The new SanDisk A1 microSD card is displayed at the SanDisk stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna 

The new SanDisk Connect Wireless Stick, with 256gb capacity, is displayed at the SanDisk stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna 

The SanDisk branded Western Digital new iNAND 7350 mobile storage flash drive, built on 3D NAND, is displayed at the SanDisk stand at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, March 1, 2017. REUTERS/Paul Hanna 

A woman wearing a floppy disk earring joins a small rally in support of Apple's refusal to help the FBI access the cell phone of a gunman involved in the killings of 14 people in San Bernardino, in Santa Monica, California, United States, February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson 

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking 

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive box in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive box in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking 

A variety of SanDisk memory cards are seen with a Western Digital hard drive in Golden, Colorado in this photo illustration October 21, 2015. Hard-disk drive maker Western Digital Corp agreed to buy SanDisk Corp in a $19 billion deal that will greatly increase its ability to make flash memory storage chips used in smartphones and tablets. REUTERS/Rick Wilking 

Sandisk's new portable solid state drives are displayed at the Sandisk booth during the 2015 Computex exhibition at the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei, Taiwan, June 2, 2015. Computex, the world's second largest computer show, runs from June 2 to 6. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang

The new Sandisk ultra microSDXC memory card is seen through a magnifying glass during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona March 3, 2015. SanDisk introduced what they say is the world's highest capacity ultra microSDXC memory card with a 200GB capacity at the mobile industry's largest annual gathering. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TELECOMS)

SanDisk Corp. founder Eli Harari (L) smiles as U.S. President Barack Obama awards him with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari was the inventor of flash storage technology. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a SanDisk data storage card before awarding SanDisk founder Eli Harari with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari was the inventor of flash storage technology. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a SanDisk data storage card before awarding SanDisk founder Eli Harari with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari was the inventor of flash storage technology. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

SanDisk Corp. founder Eli Harari walks away after U.S. President Barack Obama awarded him with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari was the inventor of flash storage technology. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

SanDisk Corp. founder Eli Harari reacts after U.S. President Barack Obama awarded him with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari was the inventor of flash storage technology. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

SanDisk Corp. founder Eli Harari reacts before being awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari was the inventor of flash storage technology. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a SanDisk data storage card before presenting SanDisk founder Eli Harari with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation during a ceremony at the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari received the medal for invention and commercialization of flash storage technology to enable ubiquitous data in consumer electronics, mobile computing, and enterprise storage.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS HEADSHOT SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

U.S. President Barack Obama holds up a SanDisk data card before presenting SanDisk founder Eli Harari with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation during a ceremony at the White House in Washington November 20, 2014. Harari received the medal for invention and commercialization of flash storage technology to enable ubiquitous data in consumer electronics, mobile computing, and enterprise storage.
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY) 

A visitor looks at a SanDisk microSD card at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 25, 2014. SanDisk introduced what they say is the world's highest capacity microSDXC memory card with a 128GB capacity at the mobile industry's largest annual gathering. REUTERS/Gustau Nacarino (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS) 

A Lacie Little Big Disk external hard drive with Intel's Thunderbolt interface technology is shown during a press briefing in San Francisco, California February 24, 2011. The new high-speed interface, formerly known as Light Peak, will be made available to consumers today first with Apple's new line of Macbook Pro laptops. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

A model poses with the new SanDisk pSSD modular solid state drive storage (L) and the third generation solid state drive used in notebook computers during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. Computex, the world's second largest computer show, runs from June 2-6. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

A model from SanDisk poses with memory cards during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. Computex, the world's second largest computer show, runs from June 2-6. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN BUSINESS) 

Eli Harari, CEO of SanDisk Corp., demonstrates his companies new Sansa slotRadio player at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

Eli Harari, CEO of SanDisk Corp., shows a slotRadio card preloaded with 1000 songs for his company's new Sansa slotRadio player at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

Eli Harari, CEO of SanDisk Corp., shows his companies new Sansa slotRadio player at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

Eli Harari, CEO of SanDisk Corp., speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit New York May 19, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS SCI TECH) 

A display for the Sansa slotMusic Player with music on disc for the player is seen at the SanDisk booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009. SanDisk Corp unveiled the portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod. The music comes pre-loaded on 1 GB micro SD cards that can be played on any device that accepts the cards like many mobile phones. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

SlotMusic cards containing music available for the slotMusic player at the SanDisk booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009. SanDisk Corp unveiled the portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod. The music comes pre-loaded on 1 GB micro SD cards that can be played on any device that accepts the cards like many mobile phones. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

A Sansa slotMusic Player is shown at the SanDisk booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009. SanDisk Corp unveiled the portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod. The music comes pre-loaded on 1 GB micro SD cards that can be played on any device that accepts the cards like many mobile phones. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

Three Sansa slotMusic Players are seen at the SanDisk booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009. SanDisk Corp unveiled the portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod. The music comes pre-loaded on 1 GB micro SD cards that can be played on any device that accepts the cards like many mobile phones. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

Two Sansa slotMusic Players are seen against a background of music available for the player at the SanDisk booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009. SanDisk Corp unveiled the portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod. The music comes pre-loaded on 1 GB micro SD cards that can be played on any device that accepts the cards like many mobile phones. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

A Sansa slotMusic card is shown at the SanDisk booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 7, 2009. SanDisk Corp unveiled the slotMusic portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod. The music comes pre-loaded on 1 GB micro SD cards that can be played on any device that accepts the cards like many mobile phones. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

