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Last month, Samsung officially placed an offer of $5.8 billion for the acquisition of SanDisk, which was almost instantly turned down by the flash memory manufacturer. After the offer was rejected, several other companies, including Intel and Seagate, were rumored to have shown signs of interest in engaging in a pos... |
3 October 2008
07:12 GMT |
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SanDisk, the Californian maker and distributor of flash storage cards and other similar products, has announced the release of the world's first 16GB memory cards for mobile phones. The new cards are not yet commercially available, but they will be starting October. Best Buy will start to sell them next month, w... |
30 September 2008
02:58 GMT |
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Photokina is not only an event where the most important names in digital photography showcase their products, but it's also a very good opportunity for memory card makers to announce new and improved models, designed for the various camera segments out there. We've seen yesterday some pretty interesting ann... |
24 September 2008
03:01 GMT |
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After turning down Samsung's acquisition offer, the flash-based memory vendor SanDisk has announced today the introduction of a new physical music format dubbed “slotMusic,” which will be delivered in the form of microSD cards. In addition, the company has also announced that its new media storage s... |
22 September 2008
05:06 GMT |
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Last week, SanDisk turned down Samsung's offer of acquisition. It seems that the price per share offered now is lower than the one at the beginning of the discussions, and the company wants more money. As recent news shows, other companies seem to be interested in getting their hands on the flash memory company.... |
22 September 2008
02:57 GMT |
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Not very long ago, we informed you about Samsung's intentions to acquire SanDisk, a leading manufacturer of flash-based memory products. Back then, no type of feedback came from SanDisk, while the exact details of a possible acquisition weren't available. However, it appears that the Taiwan-based company ha... |
17 September 2008
04:08 GMT |
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Flash memory is becoming the favorite storage media for a lot of devices nowadays, including here professional video cameras (while digital photo cameras have used it since they first appeared on the market). For this reason, SanDisk, one of the world's largest manufacturers of flash-based storage solutions, has... |
12 September 2008
15:51 GMT |
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Samsung Electronics, one of the largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, is planning to acquire SanDisk, a leading maker of flash memory card products. In an interview with Reuters and cited by the online newspaper eDaily, a representative for the South Korea-based company confirmed that Samsung was considering... |
5 September 2008
08:58 GMT |
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Generally, memory card manufacturers tend to launch new and enhanced memory cards long before the digital cameras actually capable of taking full advantage of their features arrive on the market. However, that's not the case with SanDisk, who, in order to compliment the launch of Nikon's D90, has just annou... |
26 August 2008
17:51 GMT |
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SanDisk Corporation announced today the introduction of a new digital memory card, the SanDisk SD WORM (Write Once Read Many). The card is designed for professional use, as for any application that requires data files to be protected against alteration or deletion, like police investigations, court testimony, electro... |
24 July 2008
04:19 GMT |
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It's becoming pretty clear that SSDs represent the future of storage as we know it. This is the reason why most of the major manufacturers on the storage market are trying their best in order to catch a spot on this bandwagon to the future. Some of them might even try some extreme solutions, like going for their... |
25 June 2008
14:51 GMT |
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This Tuesday, Toshiba and SanDisk signed an agreement according to which the companies would be teaming up to develop and manufacture 3D memory. The news was largely overlooked as all eyes in the hardware industry were drawn to NVIDIA's official release of its latest GT200 series of graphics cards. But, thanks t... |
20 June 2008
06:10 GMT |
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SanDisk Corporation, a leader in flash memory, announced today the launch of the industry's first premium mobile phone storage cards. The SanDisk Mobile Ultra, microSD, microSDHC and Memory Stick Micro (M2) flash mobile memory cards are available in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacities and will be launched at CommunicAsi... |
17 June 2008
10:43 GMT |
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If we are to take a look at the product releases coming from this year's Computex show in Taipei, we can say with certainty that SSDs are likely to become the standard storage solution very soon. SanDisk, TDK and Intel are among the biggest names to announce new solid-state drives. On top of that, ASUS has also ... |
3 June 2008
09:30 GMT |
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Hinting at Sony's plans concerning professional photographers or extremely serious amateurs, SanDisk has announced today the fastest card in its Memory Stick lineup, namely the new Extreme III Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo available in 4-gigabyte and 8-gigabyte capacities. Given the capacities and the performance, th... |
29 May 2008
06:02 GMT |
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SanDisk announced the release of a new series of memory cards for mobile phones, the "Mobile Ultra" cards, which bring advanced performances and more speed when it comes to data transfers. The cards have storage capacities of 2GB, 4GB and 8GB respectively, being available either in the microSD/microSDHC format or in ... |
22 May 2008
06:51 GMT |
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There's nothing fancier these days than virtualization and enterprise-class security, but, if you manage to stuff them both into the same product, you can lay back and cash in the millions. Sandisk thinks the same and announced that it has teamed up with security specialist Check Point to build a secure virtual ... |
