Founded in 1988 by Dr. Eli Harari, an internationally recognized
authority on non-volatile memory technology, SanDisk has grown to
become the world's largest supplier of innovative flash memory data
storage products.
Serving both consumers (with more than 240,000 retail
storefronts worldwide) and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),
SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures and markets flash storage
products for a wide variety of electronic systems and digital
devices. SanDisk also licenses its technology to a number of other
industry-leading companies.
With flash memory's capability for storing large amounts of data
in a compact, removable or embedded format, SanDisk's products have
helped drive the exponential growth in sales of digital cameras,
multi-function mobile phones, USB flash drives, digital audio/video
players, and other digital consumer devices.
SanDisk currently has more than 1,100 U.S. patents, more than
600 foreign patents, and more than 1440 patent applications pending
in the U.S. SanDisk is the only company, worldwide, that has the
rights to both manufacture and sell every major flash card format,
including CompactFlash®, SD™, miniSD™,
microSD™, MultiMediaCard™, Reduced Size
MultiMediaCard (RS-MMC™), Memory Stick PRO™
and related Memory Stick® products, xD-Picture Card™ and
USB flash drives.
SanDisk became a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:SNDK) in
November 1995, and in 2008 revenues were 3.3 billion. With more
than 3,400 employees worldwide, SanDisk is headquartered in
Milpitas, California.