ADVISORY/Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba to Make Announcement.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Thursday (Jan. 6, 2000)

CES 2000

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

                        Panasonic SanDisk Toshiba                            Press Conference                                CES Show                     2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 6, 2000                         Room N-232, North Hall                      Las Vegas Convention Center 

Panasonic, SanDisk and Toshiba will make a significant announcement regarding the Secure Digital (SD) Memory Card and consumer electronics products.

The SD flash memory card, which can store audio, video, images and data, is targeted for widespread use in digital internet music players, cellular phones, digital cameras, handheld computers, video cameras and other digital consumer electronics products. The three companies introduced the SD card in August 1999 with the goal of making the card an industry standard.

Questions: Bob Goligoski, SanDisk PR Dept. 408/542-0463 or bgoligoski@sandisk.com

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