Pretec Exhibits 133X CompactFlash Card; Highest Speed CF Card in the World

PRETEC 133X CF Card is capable of running at up to 20MB/sec and 14MB/sec of access speed in read & write, enabling users to enjoy the exciting multimedia experience in applications such as high-resolution and high-speed digital cameras where faster write speed means lower set-up time between pictures. PRETEC 133X CF card is more than 50% faster than its predecessor, PRETEC 80X CF card, the fastest CF card in the world two years ago, and is fully ATA/True IDE compatible and operational in both 5V and 3.3V platforms. The introduction of the high performance CF card addresses the growing need for higher density and faster speed data storage in leading-edge products and systems.

Pretec has consistently demonstrated the highest capacity CF cards in the world from 64MB (10/1998), 6GB (3/2003) to 12GB (9/2005). In addition to the excellent track record of Pretec's relentless pursuit of innovation towards higher capacity and higher performance, Pretec has also established the reliability reputation by becoming the first CF card supplier in the world which can provide industrial and military grade rugged CF cards constructed with precision mechanics, full metal protection, sustain a wide range (-40 degrees C to 125 degrees C) working temperature and offer an ultimate level of data protection and security features.

Pretec Secure CF card is the first in the world to offer ultimate security protection to reputable companies where secured access sometimes is as important as the data itself, especially in the industrial application where slight BIOS modification and SDK support can enable mission critical systems to utilize the full features of Pretec Secure CF card.

Pretec provides unparalleled capacities, speed, and security features of its CF card series and hence is the best choice for the applications of high end digital cameras, PCs, and industrial control. PRETEC 133X CF card will start volume shipping by next month.

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 CF, MMC, SD, and USB Flash Drive for the digital imaging, mobile communication, and industrial control markets. As the world's 2nd company to offer CF card since 1995, Pretec has consistently demonstrated the highest capacity cards in the world; such as CF card 80MB, 128MB, 160MB, 320MB, 640MB, 1.5GB, 3GB, 6GB and 12GB CF card at various locations around the world for the past seven years; MMC card 1GB and 4GB; USB Flash Drive 8GB; and SD card 4GB. With more than 100 patents granted or filed, Pretec has also been offering the highest speed cards in the world such as CF 80X (2004), MMC 4.0 150X (2004), USB 166X/266X (2005), SD 133X (2005), MMCplus(TM) 266X (2005), i-Disk Tiny ("Best Gear of 2003" by TIME Magazine) and smallest size USB Flash drive in the world such as i-Disk Diamond / Cu-Flash (2005).

Note: i-Disk, i-Disk Tiny, CU-Flash are trademarks of Pretec Electronics Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned herein are recognized as the property of their respective holders.