SiliconSystems Vice President to Participate in Expert Panel on Solid-State Storage at the 2007 Flash Memory Summit
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Industry Veteran Gary Drossel to Present the Advantages of Solid-State Storage as a Hard Drive Replacement
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., July 24, 2007 - SiliconSystems, Inc., a world leader in advanced storage technology, today announced that the company's Vice President of Product Planning, Gary Drossel, has been selected to participate in a high-level panel of experts discussing the merits of solid-state storage at the Second Annual Flash Memory Summit. The panel is part of a special plenary session entitled "Flash in Computers" that will be held on August 8, 2007 at 11 a.m. PDT at the Santa Clara Marriot Hotel in Santa Clara, California. Rounding out the panel are speakers from industry leaders Dell, Intel, Microsoft and Samsung Electronics.
In his panel presentation, Drossel will identify market dynamics, trends and technology improvements that have enabled solid-state drives to become viable and cost-effective replacements for hard drives in many applications. Drossel will discuss how advances in solid-state storage technology in the areas of data protection, wear-leveling, security and drive lifespan monitoring have made it the optimal choice for use in applications requiring high performance, high reliability, multi-year product lifecycles and low power consumption.
"For the past decade, solid-state storage technology has continued to advance to where it has come into line with the storage budgets, performance and capacities needed for many embedded applications," said Drossel. "It is an honor to speak about the future of solid-state storage among such a distinguished group, so that together we may better educate the industry on what solid-state storage technology can offer."
SiliconSystems is a recognized leader in advanced storage technology. With its flagship SiliconDrive technology focused on meeting the needs of the Enterprise System OEM market, the company continues to make advances that pave the way for OEMs to improve performance and reliability while lowering their total cost of storage ownership.
About SiliconDrive
SiliconSystems' patented SiliconDrive is breakthrough storage technology engineered to overcome problems associated with products originally designed for the consumer electronics and personal computer markets. SiliconDrive technology is engineered to exceed the high performance, high reliability and multi-year lifecycle requirements of the Enterprise System OEM market. PowerArmor and SiSMART technologies integrated into every SiliconDrive eliminate field failures from power disturbances, prevent costly product requalifications and provide enhanced security to protect application data and software IP, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership.
About Flash Memory Summit
The Flash Memory Summit is the only conference dedicated entirely to flash memory and its applications. The Summit features half-day tutorials, workshops,
paper and panel sessions, keynotes, roundtables, special sessions, and exhibit. Subjects include hardware, software, design methods, consumer applications, embedded applications, computer and communications applications, alternative technologies, programming methods, testing, standards, and market research. For more information, visit www.flashmemorysummit.com.
About SiliconSystems
SiliconSystems is a world leader in advanced storage technology engineered exclusively for the high performance, high reliability, multi-year product lifecycle requirements of the Enterprise System OEM market. The company's patented SiliconDrive technology exceeds the rigorous demands of applications in the netcom, military, industrial, interactive kiosk and medical markets. SiliconSystems is based in Aliso Viejo, California. Additional company and product information is available on the company's website at www.siliconsystems.com.
Company Contact:
Tim Leary
SiliconSystems, Inc.
(949) 900-9402
tleary@siliconsystems.com
