Archive for the 'SanDisk' Category
SanDisk Corporation announced it has begun to sample 12-gigabyte (GB)1 microSDHC flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers for testing and evaluation. The 12GB card represents a 50 percent boost in card capacity from SanDisk's industry-leading 8GB microSDHC cards, which are currently available worldwide, and highlights the growing popularity of mobile phones with storage-intensive features that include music players, digital cameras, video recording and playback and GPS capabilities."Mobile phones have become a key part of consumers' lifestyles around the globe," said Jeff Kost, senior vice president and general manager of the Mobile Consumer Solutions division at SanDisk. ...
Posted on 8th January 2008
Under: SanDisk |
SanDisk Corporation today announced that it is shipping 8-gigabyte (GB)1 Memory Stick Micro (M2) flash memory cards to phone manufacturers and mobile network operators (MNOs) for testing and evaluation purposes. Primarily used in Sony Ericsson mobile phones, the 8GB SanDisk M2 cards are ideal for the growing number of consumers who make their mobile phone -- with its built-in music player, digital camera and video player/recorder -- the centrepiece of their digital lifestyle.At 8GB, SanDisk offers the largest capacity M2 card in the world. The new card will allow consumers to ...
Posted on 2nd September 2007
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SanDisk Corporation and Qimonda AG entered into an agreement to jointly develop and manufacture MCPs utilizing SanDisk's NAND flash and controllers and Qimonda's low power mobile DRAM. The collaboration targets the fast growing need for high capacity, integrated memory solutions of data-intensive mobile applications. This agreement will be executed through a jointly owned company based in Portugal, subject to closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.The MCPs will be sold by Qimonda and SanDisk through their existing sales channels to ...
Posted on 28th April 2007
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SanDisk Corporation. the second largest seller of MP3 players in the United States, today announced a partnership with Yahoo! Music, Yahoo, Inc.'s music division , the number one online music destination, that involves the implementation of unique music services for SanDisk's new Sansa Connect, a WiFi-enabled MP3 player. The partnership pairs SanDisk's new wireless MP3 player with both free and subscription-based services from Yahoo!, allowing consumers to stay constantly connected to their music, photos and friends via WiFi, with no PC required1.The flash-based Sansa Connect MP3 ...
Posted on 10th April 2007
Under: Multimedia, Music, SanDisk |
SanDisk Corporation announced that NEC Electronics Corporation has selected the SanDisk iNAND embedded flash drive (EFD) as the solid-state mobile storage solution for a new music phone platform that is based on its latest music playback chip, the AP131 audio processor. This marriage of advanced technologies, said the two companies, could give music lovers greatly increased playback times by lowering power consumption up to 85 percent."Combining NEC Electronics' AP131 with SanDisk's high-capacity iNAND allows users to store and ...
Posted on 14th February 2007
Under: Music, NEC, SanDisk, Technology |
Worldwide Launch of Highest Capacity, Fingernail-Size Memory Card Includes Exclusive U.S. Rollout in Verizon Wireless Stores For Chocolate By LG Mobile Phone
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB)* microSD card - the largest capacity of the world's smallest removable flash memory card - to meet demand for a new generation of MP3 music phones, including the forthcoming Verizon Wireless Chocolate by LG mobile phone.
Using the SanDisk microSD card, the Verizon Wireless phone can store up to 1,000 digital songs downloaded from the company's V CAST music service.** The card, which is sold with an adapter that enables it to fit into a standard-size ...
Posted on 31st July 2006
Under: Gigabyte, Memory, SanDisk, Verizon, Wireless |
Sleek New Phone Stores More Than a Hundred Songs On Removable Storage Card
SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced that its 512-megabyte (MB)* microSD™ card is bundled with the new Motorola® ROKR phone with iTunes™ that was introduced this week. The new iTunes-enabled Motorola phone can store approximately 120 songs**—the equivalent of eight CDs worth of music—using the included SanDisk flash storage card.
“The ROKR mobile phone is an excellent example of the transformation of the mobile phone into an entertainment device,†said Nelson Chan, executive vice president and general manager of the consumer and handset business at SanDisk. “Music is an ideal application for handsets that ...
Posted on 9th September 2005
Under: Memory, Motorola, SanDisk, Uncategorized |
SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) announced today that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on July 8, 2005 reversed a summary judgment ruling of non-infringement by a California District Court regarding SanDisk’s U.S. Patent No. 5,602,987 ("'987 Patent"). As a result of the CAFC decision, SanDisk will renew the prosecution of its infringement claims against Ritek, Pretec and Memorex flash memory cards. The CAFC ruling supports SanDisk’s interpretation of the key inventive features claimed in the ‘987 patent, and thereby eliminates the primary non-infringement argument of Ritek, Pretec and Memorex. SanDisk expects to seek summary judgment of infringement against the accused Ritek, Pretec ...
Posted on 11th July 2005
Under: SanDisk, Uncategorized |
SanDisk Introduces FlashCP Technology Infrastructure Designed To Securely Distribute Copyrighted Digital Content For Flash Cards And USB Drives
SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced FlashCP™, a unique proprietary content processing technology designed to let students easily and safely download and store their textbooks, novels, learning tools and more on a USB flash drive. While protecting the copyrighted content of publishers, FlashCP aims to create a “digital backpack†that weighs ounces instead of pounds. The announcement was made at the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC), where SanDisk is exhibiting in booths 26 and 28 in the Philadelphia Convention Center.
Originally developed under the name of BookLockerâ„¢, FlashCP was created ...
Posted on 28th June 2005
Under: Memory, SanDisk, Technology |
SanDisk Also Begins Shipping Other Memory Stick PRO Duo Card Capacities to Consumer Electronics Retailers, Video/Games Stores and Discount Department Stores
Responding to stronger-than-expected consumer demand for high-capacity flash memory cards that are needed for music and video-playing in Sony’s fast-selling PlayStation Portable (PSP), SanDisk® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today introduced a 2-gigabyte (GB)* Memory Stick PRO Duo™ Gaming Card to provide PSP owners with plenty of removable storage for video clips, MP3 music tracks, digital still photos and game data. The announcement was made at Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 ), where SanDisk is showing its gaming cards and accessories in Kentia Hall, Meeting Room 7008 of ...
Posted on 18th May 2005
Under: Games, Memory, SanDisk, Sony, Video |
Toshiba Corporation and SanDisk(R) Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today announced an 8-gigabit(1) (Gb) NAND flash memory chip fabricated with 70-nanometer (nm) process technology that ushers in the new era of gigabyte chips: 1-gigabyte(2) data storage capacity on a single chip. The new chip was today reported at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2005 in San Francisco.The new NAND flash memory utilizes multi-level cell (MLC) technology that allows two bits of data to be stored in one memory cell, doubling memory capacity. Innovative circuit design techniques were utilized to improve chip area efficiency resulting in an 8Gb chip size that is less than 5 percent larger than ...
Posted on 8th February 2005
Under: Memory, SanDisk, Technology, Toshiba |