Founded in 1988 in the United States, it provides trusted storage solutions to business users and individual consumers around the world, and is known for its flash memory products that can store large amounts of data in a small, removable, and embedded form factor
Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, SanDisk is an internationally recognized authority on non-volatile memory technology and has grown to become the world's largest provider of innovative flash data storage products.
Serving consumers (with more than 240,000 retail stores worldwide) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets a wide range of electronic systems and digital devices. In addition, SanDisk licenses its technology to other leading companies in the industry.
With flash memory products that can store large amounts of data in a small, removable or inline form factor, SanDisk has successfully driven huge sales growth in digital cameras, multifunction mobile phones, USB flash drives, digital audio/video players and other digital consumer devices.
SanDisk currently holds more than 1,100 U.S. patents, more than 600 foreign patents, and more than 1,440 U.S. patents pending. SanDisk is the only company in the world authorized to manufacture and sell all major flash memory card formats, including CompactFlash®, SD™, miniSD,™ microSD™, MultiMediaCard ™, Reduced Size MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC™), Memory Stick PRO™ and related Memory Stick® products, xD-Picture Card™ and USB flash drive.
SanDisk went public in November 1995 (NASDAQ: SNDK) with revenues of $3.3 billion in 2008. SanDisk employs more than 3,400 people worldwide and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
SanDisk Enables New Chinese Name "SanDisk"
On July 21, 2009, SanDisk® announced that its products sold in China are fully designed with high-grade packaging to highlight their product characteristics and make it easier for consumers to identify and understand product appeals. At the same time as changing the packaging, SanDisk also specified a Chinese name for use in China and other Chinese markets - "SanDisk".
May 2016Western Digital's $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk will give Western Digital a wholly owned ownership of all of SanDisk's businesses, including flash memory cards, memory sticks and, just for laptop hard drives.
