SanDisk Introduces 4-Gigabyte Embedded Flash Memory Storage

High-Performance, TrustedFlash-Enabled Security, Tiny Size, and Industry-Standard Interfaces Offer Fast, Easy Integration

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) has introduced SanDisk iNAND, a small, easily integrated high-speed NAND Flash storage device that is available in capacities and price points that make it an attractive alternative to micro hard drives. Embedded Flash memory is a popular storage solution for consumer electronics products such as MP3 players, GPS devices, personal media players and mobile phones. The announcement was made at the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment 2005 trade show in San Francisco, where SanDisk is exhibiting products in booth #944.

“Embedded Flash has quickly become a strong alternative to micro hard drives in consumer electronics products due to its decreasing cost-per-megabyte (MB) and increasing capacity points,” said Jeff Ellerbruch, director of consumer OEM marketing at SanDisk. “In addition, solid-state Flash memory has many other advantages over rotating mechanical hard drives that include high performance, much lower power consumption, increased durability (no track skipping) and significantly smaller size and weight. SanDisk iNAND also offers increased design flexibility since it is designed to work seamlessly in conjunction with a removable card slot. iNAND also incorporates for the first time SanDisk’s new TrustedFlash technology, assuring the same level of content security for embedded stored data that is available on TrustedFlash cards.”