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To: Ausdauer who wrote (14370)	8/29/2000 10:07:02 AM
From: Tae Spam Kim	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

Does anyone know who else sells high density removable flash memory in the retail channel? All I see are Sandisk cards, Kingston, Simple, and Lexar. I'm assuming these other companies pay royalties to Sandisk?

To: Ausdauer who wrote (14370)	8/29/2000 11:02:47 AM
From: straight life	Respond to of 60323

SanDisk Opens Sales in China and Signs First Product Distributor World Peace Ind. -WPI- Will Distribute SanDisk Products Immediately SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2000--SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK - news), the world's largest supplier of flash memory cards, announced today that it is opening sales in China and has signed its first product distributor in China - World Peace Industrial Co., Ltd. (WPI). Under the agreement, WPI will distribute all SanDisk products and expand SanDisk's global reach in the Pacific Rim. Sai-Ying Ng, SanDisk's manager of sales operations, Pacific Region, said, ``China is a country with enormous sales potential for SanDisk. Digital technology is booming in the Pacific Rim and people in China are starting to use digital cameras, Internet music players and other portable products that use our flash memory cards. WPI has established a significant distribution network in China and we look forward to working with them as we grow the business together.'' Mike Chang, WPI president, said, ``We are elated to sign this agreement with SanDisk. Not only does this allow us to distribute products provided by the world leader in flash memory cards, but we will do so in an area that has been virtually untapped. The public interest in handheld electronics products is very high in China and this creates a huge potential market.'' 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, CA. World Peace Ind. Co. Ltd., (WPI), founded in 1981, with an estimated 600 employees now, is proven the most competitive distributor on semiconductor components in Asia. Based in Taiwan, it has over 20 offices in principle Asian sites towards Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Phillipines, Korea and India. WPI represents more than 50 product lines for global suppliers including such firms as Intel, Philips, TI and Atmel. 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. All trade names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. SanDisk's web site/home page address: sandisk.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: SanDisk Corporation Bob Goligoski, 408/542-0463 bgoligoski@sandisk.com www.sandisk.com

To: Ausdauer who wrote (14370)	8/29/2000 3:30:40 PM
From: Binx Bolling	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 60323

SongBoy Song-Pro fit into GameBoy from Nintendo? MMCx2 cards? included? Let's get that business SNDK! songboy.com songboy.com Junior uses SmartMedia w/ MMC slot? " plays Mp3 Size: 2.4" (W) x 4" (H) x 1" to 1/4" (D) Slots: 1 SmartMedia slot Add-On Memory Option: Removable MMC (not included)." songboy.com "world's smallest digital audio player, this palm-sized unit takes advantage of new MMC (multi media card) technology, which allows you to download your music to a memory card the size of a postage stamp." songboy.com Nintendo settles Songboy lawsuit "LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Nintendo has settled its lawsuit against Songboy.com for infringement of its intellectual property rights. Songboy had developed and was selling a module that connected to Nintendo's Game Boy game system, turning it into a fully functional MP3 music player. As part of the agreement, Songboy.com changed its corporate name to Song-Pro.com. Nintendo, for its part, granted Song-Pro a patent license. The suit attracted additional media attention after the Rev. Jesse Jackson and his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Silicon Valley Project became involved on behalf of Songboy, a small, minority-owned company. Neither side would disclose any further details except to confirm that all outstanding claims were resolved. "