SanDisk Corporation is the world\'s largest supplier of flash memory data storage card products. SanDisk was founded in 1988 by Eli Harari, an international authority on non-volatile memory technology. SanDisk designs, develops and markets flash memory data storage card products used in a wide variety of electronic systems. The company has optimized its flash memory storage solution, known as \"system flash,\" to address the needs of many emerging applications in the consumer electronics and industrial/communications markets. In November, 1995, SanDisk became a publicly traded company (NASDAQ:SNDK).
The company has 810+ employees worldwide and has sales offices in Sunnyvale, Columbus, OH, Washington, DC, Orlando, FL, Irvine, CA, Hannover, Germany, Paris, France, Amsterdam, Holland, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Yokohama, Japan, where it operates a wholly-owned subsidiary, SanDisk K.K. SanDisk products are sold worldwide through numerous OEMs (original equipment manufacturers), distributors, VARs (value-added resellers) and retailers. Many major OEMs sell cards produced by SanDisk under their own brand names. These companies include Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, Motorola, Kodak and Panasonic. SanDisk, which holds nearly 250 patents in flash memory technology, also licenses its technology to customers such as Intel, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba. SanDisk\'s revenues were $1,079.8 million during fiscal 2003, increasing from $541 million in fiscal 2002. 99.5% for 1-Year Sales Growth, and 366.6% for 1-Year Net Income Growth.
