Crucial Technology Launches First Crucial Brand Video Card; Online Memory Leader Offers Crucial Radeon Video Card With High-Quality Micron DDR Memory.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MERIDIAN, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 2002 Crucial Technology, a division of Micron and one of the world's largest direct memory upgrade providers, introduced today the Crucial(R) Radeon(TM) 8500LE 128MB video card powered by ATi and featuring Micron(R) double data rate (DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory ) synchronous DRAM Synchronous DRAM - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (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. ). "Crucial has a long-standing reputation for providing quality products that enhance system performance," said Crucial Technology General Manager Mike Bokan. "Our new video card features Micron DDR, giving our customers another great way to benefit from direct access to our high-quality memory and superior service and support." "Installing a new video card is easy and it's the ideal method, in addition to adding more RAM, to get your computer ready for the latest graphic-intensive software," said Crucial Technology Technical Support Manager Mike Sanor. "In particular, gamers and those who use software for manipulating digital images or video will enjoy smoother and more realistic graphics with the new Crucial Radeon 8500LE video card." The Crucial Radeon 8500LE video card features 128MB of high-quality Micron DDR SDRAM See DDR. , 400-MHz RAMDAC (Random Access Memory Digital to Analog Converter) The VGA controller chip that maintains the color palette and converts data from memory into analog signals for the monitor. RAMDAC - Random Access Memory Digital-to-Analog Converter , DVI-out, dual-display capability, and a six-foot S-video cable, allowing the video card to connect to a S-video-compatible television display. The video card is available on Crucial's Web site at www.crucial.com and is currently priced at US$134.99. The Crucial video card comes with a limited lifetime warranty, free second-day shipping within the contiguous US (for a limited time), and Crucial's renowned customer service and technical support. 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 sells high-quality RAM upgrades, flash memory cards, and video cards on its Web site at http://www.crucial.com. Crucial offers over 94,000 upgrades for more than 15,000 desktops, notebooks, servers, routers, printers, and electronic devices. 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 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, and Crucial Technology are registered trademarks of Micron Technology, Inc. Radeon is a trademark of ATi, Inc., and is licensed for use by Crucial. All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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