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Posted on Fri, November 17, 2006

SimpleTech, Inc. (Nasdaq:STEC) today announced the MACH1 family of advanced Flash products, consisting of a broad set of form factors including Compact Flash (CF), PC Card, 1.8" Flash Drive, 2.5" Flash Drive, Flash Disk Module and Single Chip Drive. At the heart of this new product line is a Flash controller and tightly coupled firmware entirely designed by SimpleTech specifically for the high reliability OEM customer. SimpleTech's patented IC Tower(r) Stacking Technology enables exceptional capacity expansion to 16GB in small form factors. SimpleTech is showcasing the entire product family at the Electronica 2006 conference, Nov 14-17, 2006 at New Munich Trade Fair Center in Munich (Hall 6, Stand 754).

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Posted on Mon, October 30, 2006

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the fastest growing catalog distributor in the electronics industry, today announced it has signed a global distribution agreement with Memtech to distribute the company’s IDE and SCSI solid state flash drive products.

Memtech, a subsidiary of SimpleTech, Inc., takes storage to the extreme with its ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives. Featuring the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit for unparalleled data security, high write endurance, low profile and cached speeds that deliver high quality solid state flash drive solutions. Drive products are designed for low power consumption in critical operating conditions, built to withstand extreme temperature, pressure, moisture, shock, vibration, and power loss.

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Posted on Tue, October 17, 2006

Combining High Performance Interfaces with High Reliability Flash-based Storage to Meet the Evolving Demands of Aerospace and Enterprise Storage Systems.

SimpleTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: STEC), today announced the availability of its Zeus Solid State Drive (“SSD”) with Fibre Channel Interface. This latest addition to the expanding set of SSD products will offer sustained throughput in excess of 70MB/s in 3.5” form factor, with 400MB/s duplex burst read and write speed, all of which is done with an extremely low 5.0W power draw.

The Industrial Flash market continues to grow at a rapid pace, and the demands for expanded interface support and high reliability are increasing. According to Alan Niebel of Web-Feet Research, the Industrial Flash market is projected to grow from $550 million in 2006 to $4.3 billion by 2010. This strong growth reflects the speed with which Industrial customers and OEMs are embracing NAND Flash-based Solid State Drives as the preferred medium for high performance and high reliability storage.

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Posted on Mon, August 8, 2005

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today the addition of SA2580, AT2580 and SA3580 Panther series of solid state flash drives to its product portfolio. With impressive endurance, an 7-year warranty, performance ranging from 20 to 60 Mbytes/sec, and capacities from 4 to 128 GB, the Panther is one of the most significant high-end solid state flash drive products in the market today. The Panther AT2580 is fully ATA compliant and the Panther SA2580 and SA3580 are the next-generation in SATA solid state flash drive solutions.

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Posted on Mon, June 20, 2005

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today the launch of its latest product - the AT2560 Hornet, an extremely low profile, high performance, 256Mbyte to 16Gbyte drive. The Hornet, with impressive endurance and an 8-year warranty, is designed for Military and Industrial Environments were down time and failure is not an option. The AT2560 2.5" Hornet the newest addition to the Memtech Family of Solid State Flash Drives, delivers advanced features such as the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit, DMA Support, ECC Data Protection and resistance to extreme operating shock, vibration and temperatures. Memtech serves 100's of customers in over 15 Countries Worldwide.

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Posted on Fri, June 17, 2005

This "Grand Challenge" is intended to accelerate the development of autonomous vehicle technologies. DARPA and other US agencies are already funding numerous developments in the robotics vehicle domain. This specific endeavor, however, is targeted to find smart solutions that are to be tested in a realistic scenario under challenging race conditions - something that has never been done before on this scale.

In July 2002, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced that it would award a cash prize of $1 Million to the team that builds an autonomous robotic ground vehicle that will successfully win a race from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.

On March 13, 2004, the Grand Challenge took place with no vehicles completing more than 8 miles autonomously before being disqualified. Nevertheless, the event successfully created a community of engineers, garage enthousihast and students who together took the first steps in private autonomous vehicle development.

There was no winner March 13, 2004. So, DARPA decided to hold a new Grand Challenge on October 8th, 2005 with a $2 million prize.

