SAN FRANCISCO, Sep 27, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- SanDisk(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:SNDK) today announced
that the cryptographic engine core for its new TrustedFlash(TM)
platform was designed by Discretix Technologies. Discretix, based in
Netanya, Israel, is a leader in embedded security solutions for flash
memory and portable devices such as mobile phones, a key market for
SanDisk's TrustedFlash memory cards.
Based on the company's extensive patent portfolio, Discretix
offers vertically integrated security solutions such as CryptoCell and
CryptoFlash, which combine hardware and firmware for the mobile device
and storage markets. The CryptoFlash core was adapted to meet
SanDisk's requirements for TrustedFlash cards.
"SanDisk and Discretix have cooperated extensively over the past
two years to incorporate Discretix' CryptoFlash technology into
SanDisk's TrustedFlash technology platform that is the foundation of
SanDisk's third generation TrustedFlash cards that we are introducing
today," said Yoram Cedar, SanDisk senior vice president for
engineering and emerging market business development. "The combination
of SanDisk's 32-bit controller architecture and Discretix's hardware
cryptographic engine design provides TrustedFlash cards with the high
performance encryption of downloaded content in real time, without
compromising either security or performance," he said.
"We are delighted to work with SanDisk on the launch of the
TrustedFlash platform," said Edo Ganot, executive vice president of
sales and business development for Discretix Technologies. "As a
leader in embedded security, our partnership with SanDisk, a world
leader in flash memory, is a natural one."
Discretix is a leading provider of embedded security technology
for mobile devices and flash-based storage. Discretix technology,
which incorporates both hardware and software components, enables
security to be incorporated into products at the chipset level so that
it is transparent to the user while protecting sensitive information
from malicious attacks, viruses, fraud and theft. For more
information, please visit www.discretix.com.
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the
world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products using its
patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and has operations worldwide, with
more than half its sales outside the U.S.
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TrustedFlash is a trademark of SanDisk corporation. SanDisk is an
authorized licensee of the SD trademark. Other brand names mentioned
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of their respective holder(s).
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements,
including expectations for new product introductions, applications,
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: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our
expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products
in new markets that we are targeting and the other risks detailed from
time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and
reports, including, but not limited to, Form 10-K and our quarterly
reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information
contained in this press release.
Note to Editors: One of a series of related releases that are
being issued today.
SOURCE: SanDisk Corporation
SanDisk Corporation
Mike Wong, 408-548-0223
mwong@sandisk dot com
