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Legal Proceedings Additional Information (Details)	1 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2018 plaintiff	Mar. 31, 2015 plaintiff claim	Apr. 15, 2015 $ / shares	Mar. 26, 2015 $ / shares	Mar. 25, 2015 $ / shares
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Loss contingency, claims dismissed, number | plaintiff	10
Number of plaintiffs | plaintiff	13	2
New claims filed, number | claim		3
Loss contingency, pending claims, number | claim		2
Artificial Inflation in the price publicly traded common stock | SanDisk | Pending Litigation
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Share Price | $ / shares			$ 1.35	$ 2.26	$ 9.04

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