SANDISK SHIPS ITS HIGHEST CAPACITY SD CARD EVER,
SanDisk's Highest Capacity SD Card Offers Increased
Storage,
Ideal for Extended HD Video Recording
Milpitas, Calif., February 22, 2010
- SanDisk
Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), the global leader in flash memory
cards, today announced that it has begun shipping the 64 gigabyte
(GB)1 SanDisk Ultra® SDXC™ card, the company's highest
capacity SD™ card ever. With its 64GB capacity, up to 15MB/sec read
speed2 and Class 4 speed rating, the new card is ideal
for capturing and storing massive 1080p High-Definition video files
and then transferring them quickly to a computer.
SDXC cards are based on the new SD
3.0 specification, which makes it possible to manufacture cards
with storage capacity up to 2 terabytes (TB)3. The SDXC
card's exFAT file structure helps consumers record long-duration HD
videos. The 64GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card can store more than eight
hours of such video with recording speed of 9 Mbps (HD
standard)*.
"SDXC is the successor to the
popular SDHC card format," said Susan Park, director, retail
product marketing, SanDisk. "The 64GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card
delivers the speed and capacity consumers need for extended HD
video recording and improved rapid shooting of still images. The
card is an ideal complement for recently-announced SDXC-compatible
cameras and camcorders."
Because the SD 3.0 specification was
recently released, only a handful of devices may be immediately
available that support SDXC cards. However, the pace of new camera
model introduction supporting the SDXC format is accelerating.
Canon announced at CES that all of its new VIXIA camcorder models
and PowerShot cameras are compatible with SDXC cards. Widespread
adoption of SDXC is expected to occur across a range of consumer
electronic products including HDTVs, Blu-ray recorders/players,
camcorders, cameras, mobile phones, navigation systems and
computers. SanDisk® ImageMate® memory card readers are compatible
with SDXC cards if the connected PC uses an operating system that
supports exFAT.
The 64GB SanDisk Ultra SDXC card
comes with a lifetime limited warranty**. The card is
available immediately at www.sandisk.com via the U.S.
e-commerce site with a price of $349.99, and will be available at
SanDisk locations around the world soon after.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is the global leader in flash memory cards,
from research, manufacturing and product design to consumer
branding and retail distribution. SanDisk's product portfolio
includes flash memory cards for mobile phones, digital cameras and
camcorders; digital audio/video players; USB flash drives for
consumers and the enterprise; embedded memory for mobile devices;
and solid state drives for computers. SanDisk is a Silicon
Valley-based S&P 500 company, with more than half its sales
outside the United States.
1 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1
billion bytes.
2 Up to 15 MB/sec read speed; write speed lower. Based
on SanDisk internal testing; performance may be lower depending
upon host device. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes.
3 1 terabyte (TB) = 1 trillion bytes.
* Approximations: results will vary based on file size,
resolution, compression, bit rate, content, host device, pre-loaded
files and other factors. See www.sandisk.com
** 10 year warranty in regions not recognizing lifetime
limited warranty.
SanDisk's product and executive
images can be downloaded from:
http://www.sandisk.com/corporate/media.asp
SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com
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rights reserved. SanDisk, the SanDisk logo, SanDisk Ultra and
ImageMate are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the
United States and other countries. SD and SDXC are trademarks of
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respective holder (s).
This press release contains certain
forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product
introductions, specifications, applications, markets, and customers
that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous
risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking
statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these
forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others:
market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our
expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these
products in new markets that we are targeting, our products may not
perform as expected or may not be available at the prices, in the
regions, in the capacities or at the time expected and the other
risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange
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most recent annual report on Form 10-K and our subsequent quarterly
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