Fast Performance & Large Capacity Ideal For Digital Cameras And CamcordersNew Cards Include Free MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader
 COLOGNE, GERMANY, Sep. 26, 2006 – SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced a 4-gigabyte (GB) SanDisk Ultra ® II SD High Capacity (SDHC ™)
card to meet the growing demand for higher capacity storage. The new
cards can store more than 2,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 8
hours of MPEG 4 video. The announcement was made at the Photokina trade
show where SanDisk is demonstrating products in Hall 6, Stand D78/E79. The SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card features write speeds of 9 megabytes
(MB) per second and read speeds of 10MB/sec. The cards are targeted at
digital photography enthusiasts with 5 mega-pixel or higher resolution
digital cameras or videographers with camcorders that require
significantly faster flash storage cards.
The SanDisk MicroMate™ USB 2.0
reader, which normally retails for $19.99, will be bundled with the 4GB
SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card at no extra charge. SDHC cards require an
SDHC-compatible reader to transfer images from card to computer, and
the MicroMate readers work with both SDHC and SD cards.
Anna Enerio, retail product marketing manager at
SanDisk said, “The 4GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card and MicroMate reader
bundle offers high capacity, proven performance and versatility at an
exceptional value. We are confident that consumers will find this to be
an ideal combination for storage-intensive applications such as digital
cameras and video recording.”
The 4GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card adheres to the SD
2.00 specification, a completely new design that is required for cards
and cameras to support capacities from 4GB to 32GB. The specification
was developed by the SD Association, an industry standards board, which
also defined three speed classes for speed and performance
capabilities. These cards adhere to the SD Speed Class Rating
specification which defines a minimum sustained transfer speed for SDHC
cards.
Though standard SD and SDHC cards look identical in size and shape,
only SDHC-compatible cameras and devices will be able to accept the new
SDHC cards. SanDisk differentiates its new cards with the new SDHC logo
on the card and retail package.
Suggested Pricing and Availability
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Capacities
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US$
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Euros, Ex VAT
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Availability
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SanDisk 4GB Ultra II SDHC Bundle with MicroMate SDHC/SD
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4GB + MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader
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$219.99
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€123
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October 2006
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For additional information, please visit SanDisk’s website:
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the
world’s largest supplier of flash data storage card products, using its
patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk
is headquartered in Milpitas, CA and has operations worldwide, with
more than half its sales outside the U.S.
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo and SanDisk Ultra are
trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other
countries. MicroMate is a trademark of SanDisk Corporation. SDHC and
the SDHC logo are trademarks. Other brand names mentioned herein are
for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their
respective holder(s). All trade names are either registered trademarks
or trademarks of their respective holders.
[i] 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes.
[ii]
Approximations based on compressed JPEG images on 4 MP camera
(pictures) and 8 hours of Super Fine MPEG 4 video (320 x 240, 1Mb/sec.)
Actual numbers may vary.
3 The 4GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card is rated Class
6, a guaranteed minimum data-transfer rate of 6MB/sec. This rate is
guaranteed based on the conditional access method specified by SD
physical specifications. SanDisk Ultra II performance based on internal
SanDisk test data.
This press release contains certain forward-looking
statements, including expectations for new product introductions,
specifications, applications, markets, pricing, customer acceptance 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, and the other risks detailed from
time-to-time under the caption “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our
Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but
not limited to, Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We
do not intend to update the information contained in this press
release. |
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