- iNAND Ultra™ embedded flash memory to be built on world's most advanced 19nm process technology
- Advanced manufacturing and innovative packaging techniques deliver storage capacities up to 64GB1 in tiny footprint for tablets, smartphones and other consumer electronics devices
- Optimized for next-generation mobile operating systems
Advanced Manufacturing and Packaging Enables Slim, Powerful
Mobile Devices
Shrinking the size of electronic circuitry allows equipment
makers to develop products with larger storage capacities,
providing consumers the ability to enjoy more content on
smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices. A
nanometer measures one-billionth of a meter, meaning that
19nm circuit lines are so small that about 3,000 of them
could fit across the width of a human hair.
iNAND Ultra solutions are used by leading mobile device makers around the world. The e.MMC™ (standards-based embedded mobile interface) devices built on SanDisk's 19nm technology will use the company's two-bit per cell technology-SanDisk's tenth generation of multi-level cell products. Sleeker, slim form factor product designs are also enabled by SanDisk's innovative packaging technology that provides up to 64GB of storage capacity in a package just 11.5mm x 13mm in size. Advanced packaging techniques allow SanDisk to offer certain capacities in packages as thin as 1mm.
"The iNAND Ultra products will be the first of our three iNAND embedded flash memory families to migrate to leading-edge 19nm process technology in 2012," said Amir Lehr, vice president, Embedded Memory Business. "SanDisk's advanced manufacturing and packaging expertise allows us to support increased storage capacities and smaller device footprint requirements to meet the growing demand for sleeker, more feature rich mobile devices."
Fast Performance and Tight Host Integration Deliver
Improved User Experience
iNAND Ultra products are optimized for current and future
generations of leading mobile operating systems such as
Google Android and Windows Mobile. This hardware
optimization for key operating systems combined with
outstanding random performance characteristics help provide
consumers with mobile devices that are highly responsive
and deliver outstanding browsing and multitasking
performance.
The new products feature up to 20 megabyte per second (MB/sec) sequential write and up to 80MB/sec sequential read performance for faster file transfers. In addition, SanDisk works closely with major OEMs and chipset vendors to ensure the tight integration required between the host device and embedded flash memory. This helps ensure the best possible mobile user experience and has resulted in SanDisk embedded memory technology being incorporated into leading mobile reference designs.
Segmented Product Portfolio Meets the Needs of All Mobile
Devices
As smaller, more powerful mobile devices have proliferated
throughout the consumer electronics market, the use of
flash memory has expanded from mobile phones and tablets to
enable new products and new usage models. The SanDisk iNAND
product family includes an embedded storage solution for
every performance segment and capacity point in the mobile
market. The SanDisk iNAND™ family includes iNAND, iNAND
Ultra and iNAND Extreme™ products.
Availability
SanDisk's iNAND Ultra products will initially be
available in 8GB to 64GB capacities with samples expected
to be available to customers in the first quarter of 2012.
Volume production is expected in the second quarter.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) is a global leader in
flash memory storage solutions, from research and
development, product design and manufacturing to branding
and distribution for OEM and retail channels. Since 1988,
SanDisk's innovations in flash memory and storage
system technologies have provided customers with new and
transformational digital experiences. SanDisk's diverse
product portfolio includes flash memory cards and embedded
solutions used in smart phones, tablets, digital cameras,
camcorders, digital media players and other consumer
electronic devices, as well as USB flash drives and
solid-state drives (SSD) for the computing market.
SanDisk's products are used by consumers and enterprise
customers around the world.
SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States. For more information, visit .
1 1 gigabyte (GB) = 1 billion bytes. Some capacity not
available for data storage.
2Based on internal testing; performance may be lower
depending upon host device. 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million
bytes. X = 150KB/sec.
© 2012 SanDisk Corporation. All rights reserved. SanDisk and the SanDisk logo are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the United States and other countries. iNAND, iNAND Ultra and iNAND Extreme are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be the trademarks of their respective holder (s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, applications, features 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: the market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or our products may not be available in the capacities, technologies, form factors or geographies that we anticipate, or our products may not perform as expected, and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q and our annual report on Form 10-K. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
Media Contact: |
Tom Beermann |
SanDisk Corporation |
408-801-1443 |
tom.beermann@sandisk.com |
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