SanDisk

E45907

brand flash memory manufacturer technology company

SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
SanDisk canonical	3
Lexar	2
SanDisk Corporation	2
SanDisk Extreme	2
SD (abbreviation for Secure Digital)	1
SanDisk Extreme Pro	1
SanDisk Ultra	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T359445 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SanDisk
Context triple: [Western Digital, brand, SanDisk]

A. Western Digital
Western Digital is a major American data storage company known for manufacturing hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and related storage solutions for consumers and enterprises.
B. Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company best known for designing Snapdragon mobile processors and developing key wireless technologies such as 3G, 4G, and 5G.
C. Micros Systems
Micros Systems was a leading provider of point-of-sale and hospitality management software and hardware solutions for restaurants, hotels, and retail businesses.
D. Samsung
Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate best known globally for its smartphones, consumer electronics, and advanced semiconductor technologies.
E. Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: SanDisk
Target entity description: SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.

A. Western Digital
Western Digital is a major American data storage company known for manufacturing hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and related storage solutions for consumers and enterprises.
B. Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company best known for designing Snapdragon mobile processors and developing key wireless technologies such as 3G, 4G, and 5G.
C. Micros Systems
Micros Systems was a leading provider of point-of-sale and hospitality management software and hardware solutions for restaurants, hotels, and retail businesses.
D. Samsung
Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate best known globally for its smartphones, consumer electronics, and advanced semiconductor technologies.
E. Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard is a pioneering American technology company known for its innovations in computing, printers, and enterprise IT solutions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	brand ⓘ flash memory manufacturer ⓘ technology company ⓘ
acquiredBy	Western Digital ⓘ
acquisitionYear	2016 ⓘ
associatedWith	Western Digital brand portfolio ⓘ
brandOf	SSDs ⓘ USB drives ⓘ memory cards ⓘ
brandType	global brand ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributionChannel	OEM partnerships ⓘ online ⓘ retail ⓘ
formerName	SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SanDisk Corporation
foundedAs	SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SanDisk Corporation
hasProductLine	SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SanDisk Extreme SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SanDisk Extreme Pro SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SanDisk Ultra
headquartersLocation	Milpitas, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Milpitas, California
industry	data storage ⓘ semiconductors ⓘ
knownFor	consumer storage devices ⓘ flash memory products ⓘ removable storage media ⓘ
market	PC storage ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ mobile devices ⓘ professional photography ⓘ
offers	high-capacity memory cards ⓘ high-speed memory cards ⓘ rugged portable SSDs ⓘ
parentCompany	Western Digital ⓘ
productType	SD cards ⓘ USB flash drives ⓘ card readers ⓘ embedded flash storage ⓘ flash memory ⓘ memory cards ⓘ microSD cards ⓘ portable SSDs ⓘ solid-state drives ⓘ
targetCustomer	IT professionals ⓘ consumers ⓘ photographers ⓘ videographers ⓘ
technology	3D NAND ⓘ surface form: NAND flash flash memory controllers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Digital → brand → SanDisk ⓘ

Western Digital → acquired → SanDisk ⓘ

Western Digital → notableProductLine → SanDisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: SanDisk Extreme

SanDisk → foundedAs → SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SanDisk Corporation

SanDisk → formerName → SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SanDisk Corporation

SanDisk → hasProductLine → SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SanDisk Extreme

SanDisk → hasProductLine → SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SanDisk Ultra

SanDisk → hasProductLine → SanDisk self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SanDisk Extreme Pro

SD → distinctFrom → SanDisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: SD (abbreviation for Secure Digital)

SD Association → hasMember → SanDisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lexar

Micron Technology → acquired → SanDisk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lexar

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Referenced by (12)

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