SanDisk Will Supply Maycom With 32MB
MultiMediaCard for Use With New Merit Internet
Music Player
SanDisk's MultiMediaCard Shows Growing Acceptance As Storage
Medium Standard For New Portable Music Player Market
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 1999-- SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK - news), announced
today that it will supply Maycom Company Ltd., a Korean consumer electronics company, with its MultiMediaCard for use
with Maycom's new Merit MP-100 Player.
A 32MB SanDisk MultiMediaCard will be included with each Merit MP-100 Player sold.
''With increasing design momentum, our 32MB MultiMediaCard is gaining acceptance from the Internet music market to adopt
our flash storage card as the industry's standard Internet music storage solution,'' said Nelson Chan, vice president of marketing
at SanDisk. ''We are pleased that Maycom, one of the driving forces in the Korean portable consumer electronics market, has
chosen the SanDisk MultiMediaCard as the ideal solution to store music for the new Merit MP-100 Player.''
The new pocket-sized Merit MP-100 Player, weighing only 65 grams, measures 2.05 x 3.47 x .91 inches. Operating on two
AAA batteries, the very small, light and easy-to-grip Merit MP-100 Player includes a worldwide FM radio. A parallel port
MultiMediaCard reader/writer for Windows® 95 and 98 desktop computers is also included with the sale of each Merit
MP-100 Player sold.
Mr. Su-Won Bae, president of Maycom, said, ''With our new Merit MP-100 Player, we are entering a market which we
believe will show rapid growth. Maycom designed the Merit MP-100 Player around practicality and ease-of-use. SanDisk's
32MB MultiMediaCard helped us achieve this with its ultra-small size and high capacity providing play back of about 30
minutes of near CD quality music.''
SanDisk's MultiMediaCard is the world's smallest removable flash data storage card. The postage stamp-sized memory card is
rapidly being adopted by applications in markets such as smart phones, digital video, industrial handheld computing and Internet
music.
Chan added that, ''SanDisk's MultiMediaCard is an ideal solution for the portable Internet music player market because there
is no skipping of music as with Compact Disc players when the player is being used during exercise, and power consumption is
extremely low because unlike CD, cassette tape or mini disc, there are no moving parts. SanDisk's MultiMediaCard can also
be re-written numerous times resulting in absolutely no deterioration of the medium such as is the case with audio cassette
tapes.''
Maycom expects availability of the Merit MP-100 Player including SanDisk's 32MB MultiMediaCard and a MultiMediaCard
reader/writer for desktop computers to begin in June. The price is yet to be determined.
Beginning next month, SanDisk MultiMediaCards will be available at retail in Japan and Europe. Worldwide sales will start this
summer. The MultiMediaCard will initially be sold at retail in 4, 8, 16 and 30MB capacities with suggested retail prices of $40,
$50, $80 and $130 respectively.
SanDisk Corporation, the world's largest supplier of flash data storage products, designs, manufactures and markets
industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and
controller technology. SanDisk is based in Sunnyvale.
The matters discussed in this news release contain forward looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties
as described under the caption ''Factors That May Affect Future Results'' in the company's annual report on Form 10-K and
quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to
update the information in this release.
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