An employee of a computer shop poses with a SanDisk compact flash memory card inside a computer mall in Taipei September 17, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest maker of memory chips, went public on Tuesday with its proposal to buy SanDisk Corp for nearly $6 billion in cash, after months of private negotiations failed to produce a deal. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN) 

An employee of a computer shop poses with a SanDisk compact flash memory card inside a computer mall in Taipei September 17, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest maker of memory chips, went public on Tuesday with its proposal to buy SanDisk Corp for nearly $6 billion in cash, after months of private negotiations failed to produce a deal. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN) 

SanDisk products are displayed inside a computer mall in Taipei September 17, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest maker of memory chips, went public on Tuesday with its proposal to buy SanDisk Corp for nearly $6 billion in cash, after months of private negotiations failed to produce a deal. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN) 

An employee of a computer shop takes a SanDisk compact flash memory card for a customer inside a computer mall in Taipei September 17, 2008. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's biggest maker of memory chips, went public on Tuesday with its proposal to buy SanDisk Corp for nearly $6 billion in cash, after months of private negotiations failed to produce a deal. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN) 

A shopper poses with a SanDisk memory card beside a Samsung camera in Hong Kong September 17, 2008. U.S. flash memory maker SanDisk Corp rejected a $5.9 billion bid by top memory chip maker, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, but would not rule out a deal at a better price. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

A shopper poses with a SanDisk memory card beside a Samsung camera in Hong Kong September 17, 2008. U.S. flash memory maker SanDisk Corp rejected a $5.9 billion bid by top memory chip maker, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, but would not rule out a deal at a better price. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA) 

A mime artist stands frozen holding a Sandisk Vaulter Disk at the Consumer Electronics Show CES Unveiled event in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2008. The disk is a flash-based module for high-capacity laptops and won a Best of Innovations 2008 award. The show opens January 7. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

A SanDisk V-Mate Memory Card Recorder is displayed during the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 9, 2007. The device can capture video from television or movies and record the video to a flash memory card and it is a convenient way to get video content into cell phones and personal media players, a representative said. The V-Mate is currently available and retails for $129.99, he said. REUTERS/Steve Marcus (UNITED STATES) 

Gavin Wu, managing director of Asia Pacific SanDisk Corp., attends a news conference in New Delhi October 4, 2006. SanDisk Corp., the world's leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to open 2,000 stores with local partners in India in the near future, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

Gavin Wu, managing director of Asia Pacific SanDisk Corp., attends a news conference in New Delhi October 4, 2006. SanDisk Corp., the world's leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to open 2,000 stores with local partners in India in the near future, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

Gavin Wu, managing director of Asia Pacific SanDisk Corp., attends a news conference in New Delhi October 4, 2006. SanDisk Corp., the world's leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to open 2,000 stores with local partners in India in the near future, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

Sanjay Mehrotra, president and chief operating officer of SanDisk Corp., speaks during a news conference in New Delhi October 4, 2006. SanDisk Corp., the world's leading maker of flash memory data storage cards, plans to open 2,000 stores with local partners in India in the near future, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. REUTERS/Vijay Mathur (INDIA) 

SanDisk Chief Executive Eli Harari speaks during an interview in Tokyo August 3, 2006. SanDisk Corp, the world's top supplier of flash memory data storage cards, said on Thursday it will likely team up with Toshiba Corp again if it decides to build yet another flash memory chip plant. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota (JAPAN) 

SanDisk Chief Executive Eli Harari speaks during an interview in Tokyo August 3, 2006. SanDisk Corp, the world's top supplier of flash memory data storage cards, said on Thursday it will likely team up with Toshiba Corp again if it decides to build yet another flash memory chip plant. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota (JAPAN) 

SanDisk Chief Executive Eli Harari speaks during an interview in Tokyo August 3, 2006. SanDisk Corp, the world's top supplier of flash memory data storage cards, said on Thursday it will likely team up with Toshiba Corp again if it decides to build yet another flash memory chip plant. REUTERS/Kiyoshi Ota (JAPAN) 

Matsushita Electric Industrial President Yoichi Morishita (L), SanDisk Corporation CEO and President Eli Harari (C) and Toshiba Corporation President Taizo Nishimuro smile for photographers as they announce their agreement to join forces to develop and promote a next generation secure memory card at a news conference in Tokyo August 25. The agreement is aimed to jointly develop a compact memory card capable of providing a high level of copy protection for music, movies and other artistic and commercial content.
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Matsushita Electric Industrial President Yoichi Morishita (L), SanDisk Corporation CEO and President Eli Harari (C) and Toshiba Corporation President Taizo Nishimuro listen to reporters' questions during a joint news conference announcing their agreement to join forces to develop and promote a next generation secure memory card in Tokyo August 25. The agreement is aimed to jointly develop a compact memory card capable of providing a high level of copy protection for music, movies and other artistic and commercial content, Matsushita said.

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Matsushita Electric Industrial President Yoichi Morishita (L), SanDisk Corporation CEO and President Eli Harari (C) and Toshiba Corporation President Taizo Nishimuro smile for photographers as they announce their agreement to join forces to develop and promote a next generation secure memory card at a news conference in Tokyo August 25. The agreement is aimed to jointly develop a compact memory card capable of providing a high level of copy protection for music, movies and other artistic and commercial content.

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