Crucial Technology Introduces New and Improved Gizmo! Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MERIDIAN, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 2004 Gizmo Slang for any hardware device. See gadget. ! Drive Features Hi-Speed Capability, Password Protection, and Smaller, Convenient Design Crucial Technology(R), a division of Micron(R), today introduced the Crucial(R) Gizmo!(TM) Hi-Speed USB flash drive See USB drive. , a faster, slimmer version of the original Gizmo! USB flash drive. The Crucial Gizmo! Hi-Speed USB flash drive utilizes the Hi-Speed USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. interface, which supports data transfer speeds up to 480 megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. (Mbps). The updated dark gray case is only 66.5mm x 16.5mm x 8mm; small enough to allow multiple drives to simultaneously plug into neighboring USB ports. A hole in the base allows the Gizmo! drive to fit snugly on a key chain, and a green LED indicates when data is being transferred. Included security software provides data encryption data encryption, the process of scrambling stored or transmitted information so that it is unintelligible until it is unscrambled by the intended recipient. Historically, data encryption has been used primarily to protect diplomatic and military secrets from foreign and password protection. "The Crucial Gizmo! Hi-Speed USB flash drive is a powerful, portable, and versatile storage option perfect for today's mobile lifestyle," said Crucial Technology General Manager Fred Waddel. "Whether you need a Gizmo! drive to shuttle data between multiple computers, or to act as a mini hard drive to store important documents or images -- it beats using small-capacity floppy disks or a one-time use CD." A true Plug and Play solution, the Gizmo! drive automatically appears as a removable drive (1) A device that spins, reads and writes an optical disc, hard magnetic disk or floppy (magnetic) disk, which is inserted into the unit by means of a drive tray or cartridge slot. Examples of removable drive media are CDs, DVDs, REV disks and Zip disks. See removable disk. when plugged in to the USB port of a desktop PC, Macintosh, or notebook. Each Hi-Speed Gizmo! drive comes with a key ring, lanyard, multilingual user guide, limited lifetime warranty, free second-day shipping (for a limited time only) within the contiguous U.S. on qualified orders, and Crucial's renowned customer service and free technical support. The Crucial Gizmo! drive is available on Crucial's Web site in densities of 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB. Pricing currently ranges from US$28.99 to US$229.99. For more information, please visit www.crucial.com/gizmo. About Crucial 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, Inc. Crucial provides high-quality memory upgrades, video cards, flash memory, and a host of products to enhance the entire computing experience on its Web site at http://www.crucial.com. Crucial offers over 110,000 upgrades for more than 20,000 desktops, notebooks, servers, routers, printers, and electronic devices. Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world's leading providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations, Micron manufactures and markets DRAMs, Flash memory, CMOS image sensors, other semiconductor components and memory modules for use in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking, and mobile products. 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 NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange ) under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit its Web site at www.micron.com. Micron, Crucial, Crucial Technology, and Gizmo! are trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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