CompactFlash Selected as the Film Card for FlashPoint's New Digita Operating Environment for Digital Cameras.

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1998--

Support For SanDisk-Invented CompactFlash Memory Card is Built

into Digita Environment for Imaging Devices

SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) announced today that FlashPoint Technology, Inc. has selected CompactFlash(TM)(CF(TM)), the small size memory card that SanDisk invented, as a preferred digital film card for FlashPoint's new Digita operating environment.

Digita is FlashPoint's highly acclaimed operating system and software interface for digital cameras and other imaging devices. The announcement was made at a press conference in Tokyo.

Nelson Chan, SanDisk's vice president of marketing said, "Support for CompactFlash is built into FlashPoint's Digita operating environment. It is the only removable storage card with that distinction.

"SanDisk invented CompactFlash, and during the last two years it has become the global standard for digital film. More than 20 camera manufacturers have designed CF into 36 new digital cameras that have been introduced to the market. And at least another 25 digital cameras are being designed and built today that will use CompactFlash when they are introduced."

Stephen Saylor, vice president of sales and marketing at FlashPoint, said, "We evaluated CompactFlash and other small size memory cards that are available, but CompactFlash was the clear winner.

"CompactFlash has the industry standard ATA/IDE interface which helps account for its wide popularity. And CF cards have the high performance and ruggedness that digital camera users expect in their digital film cards."

Eastman Kodak Company, Minolta Co., Ltd. and Sharp Corporation already have licensed Flashpoint's Digita technology for future digital imaging products.

By using Digita, the companies will be able to develop a standard platform that supports interoperability between digital cameras, printers and other digital imaging appliances. Kodak is a SanDisk customer and has introduced five digital cameras that are designed to use only one type of film card -- CompactFlash.

Chan added, "We see a bright future for Digita and believe that it has the potential to become an industry standard in digital cameras just as CompactFlash has become a standard. Digita will enable companies to develop new digital cameras faster and at less cost which should result in lower-priced cameras for consumers."

SanDisk CompactFlash cards, about the size of a matchbook, are available in capacities ranging between 2 and 48MB. The cards are very economical because they can be reused repeatedly for many years to take millions of digital pictures. Solid-state CF cards, based on flash semiconductor technology, have an operating shock rating of 2,000 Gs, equivalent to a 10-foot drop to the floor.

SanDisk Corporation, the world's largest supplier of flash data storage products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, image and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk has strategic alliances with Seagate Technology, Matsushita Electronic Corp., NEC Corp. and LG Semicon. The company is based in Sunnyvale, Calif.

The matters discussed in this news release contain forward looking statements that are subject to certain risks and uncertainties as described under the caption "Risk Factors" 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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Note to Editors: CompactFlash and CF are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation.

CONTACT: SanDisk Corporation

Nelson Chan, 408/542-0456

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Bob Goligoski, 408/542-0463

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