SanDisk

SanDisk LLC
Formerly
  • SunDisk Corporation (1988–1995)
  • SanDisk Corporation (1995–2016)
Company typeSubsidiary
Nasdaq: SNDK
IndustryStorage devices
FoundedJune 1, 1988; 36 years ago (1988-06-01)[1]
FoundersEli Harari
Sanjay Mehrotra
Jack Yuan
Headquarters
Milpitas, California
,
United States
Products
Number of employees
Increase 8,790
ParentWestern Digital (2016–present)
Websitewww.westerndigital.com/brand/sandisk Edit this at Wikidata

SanDisk LLC is an American multinational computer technology company based in Milpitas, California. It is known for its flash memory products, including memory cards and readers, USB flash drives, solid-state drives, and digital audio players. The company was founded in 1988 as SunDisk Corporation and renamed in 1995 as SanDisk Corporation;[2] it assumed its current name in 2016 when it was acquired by Western Digital.[3]

As of March 2019, Western Digital was the fourth-largest manufacturer of flash memory having declined from third-largest in 2014.[4]

  1. ^ "SanDisk LLC". General Information Name Search. Delaware Division of Corporations. File No. 2162478. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Kellerman, Thomas W. (April 25, 1995). "Amended Statement by Foreign Corporation: SanDisk Corporation". California Secretary of State. Control ID LBA26261237 (Legacy No. A0466153). Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Toshiba Memory Corporation; Western Digital Corporation; SanDisk LLC; SanDisk (Ireland) Limited (December 12, 2017). "EAL Commitment and Extension Agreement". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "Market View: NAND Flash Brand Supplier Revenue Falls 6.6% in First Quarter". DRAMeXchange. February 5, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2015.