1991

• SunDisk Flash Drive, code-named "Rainbow," used on U.S. space shuttle

1990

• Ships first products based on SunDisk 4Mbit flash chips

1989

• SunDisk files original application for the '987 Patent

1988

• SunDisk founded by Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra and Jack Yuan
• Dr.Eli Harari, Sanjay Mehrotra and Robert Norman complete conception of the inventions of the '987 Patent