Dynamem adds 128 MB memory module to workstation/server product line.

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1995--Development of a new 128 MegaByte (128 MB) memory module for workstations and servers, which doubles the data storage capacity in an industry standard-sized memory card, has been announced by Dynamem Inc.

The new product joins Dynamem's line of 64 MB memory modules for Macintosh, Sun workstations and IBM-compatibles. The product suite utilizes patented Foldable Rigid Assembly Memory Module (FRAMM (TM)) technology to provide 64 MB and 128 MB of computer memory in the same physical space, and with the same pin/plug-in arrangement, as the industry standard 16 MB, 72 pin Single In-line Memory Module (SIMM).

"Computer servers used as databases for software, networks or off-line mathematic simulations require high levels of memory to perform data transfer and compute-intensive functions," said Gary Smith, president, Dynamem. "Dynamem's 64 MB and 128 MB memory modules gives servers and their clients the DRAM required to retrieve and store information with access time equal to or less than a database running at their own computer. And, because FRAMM modules have industry standard dimensions in a conventional 72-pin plug-in arrangement, a server with 10 memory slots can achieve up to 1280 MB of DRAM memory."

For high-end workstations, the Dynamem FRAMM modules offer the same advantages in both a FRAMM-based 72-pin SIMM or 168-pin DIMM. For a workstation with four memory slots, this translates to 512 MB of memory, enough to run graphics, simulation and analysis applications for engineering, financial, 3-D graphics and CD ROM-based programs.

Dynamem's FRAMM technology combines memory chips encapsulated in a Thin Small Outline Package (TSOP) with a folded, multilayer rigid flexible circuit card. The result is a module with four surface areas of memory, instead of the maximum of two available surfaces in a 72-pin SIMM or the 168-pin Dual In-line Memory Module (DIMM). A single FRAMM provides as much memory as multiple SIMMs or DIMMs stacked together, but with the same physical dimensions as only one of these traditional modules. And, the FRAMM modules' standard 72-pin or 168-pin plug-in arrangement fits into personal computers, servers and workstations.

Limited quantities of the 128 MB FRAMM modules will be available and shipped in the first quarter of 1996 with full production available in the second quarter of 1996. For more information, or to receive a reseller application, contact Gary Smith, president, Dynamem Inc., 9715 Carroll Center Rd., San Diego, CA 92126; telephone [phone]; or Paul Marcotte, vice president in Dynamem's East Coast sales office located at 22 Manchester Rd., Derry, NH 03038; telephone [phone].

Dynamem, headquartered in Tempe, Ariz., is an innovative provider of high-density memory modules for the computer industry. It is a subsidiary of Palomar Medical Technologies (NASDAQ: PMTI), which develops, produces, markets and sells minimally invasive medical devices for cardiovascular and dermatological applications and develops and manufactures electronic products. -0- FRAMM is a trademark of Dynamem Inc. All other trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

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