25 April 2008
08:15 GMT |
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SanDisk, one of the most important names when it comes to storage solutions, has published a report, underlining the risks of losing the data copied on USB flash drives. According to the study findings, no less than 77 percent of the corporate end users turn to USB sticks in order to store work-related material, no m... |
14 April 2008
06:09 GMT |
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USB sticks are extremely common and comfortable storage media. Most of the PC users carry large amounts of important information from work to their home computers and the other way around. While losing a flash drive would punch an insignificant $12 hole in your pocket, value of the information lost with the disk can ... |
8 April 2008
16:56 GMT |
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Apple's iTunes service represents probably the best-known method of music distribution, next to the CD and DVD, of course. However, it would seem that the people over at SanDisk are seriously considering a whole new approach to this concept, as they've announced that the company will promote DRM-free music ... |
20 March 2008
14:51 GMT |
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As you might remember from one of our previous articles, we've managed to have a very insightful conversation with one of SanDisk's reps at CeBIT, who, among other facts, also revealed that SanDisk was preparing to launch a hot new product, designed to fill in the void between the Clip and the View models. ... |
12 March 2008
04:05 GMT |
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San Disk is one of the most important names in the storage solutions' industry, so it's actually no wonder that the company has brought forth its best offerings at this year's CeBIT. Whether we're talking about SSDs, various memory card types, as well as the other goodies on the side. The first th... |
7 March 2008
06:38 GMT |
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Although SanDisk has come packed with its full arsenal at this year's CeBIT, as far as its storage-related products are concerned, the portable multimedia player's corner was rather poorly populated. However, it would seem that things are about to change in just a few weeks' time, as the company plans ... |
7 March 2008
05:51 GMT |
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Sony has just announced that it will sell its microprocessor production facilities in western Japan to Toshiba in exchange of $835 million. The purchase agreement is one of the final steps the companies are taking in order to consolidate their business partnership.The inventory located at the chip production facility... |
20 February 2008
11:57 GMT |
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Toshiba and SanDisk have jointly announced that they have inked a non-binding memorandum to set the basis of a production joint venture with a 300-mm wafer fabrication plant in Japan. The two companies will produce NAND flash memory using their proprietary technologies.The joint venture is still in an early stage, an... |
19 February 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Solid-state storage is continuously gaining more and more attention from the mobile enthusiasts. Flash-based storage is thinner, more energy-saving and has better access timings than the conventional hard-disk drives. They are the best pick for notebooks such as the ethereal MacBook Air or Lenovo's Thinkpad X300... |
15 February 2008
04:37 GMT |
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SanDisk has just announced a breakthrough in its three-bit-per-cell NAND flash memory manufacturing process. This is not all, as the company is cooking yet another surprise: it will start production of 43-nanometer multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash memory to replace its current 56-nanometer process.The 43-nanometer M... |
7 February 2008
03:29 GMT |
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The NAND flash memory has firmly set foot in both IT and consumer electronics industries. It is present almost everywhere, from the recent solid-state drives to portable MP3 players, mobile telephones or digital cameras. It is the perfect storage medium, as it is extremely power-efficient, dense and shock resistant. ... |
2 February 2008
06:26 GMT |
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Every major name in the industry (well, at least from those segments related to digital photography) is making some sort of announcement nowadays, as they can't simply leave PMA2008 go by without taking advantage of this golden marketing opportunity. And one of the latest to join this announcement frenzy is SanD... |
1 February 2008
02:10 GMT |
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More and more PC and notebook users are switching from the old spinning platters to the latest trend in storage: solid-state drives. Except for the fabulous price, the greatest showstopper in adopting the solid-state drives is the fact that they have a limited capacity and the largest drive available only provides 12... |
23 January 2008
06:17 GMT |
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Although this year's CES has come and gone, we'll keep informing you for a while longer regarding the various products the most important names in the industry have come up with at this international fair. So, after reading quite a few things about SanDisk's products lately, it's about time to tak... |
11 January 2008
07:16 GMT |
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As I do believe you've been able to see over the past few days, some of the most important camcorder manufacturers have rolled out a bevy of new, improved and HD-enabled models at CES 2008, targeting just about every segment of the CE market. Furthermore, some of the respective cameras (like the ones from Canon ... |
8 January 2008
12:36 GMT |
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SanDisk Corporation, one of the manufacturer leaders in flash memory, just announced it has begun to sample 12GB 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, ... |
8 January 2008
07:03 GMT |
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While showcasing its products at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show, SanDisk has official announced capacity increases for two of its most popular flash-based digital media players. The Sansa Clip player will move to a top capacity of 4 GB from a previous 2GB one, while the Sansa View will jump to 32 GB... |
