Bell Microproducts Now Offers Viking Components' Memory and Modem Products.RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA Santa Margarita ("Saint Margaret") may refer to:
Effective immediately Bell Microproducts will offer Viking's full line of memory products, ATA flash See flash memory. cards, CompactFlash(TM) cards, SmartMedia (SSFDC (Solid State Floppy Disk Card) The original name for SmartMedia storage cards. See SmartMedia. ) cards, and fax/modems to original equipment manufacturers (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ), value-added resellers and system integrators across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Bell is a national semiconductor and computer products distributor serving the industrial and commercial markets. "Viking has committed substantial resources to developing the OEM channel and our partnership with Bell Microproducts is a critical step in making quality computer enhancements available to this market," said Shannon Biggs, vice president of manufacturing, Viking Components. "The partnership agreement will help Viking to leverage Bell's accessibility tonew OEM business and demonstrate to OEMs that Viking is a significant contributor to design-level manufacturing." Viking is a worldwide manufacturer of the latest memory technologies such as 100MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , as well as an innovative memory developer. One of the latest patent-pending designs includes the T3 Memory Module. The T3, a PC-100 compatible, registered design, allows computer system manufacturers to offer double the amount of expandable RAM. It is the same physical size as today's industry standard 64MB DIMMs built with SOJ (Small Outline package J-lead) A small-dimension, plastic, rectangular surface mount chip package with j-shaped pins on its two long sides. See J-lead, SOP and chip package. SOJ - Small Outline J components and is the only solution compatible with next-generation DRAM including Synchronous, DDR SDRAM (SDRAM II), and faster system buses. "The decision to partner with Viking Components was a strategic one," said Bryan Nash, Memory Division Manager, Bell Microproducts. "The Viking line enhances our total solution strategy for high quality, leading edge memory solutions for Sun and Intel-based platforms. Viking is the preferred brand of memory modules for Sun SPARCengine Ultra AXi users. Bell has the complete solution for systems integrators, VARs and OEMs for systems including Viking memory, drives and accessories." Sun Microelectronics has listed Viking as a compatible supplier of memory modules for the SparcENGINE Ultra AXi motherboard. Bell and Viking's partnership provides complete solutions to the large Sun customer base. About Viking Components Founded in 1988, Viking Components Inc. is a worldwide leader in the memory upgrade and PC Card marketplace. Viking offers more than 2,000 products, including generic and proprietary memory modules, PC Card flash storage and fax/modems. Viking is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified manufacturer with headquarters in Rancho Santa Margarita, and ISO 9002 certified at the European facility. For more information about Viking Components, call 800/338-2361, or visit the Viking Web site at www.vikingcomponents.com. About Bell Microproducts Bell Microproducts Inc. is a distributor of high technology products serving the industrial and commercial markets. The company markets a wide range of semiconductor products including memory, logic, microprocessors, and specialty components. The company also offers one of the industry's broadest selections of computer products including hard disk drives, optical drives, tape drives, PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. devices, subsystems and complete computer systems. In addition, Bell Microproducts offers an extensive set of value-added services including systems integration, testing, kitting, and contract assembly of printed circuit boards and subsystems through its Quadrus Manufacturing Division.
CONTACT: Viking Components
Krista Gharavi, 714/643-7255, Ext. 318
Fax: 714/643-5357
krista@vikingcomponents.com
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