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WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CORRECTION...by Business Wire IFA Immunofluorescent assay (IFA) A blood test sometimes used to confirm ELISA results instead of using the Western blotting. In an IFA test, HIV antigen is mixed with a fluorescent compound and then with a sample of the patient's blood. Consumer Electronics Trade Show Multimedia assets available BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2003 In BW5216 (CA-SANDISK) Introduces the SanDisk Ultra II CompactFlash and Ultra II SD Card Line, the two photo URLs at the end of release text should read xxx http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.082803/bb6 http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.082803/bb6a The corrected release reads: SANDISK INTRODUCES THE SANDISK ULTRA II COMPACTFLASH AND ULTRA II SD CARD LINE -- THE WORLD'S FASTEST FLASH MEMORY CARDS With A Minimum Write Speed Of 9 Megabytes Per Second (unit) megabytes per second - (MBps, MB/s) Millions of bytes per second. A unit of data rate. 1 MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes per second (not 1,048,576). , The New SanDisk Ultra II Card Is 50 Percent Faster Than SanDisk's Ultra CF Card SanDisk Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) today introduced the SanDisk Ultra(TM) II line of CompactFlash(R) (CF) and SD flash memory cards. Each card features a minimum write speed of 9 megabytes per second (MB/sec.) and a minimum read speed of 10MB/sec., making them the fastest performing flash memory cards in the world. (Results based on testing with the popular HDBENCH benchmark software. Actual results in digital cameras will vary by camera model.) The new card is targeted primarily at the professional digital camera and prosumer (PROfessional conSUMER) A person who is very knowledgeable about a subject and likes to purchase high-quality equipment. For example, many digital cameras fall into the prosumer category. market where 4 megapixel One million pixels. Refers to the resolution of a digital imaging device (monitor, scanner, video camera, still camera, etc.). For example, a five-megapixel digital still camera might take a picture composed of 5,038,848 red-green-blue color dots (pixels). or higher resolution digital cameras require significantly faster digital film cards. The announcement was made at the IFA consumer electronics trade show where SanDisk is demonstrating products in Hall 3.2B, Booth 201. The new SanDisk Ultra II CF card will initially be available in three capacities -- 256MB, 512MB and 1 gigabyte (GB). The 256 and 512MB SanDisk Ultra II CF cards started shipping this month while the 1GB cards will be sent to retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → in the next thirty days. SanDisk Ultra II SD cards will be available in 256MB and 512MB capacities in October and November, respectively. Cor Vos, an internationally-famed photographer and an official photographer at the recent Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and bike race, used a new SanDisk Ultra II CF card to shoot the race. "With this new SanDisk Ultra II card," said Vos, "I was able to take pictures so rapidly that I captured every fast-moving scene that I wanted. Previously when I shot the race, I sometimes missed key pictures because my slower performing flash card was still downloading images from the buffer and I couldn't use my camera. I see a huge performance difference with these new Ultra II CompactFlash cards, and I think that every professional and serious photographer will want to have them in their equipment bag." Yoram Cedar, SanDisk's senior vice-president of engineering, said, "The SanDisk Ultra II CF and SD card performance has been achieved by using SanDisk's new high performance controllers with advanced firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. and our high capacity 0.13 micron micron: see micrometer. One micrometer, which is one millionth of a meter or approximately 1/25,000 of an inch. The tiny elements that make up a transistor on a chip are measured in micrometers and nanometers. See process technology. NAND (Not AND) A Boolean logic operation that is true if any single input is false. Two-input NAND gates are often used as the sole logic element on gate array chips, because all Boolean operations can be created from NAND gates. See flash memory. memory. Over the past several years our system designers and flash memory engineers -- working closely together -- have gained tremendous understanding of the combined flash card system. This has enabled us to generate a highly optimized overall flash card operation that yields leadership write and read performance while maintaining an exceptionally high level of reliability and compatibility with the large installed base of CF and SD hosts. In addition, our new controllers are based on a cost effective, high performance 32 bit ARC core that enables very high bandwidth data transfer from the host bus to the NAND memory and reduces to a minimum the internal flash card system processing overhead." Tanya Chuang, SanDisk