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Memtech Expands Product Offering by Launching Three New Solid State Flash Drives

Memtech Extends its Innovation and Leadership in Rugged, Ultra Reliable Solid State Flash Memory Storage For Harsh, Hostile User Environments

Memtech, the pioneer in ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives, announced today the launch of its latest products – The AT1830 Mustang, an extremely low power consumption, 1.8” low cost, 64Mbyte to 2Gbyte drive. The AT3550 Wolverine, a 3.5” low profile, high performance, 60Gbyte drive and the SC3500 Sidewinder, a 3.5” SCSI solution. All drives offer impressive endurance, an 8-year warranty, are designed for Industrial and Military environments where down time and failure is not an option.  Memtech drives deliver advanced features such as the Kicker™ Hold Up Circuit, ECC Data Protection and resistance to 2000G operating shock, 20G vibration and extreme temperature environments. Memtech serves 100’s of customers in over 15 Countries Worldwide.
Memtech drives are designed for low power consumption in critical operating conditions and are built to withstand extreme temperature, pressure, moisture, shock, vibration and power loss. Each drive is guaranteed for life and goes through Memtech’s rigorous five-step EnduroTest process. This test process includes read-write data integrity testing at temperatures as low as 
–55C and as high as +125C. 
Memtech drives are in use in government and industrial systems used in scientific expeditions, transportation, military operations and law enforcement. Memtech solid state flash drives are also used as an integral part of systems installed in submarines, space vehicles, aircraft carriers, high altitude balloons, high-speed locomotives, oil and gas pipelines, drilling rigs, weapons systems, mining equipment, combat aircraft, manufacturing and smelting plants, digital switching, routing and networking systems.
The AT3550 Wolverine contains an UDMA-66 compliant IDE interface, a Large Cache, a Burst transfer rate of 66 Mbytes/sec and integrated CRC/ECC data protection. The AT3550 and SC3500 offer a robust Security Erase feature delivering a quick method to erase the entire memory media, ideal for the military and communications markets. The AT1830, Mustang, expands the very low profile 1.8” IDE solution to 2GB of flash memory.
All Memtech Solid Sate Flash Drives are backed by Memtech’s lifetime guarantee, 8-year warranty and unparalleled customer service approach that are built on lasting customer relationships.  All Memtech products are made in the USA using just-in-time processes for efficient manufacturing and delivery.

Exclusive Distributor for Germany, Austria and Switzerland:
altec ComputerSysteme GmbH, Germany
info@altec-cs.de, http://www.altec-cs.com
Phone: +49-511-98381-0, Fax: +49-511-98381-49

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altec ComputerSysteme ltd. designs, manufactures and markets Flash data storage products, Solid-State-Disks and CopyStations for various flash memory card products in the industrial and commercial computer marketplace. altec also designs customer specific applications in hard- and software according to valid industry standards and is active in application engineering and technical support for customers in this environment. The company is one of the leading SanDisk distributors in Europe and the exclusive distributor for Memtech Solid State Drives in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

++++ About Memtech ++++

Headquartered in Livermore, CA, Memtech takes storage to the extreme with its ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives. In more than a decade, Memtech has served hundreds of solutions integrators and contractors in the government, military, aerospace, energy, manufacturing, transportation and telecommunications sectors. Its drive products are made to order in America and are designed for low power consumption in critical operating conditions, built to withstand extreme temperature, pressure, moisture, shock, vibration and power loss. Each drive is guaranteed for life and goes through a rigorous five-step EnduroTest™ procedure. 

The privately held, woman-owned company offers unparalleled levels of customer service and has shipped tens of thousands SCSI and IDE solid state drives. For more information, see http://www.memtech.com

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Rainer Herbert
Public Relations
altec ComputerSysteme GmbH
Bayernstr. 10
D-30855 Langenhagen, Germany
phone: +49-511-9 83 81-40
fax: +49-511-9 83 81-49
email: rherbert@altec-cs.de
http://www.altec-cs.com