Staktek Announces FlashStak(TM) Technology; First Reference Design Available to Memory Providers and Manufacturers for Low-Cost, High-Volume Consumer Electronics Applications.AUSTIN, Texas -- Staktek Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:STAK), a world-leading provider of intellectual property and services for next-generation, chip-stacking and module technologies for high-speed, high-capacity systems, announces FlashStak(TM), a family of Flash-memory stacking technologies derived from Staktek's proven Stakpak(R) products, with first customer shipments targeted within the next few weeks. The first available reference design, Value FlashStak, enables stacking of 0.5mm pitch thin small outline package (TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package) A very thin, plastic, rectangular surface mount chip package with gull-wing pins on its two short sides. TSOPs are about a third as thick as SOJ chips. See gull-wing lead, SOP, SOJ and chip package. ) Flash memory components for higher-capacity, low-cost Flash storage applications. The Value FlashStak reference design enables Flash-based devices, such as USB Flash drives See USB drive. , solid-state drives This article refers to both flash and DRAM-based solid state drives. For other flash-based solid state storage, see flash drive and USB flash drive. A solid state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. , Flash-based MP3 players and other consumer electronics, to achieve high-density storage capacities with lower-cost, lower-density Flash memory. Licensing and manufacturing services for the Value FlashStak design are now available to OEMs, memory semiconductor companies and third-party memory module manufacturers. "With more than 175 million DRAM stacks shipped using our patented Stakpak technologies, it was a natural progression for us to expand into the fast-growing Flash memory market by offering Flash stacking solutions," said Robert Fan, general manager of Staktek's Emerging Markets Business Unit. "Value FlashStak leverages our existing TSOP stacking expertise and proven manufacturing processes while offering value pricing For the strategic management concept, see . In public roads and transport, value pricing or road pricing is the practice of raising funds by charging users directly rather than via taxation. targeted at the consumer electronics market." PNY Technologies PNY Technologies, Inc. is an American computer hardware company established in 1985. PNY is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey and maintains offices and manufacturing facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Taiwan. will be the first customer to incorporate FlashStak into its Flash memory product offerings. "PNY PNY Piedmont Natural Gas (stock symbol) markets a broad line of high-quality Flash Media products that provide quick, easy storage and transfer of large image, music, video or data files," said John Orzepowski, marketing manager for Flash media, digital entertainment and Flash drives for PNY Technologies. "With Staktek's Value FlashStak technology and quick-turnaround manufacturing, we are able to offer double-density products within our Flash memory product line in time for the holiday buying season." Staktek offers a complete line of TSOP and Chip Scale Package A chip scale package (CSP) (sometimes, chip-scale package with a hyphen) is a type of integrated circuit chip carrier. According to the IPC, to qualify as chip scale, the package must have an area no greater than 1.2 times that of the die that is being packaged. (CSP (1) (Certified Systems Professional) An earlier award for successful completion of an ICCP examination in systems development. See ICCP. (2) (Commerce Service P ) chip-stacking technologies, along with ArctiCore(TM), a revolutionary module technology designed for superior thermal, mechanical and electrical performance in enterprise and consumer electronics. Staktek offers intellectual property licensing and manufacturing services for all of its products and solutions. More information about Staktek and its chip-stacking and module technologies is available online at http://www.staktek.com or by contacting sales@staktek.com. About Staktek Holdings: Staktek is a world-leading provider of intellectual property and services for next-generation, chip-stacking and module technologies for high-speed, high-capacity systems. Staktek's Performance, Value and High Performance Stakpak(R) memory solutions increase operational performance by doubling, tripling or quadrupling quad·ru·ple adj. 1. Consisting of four parts or members. 2. Four times as much in size, strength, number, or amount. 3. Music Having four beats to the measure. n. the amount of memory in the same physical footprint as required by standard packaging technology. Staktek's ArctiCore is a revolutionary new module technology using a double-sided, multi-layer flexible circuit folded around an aluminum core designed for superior thermal, mechanical and electrical performance. With an IP portfolio of more than 175 patents and patent applications pending, the company offers flexibility for customers, including outsourced manufacturing, technology licensing and custom engineering. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Staktek operates two world-class manufacturing locations in Austin and Reynosa, Mexico. For more information, visit http://www.staktek.com. About PNY Technologies, Inc. Established in 1985, PNY Technologies, Inc. is a leading supplier and marketer of NVIDIA Quadro The NVIDIA Quadro is a series of AGP and PCI Express graphics cards created by the NVIDIA Corporation. The cards are designed to accelerate CAD (Computer-Aided Design) and DCC (digital content creation) and are usually found in workstations. (R) by PNY professional graphics boards and Verto(R)-brand consumer graphics cards. The company also offers a full line of high-end memory upgrade modules, flash memory, USB flash drives, flash peripherals and digital entertainment products. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PNY Technologies, maintains facilities in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. (Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (France, United Kingdom, Germany) and Asia (Taiwan). For additional information, please visit the company's Web site at www.pny.com. Staktek is a trademark of Staktek Group LP. All other products names noted herein may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
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