8 January 2008
03:16 GMT |
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Aerielle has just introduced the i2i Stream Digital Music Broadcaster, a one-to-many wireless portable audio device that will turn music sharing into an unforgettable experience.The device allows its users to take any music source, like Mp3 players, home stereos, DVD players and even computers and broadcast it betwee... |
4 January 2008
19:56 GMT |
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The International CES 2008 is only a few days away and manufacturers have started to come out with press releases of what they will be showcasing at their booths in Las Vegas. And one of the most interesting devices related to the specific area of portable storage devices comes from SanDisk, who has just announced t... |
3 January 2008
07:46 GMT |
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Installing the computer's operating system on a separate partition (or a separate drive altogether) has become a common practice among a lot of computer users around the world, as this configuration enables faster access speeds and a higher overall performance level of the respective PC or laptop. However, it se... |
14 November 2007
12:56 GMT |
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SanDisk made a big entry for its 8GB microSDHC and M2 flash memory cards at a global scale. The company even organized a "Sunset Strip Block Party" on the occasion, in order to make it official.SanDisk just expanded its memory card offer with the release of its 8GB microSDHC and M2 flash memory cards to retail outlet... |
30 October 2007
05:17 GMT |
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The Flash memory module market is a very crowded and busy one and there are quite a lot of companies out there that claim they're the original inventors, or "parents" of the Flash storage memory modules. One of these companies is SanDisk, who has decided to take some measures against its competitors and filed th... |
25 October 2007
14:16 GMT |
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I am pretty sure some of you have been waiting for the new Sansa View for quite a while. The manufacturing company has shown the first Sansa View prototype at CES in January. But, since then, the View started resembling more and more the popular e200 series. Too bad it's just not its time, as the market is alrea... |
24 October 2007
02:25 GMT |
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SanDisk is one of the most important names from the A/V industry, known not only for its advanced storage solutions and portable media players, but also for a large number of other interesting products. However, the company's latest development is something really out of the ordinary, as the combo between the Ta... |
22 October 2007
09:51 GMT |
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SanDisk has expanded its Extreme III lineup with a new 8GB SDHC (secure disc high capacity) card. This capacity is enough for more than 4,000 high-resolution pictures or up to 16 hours of MPEG 4 video and the Extreme III standard ensures a read/write speed of 20 megabytes per second. "With the introduction of more ca... |
17 October 2007
10:46 GMT |
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SanDisk Corporation announced that it will soon begin extended shipments of solid state drives (SSDs for short) units to computer systems integrating companies. This move comes after the storage manufacturing company successfully completed an OEM launch of its 32GB solid state drive that comes packed in the 2.5 small... |
28 September 2007
04:16 GMT |
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Median might sound unfamiliar to most of you, and to be honest, it doesn't ring a bell to me either. The C-10 portable media player features a mere 10.5mm thickness, but its features compensate the small size.Besides being so small, the device can actually deal with most of the file formats on the market. It can... |
19 September 2007
05:18 GMT |
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After big names on the computer industry market encountered problems with the antitrust regulations and the state bodies that were designed to enforce them, it is the turn of another company to face a looming probe. While Intel and Microsoft are the traditional accused parties in just about every antitrust case in th... |
15 September 2007
07:21 GMT |
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SanDisk Corporation announced the launch of a new line of flash memory based products, the SanDisk Express, which are all aimed at the high performance video and photo market segments where speed, durability and reliability are most demanded. The new line of products achieves such high performance marks as it is base... |
14 September 2007
10:09 GMT |
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The Alzheimer's Disease (also known as A.D or simply Alzheimer's) is one of the worst debilitating conditions that very seriously affect the elderly population, leading to such symptoms as memory loss or dementia. Although there's no cure for it, at least for the time being, quite a lot of associations... |
13 September 2007
09:46 GMT |
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New addition to SanDisk's portfolio. The company has recently announced a brand new Sansa View player. The sleek video mp3 player comes packed with no less than 16GB storage capacity. Sansa View is said to be a tremendous success mostly because its manufacturers managed to mix some MP3 attributes with a full-mot... |
10 September 2007
09:44 GMT |
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Toshiba and SanDisk formed a partnership over eight years ago in an attempt to stay competitive on the fast growing and very volatile flash memory market. As the global demand for flash based memory solutions is increasing it put strains over the supply chain and flash manufacturers are trying to meet the demand by i... |
8 September 2007
07:16 GMT |
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As it considers itself to be the world's largest manufacturer of flash data storage card products, SanDisk has to constantly live up to its name and launch upgraded products that will answer the consumer's demands for increasingly higher data storage capacities. And that's exactly what the company seem... |
3 September 2007
03:31 GMT |
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