SanDisk Designs Advanced Embedded Storage
Device to Meet Rising Demand for Digital Storage Capacity and
Enhanced Smartphone Photography Capabilities
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK), a global leader in flash
storage solutions, today introduced the iNAND® 7232 storage
solution, a new, advanced embedded flash drive (EFD) optimized to
deliver best-in-class imaging performance and superior storage
capacity in flagship mobile devices. Available in capacities up to
128GB1, the iNAND 7232 storage solution enables original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs) to introduce smartphones, tablets and other
connected devices that feature ample storage to meet the needs of
increasing consumer content while providing data-rich application
experiences and next-generation digital photography
capabilities.
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SanDisk introduces the iNAND(R) 7232
storage solution, an advanced embedded flash drive (EFD) optimized
to deliver best-in-class imaging performance and superior storage
capacity in flagship mobile devices. (Photo: Business Wire)
“From North America to China, consumers are demanding higher and
higher capacity storage,” said Christopher Bergey, SanDisk’s vice
president and general manager of Mobile and Tablet Solutions. “Our
iNAND 7232 storage solution not only enables mobile OEMs to
cost-effectively deliver the robust storage mobile users want, it
is also our most advanced embedded storage solution to date. It
leverages new, innovative application-level storage architecture
and SanDisk’s latest 15 nanometer flash storage technology to
enable outstanding application experiences, terrific 4K Ultra HD
video capture and digital photography experiences never before
possible in flagship smartphones.”
“Smartphone and tablet users are maturing in how they use their
devices. Therefore their expectations when purchasing a new smart
device have also significantly risen. This puts immense pressure on
mobile OEMs who must balance the need to innovate against managing
their investments in order to deliver flagship devices at
attractive price-points in a highly competitive market. This is
particularly true in China and other high-growth markets,” said
Neil Shah, research director, Devices & Ecosystems, at
Counterpoint Research. “SanDisk’s iNAND 7232 EFD is the ideal
solution to address this need as it enables OEMs to deliver what
consumers want most outside of form factor: reliable high capacity,
exceptional digital photography capabilities and great application
experiences.”
Enabling Next Generation Mobile Experiences
The combination of iNAND 7232’s advanced application
architecture and innovative storage technology both enhances
popular current mobile photography capabilities and allows for
breakthrough application experiences.
The iNAND 7232 storage solution features SanDisk’s
second-generation SmartSLC technology, an innovative new storage
architecture that quickly and intelligently responds on demand to
mobile users’ changing needs. iNAND 7232 is SanDisk’s fastest
embedded flash storage device to date. It boasts sequential write
speeds of up to 150MB/s2, a 25 percent increase from the previous
generation product3. The sequential write speed can further
increase in the intelligent iNAND 7232 storage solution to an
impressive 1.2 gigabit (Gb) per second and beyond when application
performance demands it. This helps to provide fast, responsive
mobile device experiences, including easy 4K Ultra HD video
capture, quick downloading via 802.11ac/802.11ad and RAW
photography capture even under low-light conditions. It also
enhances the performance of multi-camera and depth-sensors, such as
3D, virtual reality and more.
The iNAND 7232 storage solution is built on the e.MMC 5.1+ HS400
specification, which includes Command Queue functionality. This
further enhances random read speed, which results in faster
responsiveness in data-intensive applications.
Advanced Memory-Level Technology
iNAND 7232 is built on SanDisk’s 15-nanometer (nm)
3-bit-per-cell (X3) NAND flash storage, the most advanced NAND
flash process node in the world.
Availability
Samples of the iNAND 7232 storage solution are currently
available to customers in capacities of 32GB to 128GB.
Specific features and specifications include:
- Latest e.MMC
Specification: Built on the e.MMC 5.1+ HS400 specification,
which features Command Queue
- Designed for the
Latest Wi-Fi Standards: Fast transfer speed to support
gigabit wireless performance; 802.11ad ready; supports 802.11ac
two-by-two rates
- Significantly
Enhanced Speed Over Previous Generation: Sequential read
speeds up to 280 MB/s; sequential write speeds up to 150 MB/s2
- Incredibly Thin
Form Factor Enables Integration In Slim Host Devices:
Available in packages just 11.5mm4 x 13mm in size and as thin as
0.9 mm
- Easily Integrated
and Optimized to Support Fast Mobile Device Product Development
Lifecycles: The iNAND 7232 storage solution is supported by
advanced simulation, trouble-shooting and engineering tools that
enable mobile manufacturers to quickly and easily integrate the
device into mobile device designs. This offers the potential to
significantly reduce the time from product development to product
availability.
SanDisk at Mobile World Congress Shanghai
SanDisk also announced separately today that it has shipped more
than two billion microSD™ cards since it started commercial
shipment of the technology ten years ago. Invented by SanDisk in
2004, the microSD format was initially known as TransFlash™. In
2005, SanDisk contributed the technology to the SD Card Association
who renamed and released the final specifications for the microSD
format on July 13, 2005. This format has become the most popular
removable memory card in SanDisk’s history. Collectively, SanDisk’s
two billion microSD cards could store an estimated 11,103 billion
megabytes (MB) worth of memory – the equivalent of more than 100MB
of flash storage for every man, woman and child that ever lived on
Earth.
SanDisk will be displaying its complete line of embedded and
removable mobile memory solutions, including the new iNAND 7232
storage solution, in the company’s Mobile World Congress Shanghai
2015 booth (Hall 5, Booth #W5 G.90).
About the iNAND Family of Products
SanDisk iNAND storage solutions have made incredible mobile
experiences possible on hundreds of millions of devices. The
SanDisk iNAND product family offers an embedded storage solution
for every performance segment and comes in capacities from 4GB to
128GB. The SanDisk iNAND EFD product family includes iNAND 7132,
iNAND 7232, iNAND 3120, iNAND 5020/5130, and iNAND 7030 EFDs.
SanDisk's iNAND storage solutions, available in EFD and MCP
(Multi-Chip Package) forms, provide tablets, smartphones, e-Book
readers, personal media players, personal navigation devices and
other connected smart devices with fast system responsiveness,
improved multitasking and browsing performance, long battery life
and an enhanced user experience.
SanDisk works with all major smartphone and tablet manufacturers
worldwide. SanDisk optimizes its iNAND portfolio of solutions to
seamlessly work with industry-leading application processors to
enhance performance in Android™, Chrome and Windows® based
smartphones, tablets and connected devices.
About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK), a Fortune 500 and S&P
500 company, is a global leader in flash storage solutions. For
more than 27 years, SanDisk has expanded the possibilities of
storage, providing trusted and innovative products that have
transformed the electronics industry. Today, SanDisk’s quality,
state-of-the-art solutions are at the heart of many of the world's
largest data centers, and embedded in advanced smartphones, tablets
and PCs. SanDisk’s consumer products are available at hundreds of
thousands of retail stores worldwide. For more information, visit
www.sandisk.com.
1 – 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less.
2 – 1MB = 1,000,000 bytes
3 – Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending
upon drive capacity, host device, file attributes, OS and
application.
4 – MM = Millimeters
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iNAND are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the
United States and other countries. Android is a trademark of Google
Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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including expectations for markets and customers that are based on
our current expectations and involve numerous risks and
uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be
inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements
to be inaccurate include among others: the market demand for our
products may grow more slowly than our expectations or our products
may not be available in the capacities that we expect or perform as
expected, or the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our
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but not limited to, our most recent annual report on Form 10-K. We
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