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World's First Ruggedized CompactFlash Cards
URL(s): www.pretec.com
BOSTON, Sep 5, 2001 - Pretec Electronics Corp. (Booth No. 932), the innovative and quality flash disk manufacturer since 1993, teams up with AAEON
Electronics Inc. (Booth No. 1716), one of the world leading IPC makers, to show a variety of industrial applications based on AAEON's IPC products and Pretec's ruggedized
Type I and Type II CompactFlash(TM) cards as high performance and high reliability storage media, in Embedded System Conference at Boston.
The single board computer models from AAEON are designed with onboard CompactFlash slots, the most popular small form factor expansion standard today for IA devices,
widely being adopted by many Digital Still Cameras, PDAs, MP3 Players, Set-Top-Box, and Thin-Clint devices. Designed for expandability, reliability, compatibility, and ease of
installation, Pretec's ruggedized CompactFlash card is a perfect replacement of conventional hard drives or onboard flash chips for fast-changing and reliability-demanding
embedded system design.
One security-centric network application is on display at ESC booth, AAEON's Half-sized CPU card SBC-659 with a Pretec CompactFlash card storing critical data for firewall
function under Linux operating system, to protect the enterprise from possible and unexpected intrusions or attacks. Another automotive application with GPS functionality use
AAEON's SubCompact Board Gene-4310, where Pretec's full metal CompactFlash card serves as a ruggedized flash disk storing an embedded Windows-based codes working
under a high vibration and wide-range temperature environment.
"Reliability, ruggedness, and cost effectiveness are the major concerns for industrial embedded applications. We are very glad to team up with Pretec for their line-up of flash
disks. The ruggedized full metal CompactFlash card from Pretec matches and goes beyond most industrial requirements," said Yuhmin Hwang, president of AAEON
Electronics, Inc.
Pretec's ruggedized CompactFlash card is robust, designed with precision mechanics constructed with a unique full metal housing. This card offers exceptionally high vibration
and shock resistance, corrosion protection and can offer extreme temperature range (-40 degrees C to +125 degrees C). It guarantees the ultimate level of new data protection
and security features to prevent crucial data, software, and products from being damaged. Capacities range from 8MB to 640MB now and will be reaching 1.2GB by 2002.
Pretec has been one of the largest volume ruggedized ATA PC Card manufacturers in the world since 1999, shipping sizable volume for many industrial customers such as DB
(German railway), and several military customers around the world.
About AAEON
AAEON Electronics Corp. ( http://www.aaeon.com) is the first Embedded PC company listed in Taiwan's Over-The-Counter (OTC) Stock Exchange in 1999. AAEON is
committed to becoming the world's most professional and highest quality ODM/OEM Single Board Computer supplier as well as a manufacturer for the embedded and industrial
markets.
About Pretec
Pretec(TM) Electronics Corp. ( http://www.pretec.com) offers a complete spectrum of small form factor memory cards and card readers such as ATA/CF cards, IDE & Mini-IDE
Flash Drives (MIDE(TM)), SmartMedia(TM), and MultiMedia Cards(TM) for the digital imaging, mobile computing, and Military/Industrial Control markets; and is the creator of
Innovative CompactI/O(TM) cards for PocketPC(TM), digital cameras and many IA devices. Pretec has consistently demonstrated the highest capacity CF cards in the world;
such as 80MB, 128MB, 160MB, 320MB, and 640MB CF card at various locations around the world for the past three years.
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