SanDisk
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SanDisk headquarters in Milpitas, California | |
| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Storage devices |
| Founded | 1988 |
| Founders | Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra and Jack Yuan |
| Headquarters | Milpitas, California, United States |
Key people | Sanjay Mehrotra (President & CEO) |
| Products |
Memory cards USB flash drives DRAM Portable media players SIM cards Solid-state drives |
| Parent | Western Digital |
| Website |
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SanDisk is an American manufacturer of flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives, and solid state drives. As of February 2015, it is third-largest manufacturer of flash memory.[1]
On May 12, 2016, SanDisk was acquired by hard drive manufacturer Western Digital in a US$19 billion deal.[2][3]
SanDisk Cruzer Blade
History
SanDisk founders: Jack Yuan, Eli Harari, and Sanjay Mehrotra (2010).
SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra and Jack Yuan.[4] SanDisk co-founder Eli Harari developed the Floating Gate EEPROM which proved the practicality, reliability and endurance of semiconductor-based data storage.[5]
Acquisitions
- In October 2005, Sandisk acquired Matrix Semiconductor.[6]
- In July 2006, SanDisk acquired M-Systems.[7]
- In May 2011, SanDisk acquired Pilant Technology, a manufacturer of solid state drives, for US$327 million.[8]
- In February 2012, SanDisk acquired FlashSoft.[9]
- In June 2012, SanDisk acquired Schooner Information Technology, developer of the flash-optimized database software SchoonerSQL and caching software Membrain.[9]
- In July 2013, SanDisk acquired SMART Storage Systems, a producer of SSDs for the enterprise market, for US$307 million.[10]
- In June 2014, Sandisk acquired Fusion-io, a producer of flash memory for enterprise datacenters, for $1.1 billion.[11]
Awards and recognition
- In 2014, SanDisk co-founder Harari won the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama for his innovations and contributions to flash memory storage solutions.[12]
- In 2012, the Enough Project ranked SanDisk the third highest of 24 consumer electronics companies on "progress on conflict minerals".[13]
Other products and technologies
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SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD 480GB (Front and Back)
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II USB-C Reader
References
- ↑ "Western Digital to acquire SanDisk for $19B". USA Today. Gannett Company. October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ↑ "Western Digital officially closes SanDisk acquisition". The Verge. Vox Media. May 12, 2016. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
- ↑ Harris, Scott Duke (2008-07-13). "Mercury News interview: SanDisk CEO helped launch digital revolution". The San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved 2008-08-06.
- ↑ "Santa Clara Valley Chapter Meeting: 'Future Directions for Semiconductor Non-Volatile Memory". Santa Clara University: IEEE Electron Devices Society. January 16, 1990.
- ↑ "SanDisk to acquire Matrix Semiconductor". CNET. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "SanDisk To Buy msystems". The Street. 2006-07-31. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-08-21.
- ↑ "SanDisk Plans To Buy SSD Maker Pliant Technology". CRN.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- 1 2 "SanDisk Buys Schooner, Moves Into Enterprise Software Space". CRN.com. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "SanDisk acquires SMART Storage Systems for $307 million". ZDNet. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ "SanDisk to Acquire Troubled Fusion-io for $1.2 Billion". Recode. Vox Media. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ↑ Fairsmith, Christine (Oct 24, 2014). "ELI HARARI '73 RECEIVES HONOR FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA". Princeton. Retrieved 2014-10-24.
- ↑ Lezhnev, Sasha; Alex Hellmuth (Aug 2012). "Taking Conflict Out of Consumer Gadgets: Company Rankings on Conflict Minerals 2012" (PDF). Enough Project. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
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