SanDisk is a manufacturer of flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives, and solid state drives. In February 2015, SanDisk was the third largest flash memory producer.
On May 12, 2016, SanDisk was acquired by Western Digital hard drive manufacturer in a deal worth US $ 19 billion.
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History
SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra and Jack Yuan, who joined at the time as SunDisk. SanDisk's founder, Eli Harari, developed Floating Door EEPROM that proves the practicality, reliability, and durability of semiconductor-based data storage. On May 10, 2000 the Japanese Toshiba Company and SanDisk Company said that they will jointly form a new semiconductor company to produce advanced flash memory, especially for digital cameras.
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Acquisitions
- In October 2005, SanDisk acquired Matrix Semiconductor.
- In July 2006, SanDisk acquired M-Systems.
- In May 2011, SanDisk acquired Pilant Technology, a solid-state hard disk manufacturer, for US $ 327 million.
- In February 2012, SanDisk acquired FlashSoft.
- In June 2012, SanDisk acquired Schooner Information Technology, a developer of SchoonerSQL flash optimized database software and Membrain caching software.
- In July 2013, SanDisk acquired SMART Storage Systems, a manufacturer of SSDs for the enterprise market, for US $ 307 million.
- In June 2014, SanDisk acquired Fusion-io, the flash memory manufacturer for a corporate data center, for $ 1.1 billion.
- In May 2016, SanDisk was acquired by Western Digital for $ 19 billion
Awards and acknowledgments
- In 2014, SanDisk co-founder Harari won a National Technology and Innovation Medal from President Barack Obama for his innovation and contribution to flash memory storage solutions.
- In 2012, the Project Simply rated the third-highest SanDisk from 24 consumer electronics companies on "progress on mineral conflict".
Other products and technologies
- FlashCP
- Secure USB Drive
- StartKey
- U3
- SanDisk Sansa
- Eye-Fi
- ULLtraDIMM
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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