1st TECH designs custom memory for Tadpole Technology; "piggyback" module provides desktop-class memory for SPARCbook 3XP.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 1995--1st TECH Corp., a diversified provider of custom services for the electronics industry, Monday announced the development of a unique memory module for Tadpole tadpole, larval, aquatic stage of any of the amphibian animals. After hatching from the egg, the tadpole, sometimes called a polliwog, is gill-breathing and legless and propels itself by means of a tail. Technology Inc. that provides up to 128 megabytes of random-access memory (storage) random-access memory - (RAM) (Previously "direct-access memory"). A data storage device for which the order of access to different locations does not affect the speed of access. for Tadpole's leading-edge notebook computer, the SPARCbook 3XP. The "piggyback piggyback 1. A broker trading in his or her personal account after trading in the same security for a customer. The broker may believe the customer has access to privileged information that will cause the transaction to be profitable. 2. " configuration of 1st TECH's 64MB memory module enables Tadpole to offer power users a high degree of expandability while preserving the lightweight portability of the SPARCbook 3XP's small footprint, two-inch-thin design. "We're pleased a market leader like Tadpole Technology chose 1st TECH to solve a technical challenge that will help set a new benchmark for notebook performance," said Gary Pankonein, 1st TECH's founder, president and, as a former Compaq executive, co-inventor of the first notebook computer. "The memory module that 1st TECH has developed for Tadpole's SPARCbook 3XP allows us to provide desktop-class memory configurations in our SPARCbook notebook computer," said Geoffrey Burr, president, Tadpole Technology. "Our SPARCbook customers are running high-end applications such as CAD/CAM CAD/CAM in full computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing. Integration of design and manufacturing into a system under direct control of digital computers. , GIS (geographic information systems), financial and database applications which require significant memory capacity. 1st TECH's new memory technology allows us to meet our increasing user demand for high-end memory configurations." The 128MB upgrade for Tadpole's SPARCbook 3XP is comprised of two high-speed (60 nanosecond (1) One billionth of a second. Used to measure the speed of logic and memory chips, a nanosecond can be visualized by converting it to distance. In one nanosecond, electricity travels approximately a foot in a wire. ) 64MB single in-line memory modules, or SIMMS, designed to the JEDEC The division of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA) that deals with semiconductor standards (officially, the JEDEC Solid State Technology Association of EIA). JEDEC was formed in 1958 when the Joint Electron Tube Engineering Council (JETEC) split into two Joint Electron Device 72-pin standard. 1st TECH's 64MB SIMM design for Tadpole involves two interconnected 32MB assemblies, yet only one plugs into a SIMM socket to achieve the most efficient use of the limited space within the notebook. Tadpole Technology designs and manufactures workstation-class portable computer systems, board-level and software products for OEMs and end-users. Established in 1984 and publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. , Tadpole is headquartered in Cambridge, England, with a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. in Paris. United States headquarters are in Austin, with sales offices and authorized resellers throughout the United States, Europe and Asia/Pacific Rim. Founded in 1991, Austin-based 1st TECH Corp. is a technology company committed to marketing total solutions to the electronics industry, including custom design, prototyping, manufacturing and testing. The company manufactures and distributes a broad range of memory products for all major personal computer platforms, peripherals, telecommunications, embedded controllers, industrial controls and instrumentation. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: 1st TECH and the 1st TECH logo are trademarks of 1st TECH Corp. Other product names are used for information purposes only and may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: 1st TECH Corp., Austin Mary Malmquist, 512/257-5018 or Tadpole Technology Inc. Stacy Saxon, 512/219-2200 or GTT GTT, n See test, glucose tolerance. GTT Glucose tolerance test, see there Communications John Pope, 512/219-6337 |
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