Cactus Technologies, Ltd. Joins CompactFlash Association

HONG KONG--Feb. 7, 2008--Cactus Technologies, Ltd. today announced they have joined the CompactFlash Association (CFA). Membership in the CFA will assist Cactus Technologies Ltd. as they continue designing and manufacturing the most rugged industrial CompactFlash products while at the same time ensuring compatibility, interoperability, reliability and performance.

Sai-Ying Ng, President of Cactus Technologies, said, "We have always adhered to the CompactFlash Association specifications when designing and manufacturing our products. By becoming a member of the CFA and using the CFA logo and Trademark on our CompactFlash products, we are able to show our customers that our CompactFlash cards meet all of the CF specifications."

CompactFlash® is a very small removable mass storage device. First introduced in 1994, CFT cards weigh a half ounce and are the size of a matchbook. They provide complete PCMCIA-ATA functionality and compatibility plus TrueIDE functionality compatible with ATA/ATAPI-4. At 43mm (1.7") x 36mm (1.4") x 3.3mm (0.13"), the device's thickness is less than one-half of a current PCMCIA Type II card. It is actually one-fourth the volume of a PCMCIA card. Compared to a 68-pin PCMCIA card, a CF card has 50 pins but still conforms to PCMCIA ATA specs. It can be easily slipped into a passive 68-pin Type II adapter card that fully meets PCMCIA electrical and mechanical interface specifications.

Bill Frank, Executive Director of the CompactFlash Association, added: "The CompactFlash Association welcomes Cactus Technologies Ltd. to our organization. The Cactus Technology CompactFlash products are a clear example of creating products for customers demanding extremely rugged and reliable products. The Cactus Technology CF cards have passed the CFA certification tests and are approved to carry the CF logo and CompactFlash trademarks."

The CompactFlash Association is a non-profit, mutual-benefit corporation that promotes adoption of CompactFlash as a worldwide, ultra-small, removable storage and I/O standard for capturing and transporting digital data, audio and images and performing I/O functionality such as modems, Ethernet, serial, BlueTooth wireless, laser scanning, etc. The CFA, which makes the CompactFlash and CF(logo) trademarks and CF & CompactFlash Technical Specification available royalty-free to member companies, is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Cactus Technologies is the designer, manufacturer and marketer of Industrial Flash card products using industry leading controller technology and industrial strength flash memory. Cactus Technologies, Ltd. is headquartered in Hong Kong and has sales and distribution channels worldwide.

The Cactus web site/home page address: http://www.cactus-tech.com

Cactus Technologies and the Cactus logo are trademarks of Cactus Technologies, Ltd., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Other brand names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and are trademarks of their respective holder(s).

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