computer storage device sd in storage area network san see storage area network . sandisk corporation sandisk headquarters in milpitas california type subsidiary industry storage devices founded 1988 ; 28 years ago 1988 founders eli harari sanjay mehrotra and jack yuan headquarters milpitas california united states products memory cards usb flash drives dram portable media players sim cards solid state drives parent western digital 2016 present website www.sandisk.com sandisk is a milpitas california based manufacturer of flash memory products including memory cards and readers usb flash drives and solid state drives . as of february 2015 update it is third largest manufacturer of flash memory . 1 on may 12 2016 sandisk was acquired by hard drive manufacturer western digital in a us 19 billion deal . 2 3 sandisk usb contents 1 acquisitions 2 other products and technologies 3 references 4 external links acquisitions edit in october 2005 sandisk acquired matrix semiconductor . 4 in july 2006 sandisk acquired m systems . 5 in may 2011 sandisk acquired pilant technology a manufacturer of solid state drives for us 327 million . 6 in february 2012 sandisk acquired flashsoft . 7 in june 2012 sandisk acquired schooner information technology developer of the flash optimized database software schoonersql and caching software membrain . 7 in july 2013 sandisk acquired smart storage systems a producer of ssds for the enterprise market for us 307 million . 8 in june 2014 sandisk acquired fusion io a producer of flash memory for enterprise datacenters for 1.1 billion . 9 other products and technologies edit companies portal san francisco bay area portal flashcp secure usb drive startkey u3 sandisk sansa eye fi ulltradimm references edit market view nand flash brand supplier revenue falls 6.6 % in first quarter . dramexchange . 2015 02 05 . retrieved 2015 07 23 . western digital to acquire sandisk for 19b . usa today . gannett company . october 21 2015 . retrieved october 22 2015 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