A year after SanDisk launched its first 200GB microSDXC card with a hefty $240 price tag, you can now pick one up for a lot less. The storage card offers read speeds up to 90MB/s and typically sells for under $100 these days. But right now Amazon is selling the card for $60, which is one […]
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SanDisk’s new microSD card supports 275MB/s speeds
SanDisk’s new microSD card lets you store up to 128GB of data on a removable storage card. There’s nothing unusual about that… but what makes the SanDisk Extre pro microSDXC UHS-II special is its speed. SanDisk says the card supports data transfers at speeds up to 275MB/s, making this new card 3 times faster than […]
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Western Digital to acquire SanDisk for $19 billion
Two major storage companies could soon combine forces: Western Digital has announced plans to buy SanDisk in a deal valued at $19 billion. Western Digital is probably best known for producing hard drives, while SanDisk is a major player in the flash storage space. Western Digital says the acquisition will help the company expand its product lineup […]
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HP, SanDisk partner to make “storage class memory” for enterprise
HP has been developing a new type of storage and memory technology called a “memristor” for years, and now the company is partnering with SanDisk to work together to turn that technology into real products that could be used data centers and other enterprise areas. Eventually this sort of collaboration could pave the way for consumer […]
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Toshiba, SanDisk pack more storage into smaller NAND flash chips
Toshiba has announced it’s now manufacturing a new type of flash memory chip that offers about twice the storage density of previous NAND flash memory chips. The company has been partnering with SanDisk to develop 3D NAND flash memory since last year, and the new chips could hit the streets in early 2016. The new BiCS […]
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SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick: USB flash drive and WiFi file server
USB flash drives may provide an easy way to copy files to and from a computer and keep them in your pocket. But using a standard flash drive with a phone or tablet can be tricky, since most of those mobile devices lack full-sized USB ports. The SanDisk Connect line of products tackle this by […]
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SanDisk 200GB microSDXC card now available for $240
SanDisk introduced its first 200GB microSDXC card earlier this year, and now it’s available for purchase… if you’ve got $240 to spare. While that’s a lot of money to spend on a removable storage card for your phone or tablet, it’s a lot better than the suggested retail price: SanDisk had initially suggested that its […]
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SanDisk’s new storage devices include SSDs with USB Type-C connectors
SanDisk is launching several new portable storage products including two portable solid state drives with USB Type-C connectors and a few tiny USB 3.0 flash drives that pack a lot of storage. SanDisk Extreme 900 Portable SSD This portable solid state drive offers transfer speeds up to 850 MB per second and comes with a […]
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SanDisk introduces Z400s SSD, promises hard-drive like prices
Solid state drives have a lot of advantages over hard drives. They consume less power, generate less heat, and usually offer faster read and write speeds. Since an SSD has no moving parts, it’s also less likely to break than a HDD if you drop your laptop or other device. But there’s one area where […]
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SanDisk launches the first 200GB microSD card
Need a little extra storage space for your smartphone or tablet? SanDisk has just launched a microSDXC card that can hold up to 200GB of data. The new SanDisk Ultra UHS-I Premium Edition card offers 56 percent more storage than the 128GB cards that seemed so big up until now. The cards support data transfer speeds up […]