including various memory cards and a series of USB removable drives. SanDisk produces both high-end units that cost more than the typical unit but are of higher quality, and economy units. In partnership with Toshiba, it produces some of the least expensive memory cards on the market.

The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California, with offices and manufacturing facilities worldwide.

Financial Information

SanDisk is publicly traded on the NASDAQ exchange. Its market capitalization is about States dollar|US$" target="_blank" >^*9B and shares are traded at US$62 (May 2006) .

SanDisk is a component of the GSTI Semiconductor Index

Products

Memory Stick Pro cards (2003)
Memory Stick Pro Duo card (?)
CompactFlash cards (1994)
Multimedia Cards (1997)
RS-MMC (Reduced-Size MultiMedia Cards) (2004)
SD cards (2001), MiniSD Cards (2003), and MicroSD Cards (2005)
USB flash drives
Sansa MP3 players
USB memory card readers
USB Smart Drives for Console and PC Video Gaming

SanDisk Sansa

SanDisk recently introduced a line of flash-based MP3 players called the "Sansa" series. SanDisk is also the second-most popular digital audio player manufacturer (as of May 2006), after Apple Computer, Inc. The most recent e200 models also support video playback. Sandisk is able to price the Sansa players aggressively compared with other flash players, because it manufactures its own flash memory.

As of March, 2006, the complete Sansa line consists of the following:

Competitors

Manufacturing Sites

Manassas, VA

External links

SanDisk website