CompactFlash Memory Available At Crucial Technology; Leading Memory Upgrade Supplier Extends Product Line Beyond DRAM.Business Editors/Technology Writers MERIDIAN, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2001 Crucial Technology, one of the world's largest memory upgrade suppliers, today announced a product line extension to include Type I CompactFlash(TM) memory cards - small, removable storage cards used in a variety of electronic devices, including digital cameras, handheld computers, and digital music players Hardware or software that plays audio files encoded in MP3, AAC, WMA or other audio formats. There are several software-based music players that play audio files in a desktop or laptop computer, including iTunes, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player. . "Crucial's customers bank on the fact that we make it easy and inexpensive to get the quality memory technologies they need," said Scott Heimgartner, Product Marketing Manager at Crucial. "Now that handheld electronic devices and digital cameras are so popular, expanding Crucial's product line to include CompactFlash cards is a logical step." CompactFlash cards are designed with Flash technology, a non-volatile storage (storage) non-volatile storage - (NVS, persistent storage, memory) A term describing a storage device whose contents are preserved when its power is off. Storage using magnetic media (e.g. solution that does not lose its information once power is removed from the card. CompactFlash memory is noiseless noise·less adj. Making or marked by no noise. See Synonyms at still1. noise  less·ly adv. , considerably lighter, consumes less battery power, and much more rugged than a rotating disk drive. Crucial offers CompactFlash memory in seven different densities: 8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 48MB, 64MB, 96MB, and 128MB. Customers receive a 10-percent discount when ordering the cards online through Crucial's Memory Selector(TM) program, a proprietary Web tool that makes it easy for customers to match the right memory with their electronic devices. The Memory Selector(TM) program is available online at www.crucial.com. More information about the advantages and uses of CompactFlash memory may be found in Crucial's online library at www.crucial.com/library. Crucial's CompactFlash memory products are mechanically and electronically compliant with the CompactFlash Association's (CFA (Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986) Signed into law in 1986, the CFA was a significant step forward in criminalizing unauthorized access to computer systems and networks. The Act applies to "federal interest computers" that include any system used by the U.S. ) specifications. Crucial Technology is a division of Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc., which is 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. of Micron Technology Micron Technology ("Micron") NYSE: MU is a multinational company based in Boise, Idaho, USA, best known for producing many forms of semiconductor devices. This includes DRAM, SDRAM, flash memory, and CMOS image sensing chips. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MU). Crucial sells memory upgrade modules factory direct from Micron Technology, Inc., and offers over 73,000 upgrades for more than 13,000 desktops, notebooks, servers, routers, printers, and electronic devices. To learn more about Crucial, visit http://www.crucial.com. Micron Technology, Inc., and its subsidiaries manufacture and market DRAMs, very fast SRAMs, Flash Memory, other semiconductor components and memory modules. Micron's common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (NYSE) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its web site at www.micron.com. |
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