SanDisk explained

SanDisk LLC
Type:Subsidiary
Traded As:NASDAQ:
Founded:[1]
Industry:Storage devices
Parent:Western Digital (2016–present)
Founders:Eli Harari
Sanjay Mehrotra
Jack Yuan
Hq Location City:Milpitas, California
Hq Location Country:United States
Num Employees: 8,790

SanDisk LLC is an American multinational computer technology company based in Milpitas, California. It is known for its flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives, solid-state drives, and digital audio players. The company was founded in 1988 as SunDisk Corporation and renamed in 1995 as SanDisk Corporation;[2] it assumed its current name in 2016 when it was acquired by Western Digital.[3]

Western Digital was the fourth-largest manufacturer of flash memory having declined from third-largest in 2014.[4]

History

SanDisk (originally Sundisk) was founded in 1988 by Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra, and Jack Yuan.[5] In 1995, just before its initial public offering, SunDisk changed its name to SanDisk, to avoid confusion with Sun Microsystems, a prominent computer manufacturer at the time.

SanDisk co-founder Eli Harari developed the Floating Gate EEPROM which proved the practicality, reliability and endurance of semiconductor-based data storage.[6]

In 1991, SanDisk produced the first flash-based solid-state drive (SSD) in a 2.5-inch hard disk drive form factor for IBM with a 20 MB capacity priced at about $1,000.[7]

In 1992, SanDisk introduced FlashDisk, a series of memory cards made for the PCMCIA or PC card form factor, so they could be inserted into the expansion slots of many laptops and handheld PCs of the time. Unlike other similar products at the time, FlashDisks did not require a battery to store their contents. SanDisk discontinued their production in 2002, and the highest capacity model had 8 gigabytes of capacity.[8]

On May 10, 2000, the Toshiba Corporation of Japan and the SanDisk Corporation said that they would jointly form a new semiconductor company to produce advanced flash memory, primarily for digital cameras.[9]

In 2005 SanDisk entered the digital audio player market with the release of its first flash-based MP3 player, the SanDisk Sansa e100.[10] As soon as 2006, they became the second largest maker of digital audio players in the United States behind Apple.[11]

Acquisitions and growth

Awards and sale

In 2012, the Enough Project ranked SanDisk the third highest of 24 consumer electronics companies on "progress on conflict minerals".[18]

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.[19]

On January 8, 2015, NexGen Storage, which had been acquired by Fusion-io, was spun out to become an independent company once again.[20] In January 2016, Pivot3 (based in Austin, Texas) acquired NexGen Storage.[21] SanDisk was acquired by hard disk drive manufacturer Western Digital on May 12, 2016, for US$19 billion.[22] [23]

In 2019 Sanjay Mehrotra received a lifetime achievement award at a trade show.[24]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SanDisk LLC . General Information Name Search . Delaware Division of Corporations . File 2162478 . April 27, 2024.
  2. Web site: Amended Statement by Foreign Corporation: SanDisk Corporation . Kellerman . Thomas W. . April 25, 1995 . . Control ID LBA26261237 (Legacy No. A0466153) . April 27, 2024.
  3. Web site: Toshiba Memory Corporation . Western Digital Corporation . SanDisk LLC . SanDisk (Ireland) Limited . EAL Commitment and Extension Agreement . . April 27, 2024 . December 12, 2017.
  4. Web site: Market View: NAND Flash Brand Supplier Revenue Falls 6.6% in First Quarter. February 5, 2015. DRAMeXchange. July 23, 2015.
  5. News: Mercury News interview: SanDisk CEO helped launch digital revolution. Harris. Scott Duke. July 13, 2008. The San Jose Mercury News. August 6, 2008.
  6. News: IEEE Electron Devices Society . Santa Clara Valley Chapter Meeting: 'Future Directions for Semiconductor Non-Volatile Memory . Santa Clara University . January 16, 1990.
  7. Web site: A History of Innovation. 1991. Western Digital. March 28, 2019.
  8. Web site: 25 Years of CompactFlash: A Look Back at the Pioneering Format. PCMAG.
  9. News: Toshiba and SanDisk Enter Joint Venture. May 10, 2000. The New York Times. July 24, 2019. Reuters. 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: New SanDisk Sansa Mp3 Players. phys.org.
  11. News: SanDisk Raises Music-Player Stakes . Wall Street Journal . August 21, 2006 . Wingfield . Nick .
  12. Web site: SanDisk to acquire Matrix Semiconductor. Kawamoto. Dawn. October 21, 2005. CNET. August 3, 2016.
  13. News: SanDisk To Buy msystems . The Street . July 31, 2006 . August 21, 2006 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930200853/http://www.thestreet.com/_iwon/newsanalysis/techsemis/10300419.html?cf=WSIWON1111051500 . September 30, 2007 .
  14. Web site: SanDisk Plans To Buy SSD Maker Pliant Technology. Kovar. Joseph F.. May 16, 2011. CRN.com. August 3, 2016.
  15. Web site: SanDisk Buys Schooner, Moves Into Enterprise Software Space. Kovar. Joseph F.. June 27, 2012. CRN.com. August 3, 2016.
  16. Web site: SanDisk acquires SMART Storage Systems for $307 million. Dignan. Larry. July 2, 2013. ZDNet. August 3, 2016.
  17. Web site: SanDisk to Acquire Troubled Fusion-io for $1.2 Billion. Hesseldahl. Arik. June 16, 2014. Recode. Vox Media. August 3, 2016.
  18. Web site: Taking Conflict Out of Consumer Gadgets: Company Rankings on Conflict Minerals 2012. Lezhnev. Sasha. Hellmuth. Alex. Aug 2012. Enough Project. August 17, 2012.
  19. Web site: Eli Harari *73 receives honor from President Obama. Fairsmith. Christine. October 24, 2014. School of Engineering and Applied Science. Princeton University. July 24, 2019.
  20. Web site: SanDisk Completes Spin-Out of the Company's ioControl Solutions Business . Press release . January 8, 2015 . SanDisk . November 21, 2016 . January 17, 2015 . https://archive.today/20150117162731/http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2015/sandisk-completes-spin-out-of-the-companys-iocontrol-solutions-business/ . bot: unknown .
  21. Web site: Pivot3 To Acquire NexGen Storage, Bring Storage QoS To Hyper-Converged Infrastructure . Joseph F. Kovar . January 27, 2016 . CRN . February 16, 2022 .
  22. News: Western Digital to acquire SanDisk for $19B. Molina. Brett. October 21, 2015. USA TODAY. October 22, 2015.
  23. Web site: Western Digital Officially Closes SanDisk Acquisition. Vincent. James. May 12, 2016. The Verge. Vox Media. August 3, 2016.
  24. Web site: Flash Memory Lifetime Achievement Award 2019 - Sanjay Mehrotra. January 13, 2021. flashmemorysummit.com.

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