retail product marketing manager, said, "We believe there is a significant market demand for the SanDisk Ultra II CF and SD cards because sales of higher resolution and digital SLR (1) (Scalable Linear Recording) A line of magnetic tape drives from Tandberg Data that evolved from the QIC Data Cartridge format. See QIC. (2) (Single Lens Reflex) A camera that uses the same lens for viewing and shooting. cameras are growing significantly. Digital cameras that are four megapixels or higher can typically benefit from faster performing flash memory cards because those cameras have faster image processors. We think that this new SanDisk Ultra II product line will meet the needs of professionals and other serious photographers who require faster performing cards to capture the great pictures they want." Chris Chute chute 1. a device used to restrain large animals especially cattle and horses. It is a small stall into which the animal is encouraged to walk. The head is fixed, in cattle by a head bail, the back is closed and the animal can then be examined or treated. , senior analyst of digital imaging at International Data Corporation, said, "SanDisk's strategy with its new Ultra II CompactFlash and SD cards is in line with current trends in the digital imaging market. There are an increasing number of high-performance digital cameras in stores today and these are the cameras that gain the most from cards with fast write speeds and large capacities. Digital photography is the key factor driving the growth of flash memory cards, and SanDisk, with its new SanDisk Ultra II cards, has positioned itself strongly to benefit from this growth." Joe DiMaggio Noun 1. Joe DiMaggio - United States professional baseball player noted for his batting ability (1914-1999) DiMaggio, Joseph Paul DiMaggio , an award-winning international photographer whose work has been published in more than 35 countries, said, "With the introduction of the SanDisk Ultra II CompactFlash cards, SanDisk has raised the bar and has taken the lead in the industry. This will become the standard by which all other flash cards will be judged. The increased speed of the Ultra II cards is going to make many professional and amateur photographers Amateur Photographer is the title of a British photography magazine, published weekly by IPC Media, a Time Warner subsidiary. The magazine provides articles on equipment reviews, photographic technique, and profiles of professional photographers. very happy. When I'm using the new 6.3 megapixel Canon 10D digital camera, for example, I need a card this fast to maximize the camera's performance because it shoots at three frames a second with a continuous burst rate of nine frames a second. The camera and the SanDisk Ultra II card are a perfect marriage." The increasing megapixel count of digital cameras can result in extremely large image files which lengthens the time required for the camera to capture the image and save it to the digital film card. SanDisk has designed its new SanDisk Ultra II CF and SD cards so that large image files can be saved in less time and photographers can take additional pictures more quickly. The cards are fully compatible and interchangeable in·ter·change·a·ble adj. That can be interchanged: interchangeable items of clothing; interchangeable automotive parts. in with all CF digital cameras, card readers and adapters. Chuang added, "Consumers will especially notice the benefits of the faster read speed of the SanDisk Ultra II CF and SD cards. The faster read speed allows photographers to view images more quickly on their camera LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) A display technology that uses rod-shaped molecules (liquid crystals) that flow like liquid and bend light. Unenergized, the crystals direct light through two polarizing filters, allowing a natural background color to show. screens after taking pictures. And they also will be able to upload images to their computer much faster." Suggested retail prices for the three SanDisk Ultra II CF cards capacities -- 256MB, 512MB and 1GB -- are $104.99 (about EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 95, excluding VAT), $209.99 (about EUR191, excluding VAT) and $429.99 (about EUR391, excluding VAT) respectively. The SanDisk Ultra II CF cards will replace the current Ultra CF line. Suggested retail prices for the SanDisk Ultra II SD cards are $129.99 (about EUR118 excluding VAT) and $289.99 (about EUR264 excluding VAT) for the 256 and 512MB cards, respectively. SanDisk, the world's largest supplier of flash memory data storage card 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. 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 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the company's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . The company assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com All trade names are either registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Images of SanDisk products are available at http://www.sandisk.com/about/media.asp#photos. 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