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PRESS RELEASE: SanDisk Introduces The First 4-Gigabyte SanDisk Ultra II SDHC Card-Fast Performance & Large Capacity Ideal For Digital Cameras And Camcorders
New 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 $19.99, will be bundled with the 4GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card at no extra charge. SDHC cards require an SDHC-compatible reader to transfer images from card to computer, and the MicroMate readers work with both SDHC and SD cards.
Anna Enerio, retail product marketing manager at SanDisk said, "The 4GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card and MicroMate reader bundle offers high capacity, proven performance and versatility at an exceptional value. We are confident that consumers will find this to be an ideal combination for storage-intensive applications such as digital cameras and video recording."
The 4GB SanDisk Ultra II SDHC card adheres to the SD 2.00 specification, a completely new design that is required for cards and cameras to support capacities from 4GB to 32GB. The specification was developed by the SD Association, an industry standards board, which also defined three speed classes for speed and performance capabilities. These cards adhere to the SD Speed Class Rating specification which defines a minimum sustained transfer speed for SDHC cards.
Though standard SD and SDHC cards look identical in size and shape, only SDHC-compatible cameras and devices will be able to accept the new SDHC cards. SanDisk differentiates its new cards with the new SDHC logo on the card and retail package.
Suggested Pricing and Availability
| | Capacities | US$ | Euros, Ex VAT | Availability | | SanDisk 4GB Ultra II SDHC Bundle with MicroMate SDHC/SD | 4GB + MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader | $219.99 | €123 | October 2006 |
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's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com
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.
(First posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 23:34 EDT)
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