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Posted on Wed, Feb 23, 2005

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Posted on Mon, January 31, 2005

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today the launch of its latest products - The AT2515 and AT3515 Bulldog, an entry level low cost, 2.5” and 3.5”, 128Mbyte to 1Gbyte drive targeted at the high volume user. These entry level drives never compromise Memtech’s reputation for delivering the most reliable, ruggedized solid state flash drive in the market today. All drives offer impressive endurance, an 8-year warranty, are designed for Industrial and Military environments where down time and failure is not an option.  Memtech drives deliver advanced features such as the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit, ECC Data Protection and resistance to 2000G operating shock, 20G vibration and extreme temperature environments. Memtech serves 100’s of customers in over 15 Countries Worldwide.

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Posted on Tues, October 5, 2004

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today the launch of its latest products - The AT1830 Mustang, an extremely low power consumption, 1.8” low cost, 64Mbyte to 2Gbyte drive. The AT3550 3.5” Wolverine, a low profile, high performance, 60Gbyte IDE drive and the SC3500 Sidewinder, a 3.5” SCSI solution. All drives offer impressive endurance, an 8-year warranty, are designed for Industrial and Military environments where down time and failure is not an option.  Memtech drives deliver advanced features such as the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit, ECC Data Protection and resistance to 2000G operating shock, 20G vibration and extreme temperature environments. Memtech serves 100’s of customers in over 15 Countries Worldwide.

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Posted on Fri, April 23, 2004

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today the launch of its latest product - the AT3525 Booster Rocket, an extremely low power consumption, low cost, 64Mbyte to 4Gbyte drive. The Booster Rocket, with impressive endurance and 8-year warranty, is designed for Industrial environments were down time and failure is not an option.  The AT3525 3.5” Booster Rocket is the newest addition to the Booster Rocket Family and delivers advanced features such as the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit, ECC Data Protection and resistance to extreme operating shock, vibration and temperature environments.

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Posted on Tues, December 10, 2003

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today implementation of caching technology within the AT2550 Wolverine that established 26MB/sec Cached Read and 20MB/sec Cached Write performance. The Wolverine, with impressive endurance, 8 year warranty, military temperature range, greater performance, and 27 Gigabyte capacity is clearly the most cost effective high end solid state flash drive product in the market today.  The Wolverine delivers advanced features such as the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit, Active Remap™ Data Reliability, and ECC Data Protection.

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Posted on Mon, October 13, 2003

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today completion of extensive quality testing of the AT2550 Wolverine that established a minimum of 8 Million Erase/Write Cycles. The Wolverine, with impressive endurance, 5 year warranty, military temperature range, greater performance, and 30 Gigabyte capacity is clearly the most cost effective high end solid state flash drive product in the market today.  The Wolverine delivers advanced features such as the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit, and Active Remap™ Data Reliability.

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By Ellen Lee, CONTRA COSTA TIMES

Posted on Sun, Mar. 23, 2003

It all highlights the Bay Area's vast and increasingly large role in the nation's military affairs. The Defense Department has turned more and more to commercial technology developed by Bay Area high-tech firms, particularly as the boom of the late 1990s improved the gathering, analyzing and viewing of information. That, in turn, has been crucial for recession-ravaged Bay Area technology companies, which have seen few areas of growth recently.

"Silicon Valley needs to reinvent itself after the dot-com crash," said Naval Postgraduate School professor John Arquilla. "If they redirect themselves, we will see the rise of the military post-industrial complex."

The Persian Gulf War in 1991 featured Patriot missiles, and the 2001 war in Afghanistan put attention on unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs. But the United States' success could also depend largely on the behind-the-scenes software and systems that disseminate intelligence in rapid fire.

Much of that technology is coming in some form from the Bay Area. In the past decade, the government has moved from building its own technology to buying commercial technology created by companies that don't necessarily specialize in the military industry.

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"The advantage to the solider is so enormous that it's worth doing," said Richard Muller, a UC Berkeley physics professor and consultant for the Department of Defense. "It's really a first time. That's going to be brand new here, and we'll see how well it works."

U.S. troops are also better equipped, using rugged laptops outfitted down to the hardiest chips, to process that data.

Livermore's Memtech, founded by a former Intel employee, makes disk drives that can withstand the Persian Gulf's sand storms and heat. Unlike typical disk drives, which involve a platter that rotates as the computer looks for information, Memtech's incorporate flash media made by Toshiba and SanDisk Corp. in Sunnyvale. The result means that the disk drives, installed onto laptops and other computer equipment made by Lockheed Martin and L-3 Communications, as well as other major U.S. military contractors, can withstand dust, sand, strong motions and temperatures between 24.8 degrees and 185 degrees Fahrenheit.

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