This is funny to me because san-disk literally means no disk, same as how sans serif means no serifs.
The san in sandisk is a replacement for sun not for sans. They basically didn’t want to be confused with Sun Microsystems so they renamed themselves.
that is true, it was originally ‘sundisk’. the ‘new’ name (from 1995), though, is a rather clever double play on words.
sandisk -> sans disk (no disk)
sandisk -> sand disk (made from sand)Also, “San disk” is very different, linguistically, from “SanDisk”. Would you buy a set of dining room furniture from a brand called Notable? That’s a bit different from No table, isn’t it?
Ref: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/chevrolet-nova-name-spanish/
Honestly no table sounds like a company which sells hideaway tables…that’s kinda a genius business idea actually someone should do this haha.
That’s interesting, but most SD cards are based on the old Intel 8051 microcontroller running in the background. While Bill Mensch is behind Western Digital and the 6502, which is the processor typically in the background of hard drives.
western digital bought sandisk ~ 8 years ago as a form of self-preservation. their core business of mechanical hard drives was already in decline and being replaced by something completely different.
I realized when I bought a WD_Black SSD and the chips read SanDisk so I looked it up
(Excuse the lil’ cat hair there, or don’t)
“It’s true, your Honor; this man has no disk.”
HDDs and SSDs living together.
Mass Hysteria!!
