SanDisk Extreme IV CompactFlash Cards Win Award For “European Memory Card of The Year”

SanDisk Extreme IV CompactFlash Cards Win Award For “European Memory Card of The Year”

SanDisk ® Corporation (NASDAQ: SNDK) today announced that the European Imaging & Sound Association (EISA), Europe’s largest press organization, has named the new SanDisk Extreme ® IV line of high-speed CompactFlash ® cards as the European Memory Card of the Year 2006-2007. The SanDisk Extreme IV card s are the fastest storage cards in the world and are targeted at photographers who require the highest possible performance and the largest capacities for their medium format and high-end digital single lens reflex (SLR) cameras.

EISA is the largest editorial press organization in Europe, with a membership of 52 audio, mobile electronics, video and photo magazines from 18 European countries. The internationally renowned awards are presented annually in recognition of new products that combine the most advanced technology, performance and value. SanDisk has won an EISA award in 2004 for its SanDisk Ultra ® II line and in 2005 for its SanDisk Extreme III line of memory cards.

SanDisk Extreme IV cards are available in 2, 4 and 8-gigabyte (GB)1 capacities and deliver read and write speeds of 40 megabytes per second (MB/sec.)2, twice as fast as the SanDisk Extreme III cards. This exceptionally fast card speed is critical when shooting large numbers of high-resolution images or transferring large numbers of images from card to computer.

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