Cactus Technologies, Ltd. Launches 110 Series OEM Standard Grade CompactFlash —— Jan 21, 2010

HONG KONG —— (Business Wire) —— Jan 21, 2010 —— Cactus Technologies, Ltd. today announced the launch of a CompactFlash in their 110 Series OEM Standard Grade products. These CompactFlash cards are intended for customers requiring stringent BOM control and Long Life Cycles without the need for high endurance cycles.

Sai-Ying Ng, President of Cactus Technologies Ltd. stated, “Based on the success of our recent 110 Series launch of SD Cards, SATA SSD and USB devices, we are now releasing a CompactFlash form factor. This OEM Standard Grade CompactFlash has firm Bill Of Material control and Long Life Cycles as demanded by true OEM customers. With lesser endurance than our Industrial Grade CompactFlash a lower price point for specific applications can be met.”

The Cactus Technologies OEM Standard Grade CompactFlash offers the following features:

• Industry Standard CompactFlash form factor
• Bill-Of-Material Control
• Long Life Cycles
• 100K endurance cycles per block
• Altitude spec of 100,000 feet
• Powerful ECC and Defect Management
• 200K Hour Mean Time Between Failure
• Based on MLC (Multi Level Cell) NAND Memory

Joseph Chang, Vice President of Engineering, added, "Cactus Technologies has become known for the extreme endurance and specifications of our Industrial Grade offerings. Many customers do not need this endurance, but require solid BOM control and a Longer Life Cycles than off the shelf Consumer cards offer. The Cactus OEM Standard Grade CompactFlash addresses this market need.”

MLC NAND based products, including Cactus OEM Standard Grade products, NOT recommended for Applications running the Operating System from the Flash Storage Device (use Industrial Grade).

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.

⁽¹⁾ 1 Mbyte = 1 million bytes; 1 Gbyte = 1 billion bytes

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

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