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)
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.
