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Sandisk

NAND flash memory and storage · United States

Sandisk designs NAND flash memory, makes it with Kioxia in joint fabs in Japan, and sells it as SSDs, embedded storage and memory cards to device makers, data centers and consumers.

What makes it different

Every flash wafer it sells is made in joint fabs with Kioxia.

8Joint-venture fabs with KioxiaFY2026

Sandisk and Kioxia share eight Flash Ventures fabs in Japan, so Sandisk designs the memory but splits the factories.

How big it is

How big is Sandisk?

$20.2BRevenueFY2026
11,100EmployeesFY2026
8,000Granted patentsFY2026
How it makes money FY2026

Edge devices first, data centers rising.

  • Edge60%$12.2B
  • Datacenter25%$5.2B
  • Consumer15%$2.9B
How the business works

Design flash. Build drives. Ride prices.

  1. 1BiCS flash and controllers
  2. 2SSDs, cards, embedded storage
  3. 3Clouds, device makers, shoppers

Profit swings with flash prices: in FY2026 revenue per gigabyte more than doubled in data center and edge.

Who owns it
  • Vanguard Capital Management7.6%
  • BlackRock, Inc.6.1%
  • FMR LLC (Fidelity)5.4%

CEO: David V. Goeckeler

Who it competes with
Samsung ElectronicsSK HynixMMicron TechnologyKKioxiaYYangtze Memory Technologies
Key moments
  1. 1988Founded as SunDisk
  2. 1995Nasdaq IPO
  3. 2004Flash Partners joint venture with Toshiba
  4. 2016Western Digital completes SanDisk acquisition
  5. 2025Independent again, listed on Nasdaq as SNDK
Sources

Every number on this page comes from Sandisk's own reports.

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What Sandisk tracks18 metrics
Joint-venture fabs with Kioxia
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Employees
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Where the money comes from3 regions
Asia
Americas
Europe, Middle East and Africa
The full timeline22 moments
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