News | August 5, 2011

SanDisk Chief Technology Officer To Deliver Keynote At Flash Memory Summit: Yoram Cedar To Address Trends And Developments In Flash Memory, A Core Technology In Today's Mobile World

Additional SanDisk Speakers to Present at Industry Conference

Who: SanDisk Corporation, a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, will send more than half a dozen executive speakers to the Flash Memory Summit, including its CTO and executive vice president, Yoram Cedar, as a featured keynote speaker.

What: Flash Memory Summit is an annual conference dedicated entirely to flash memory and its applications. SanDisk's CTO, Yoram Cedar, will deliver a keynote speech titled "Flash Memory – Onward and Upward," and will address major developments that have affected the flash memory industry, the current forces creating a positive environment for flash memory, and progress on future technologies.

When: A seasoned technology veteran with more than 30 years of electronic system design and engineering experience, Cedar will deliver a keynote at Flash Memory Summit on Tuesday, August 9, 11:30 a.m. to noon.

Where: The sixth annual Flash Memory Summit will celebrate the 25th anniversary of flash memory technology and will take place in Northern California at the Santa Clara Convention Center, August 9—11, 2011. SanDisk will exhibit at Flash Memory Summit booth #217.

Why: As a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, SanDisk is playing a significant role in the conference with seven other spokespeople presenting, and will feature prominently in the exhibition arena.

Additional SanDisk executive speakers and topics at Flash Memory Summit include:

  • "Tablets: The New NAND Flash Market," August 9 at 10:10 a.m. - Doreet Oren as panel chairperson, Session 104
  • "Flash Memory Based Architectures," August 9 at 2:10 p.m. - Avi Klein and Eyal Bek, Technical Session
  • "The New SDA Ultra High Speed Standard Improves System Performance," August 9 at 3:30 p.m. - Bsa Chung, Standards Session 107
  • "Leveraging Flash Storage in a Cloud-based World," August 10 at 8:30 a.m. – Robert Khedouri, Consumer Applications Session 202
  • "What, Me Worry? Erasure of SSDs—Is It an Issue?" August 10, 3:10 p.m. – Aaron Olbrich, Session 206
  • "Nonvolatile Design Challenges and Methodologies," August 11, 8:30 a.m. – Aaron Olbrich, Session 302
  • "Cloud Computing and SSDs" and "Optimizing the IT Ecosystem for Cloud Computing," August 11 at 3:30 p.m. – Doron Myersdorf and Aaron Olbrich, respectively, Special Open Tutorial on Flash Memory and the Cloud

The Flash Memory Schedule-at-a-Glance may be subject to adjustments. Updates are here: http://www.flashmemorysummit.com/English/Conference/Program.html

About SanDisk
SanDisk Corporation is a global leader in flash memory storage solutions, from research and development, product design and manufacturing to branding and distribution for OEM and retail channels. Since 1988, SanDisk's innovations in flash memory and storage system technologies have provided customers with new and transformational digital experiences. SanDisk's diverse product portfolio includes flash memory cards and embedded solutions used in smart phones, tablets, digital cameras, camcorders, digital media players and other consumer electronic devices, as well as USB flash drives and solid-state drives (SSD) for the computing market. SanDisk's products are used by consumers and enterprise customers around the world.

SanDisk is a Silicon Valley-based S&P 500 and Fortune 500 company, with more than half its sales outside the United States. For more information, visit www.sandisk.com.

SOURCE: SanDisk Corporation