Sandisk Introduces Cruzer Mini, A Small Size, Embedded USB Flash Drive Storage Device

New Floppy Disk Replacement Aimed At A Growing Market For The Portable Storage And Transfer Of Data, Image, Audio And Video Files

SUNNYVALE, CA, JULY 15, 2003 - SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) today introduced Cruzer Mini, an embedded USB 2.0 hi-speed "key chain" flash drive about the size of a lipstick case. Cruzer Mini is one of the world's smallest flash memory drives and uses the latest USB interface technology to achieve the maximum data transfer rates possible today.

Cruzer Mini already has started shipping to major retailers in the United States and Canada and SanDisk also expects to ship the product in August to many of its 50,000 retail outlets around the world. The portable storage devices initially are being sold in two capacities - 128 and 256 megabytes (MB) - with suggested retail pricing of .99 and .99. SanDisk plans to introduce higher capacity Cruzer Minis later this year.

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