World's Fastest 290x MMCplus™ Card Leads the Demand For High-Speed Mobile Device Memory !

Apacer is supporting the growing mobile multimedia application market of nearly 780 million handsets by releasing the world's fastest 290x MMCplus™ card. This 290x MMCplus™ card is compliant with MMC Specification Version V. 4.1, as introduced by the MultiMediaCard Association (MMCA). In addition to the ability to store up to 4,000 images at 1,024 x 768 pixel resolution, Apacer¡¦s 290x MMCplus™ card offers plug-and-play compatibility for nearly all mobile phones, digital cameras, MP3 players, PDAs and other multimedia devices with a MMC slot.

According to Forrester Research, Inc., a million pixel camera ranks as the No.1 specification a multimedia handset should include. To meet this need for larger multimedia content storage, higher speed memory cards have become the trend of card innovation. "The demand for higher-speed memory cards has been growing rapidly over the past years. To make mobile storage more convenient and allow everyone to get the most out of their mobile digital devices, Apacer introduces this world's first 290x MMCplus™ card to the market," explained Jason Jan, Managing Director of Apacer Europe.

The Apacer MMCplus™ card covers a wide range of multimedia applications. The key to maximizing large file storage performance is faster read/write speeds, especially for storing video, high-resolution pictures and other multimedia content. The new technology Dual-channel mode makes Apacer MMCplus™ achieve 290X the highest data transfer rate. The read/write speed of Apacer's 290x MMCplus™ card is 42.5 MB/sec (max) and 11 MB/sec (max) respectively, more than 20 times faster than the MMC 3.X specification.

The world's fastest 290x MMCplus™ card will come in capacities of 1GB and 2GB, and will be available to retail markets in September 2005.

About Apacer

Apacer Technology is one of the global leaders in memory module and digital storage for both hardware and software research and development. Since the company¡¦s inception, Apacer's focus on recording, reproducing and retaining digital data of all kinds, allows our customers to "Access the best" memory products and services. Apacer is the fifth largest independent DRAM module supplier with a global sales and marketing network to support distributors, OEMs, and retail customers. Apacer has built a reputation for memory modules that offer high performance, reliability and value. Apacer also provides the newest and most exciting digital mobile entertainment devices such as portable photo CD/DVD burners, portable hard disks, USB storage devices, flash cards, card readers and MP3 players. All designed to play, record, share and store the digital content that is part of everyday life.

Source : Apacer Press Release