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Macrotron collaborates with SandForce® to Introduce the Extreme series SSD

Fremont, CA (March 11, 2010) -- -- Macrotron Systems, Inc., announced the immediate availability of the Extreme series to its family of solid-state-drives (SSDs). The Extreme series of SSD offer blazing fast transfer speeds, improved system responsiveness, quicker boot times, and shorter application loading times over traditional hard disk drive storage solutions.

Paired with specially screened MLC NAND Flash the Extreme drives deliver class leading performance with sequential read and write speeds of 240MB/s and 180MB/s respectively. SandForce technology provides enhanced endurance and reliability by an average of 20x over traditional SSD controllers through innovative write technology and Wear Leveling.

"The Extreme series of SSDs are the fastest and most exciting that Macrotron has yet brought to market," states Bill Mikelonis, Vice President of Engineering at Macrotron. "We have been pleased to work with SandForce to bring these enterprise level SSDs to the mainstream market at a fraction of the costs. We are very impressed with the performance numbers based on the SandForce SSD Processor. This solution fits well with our objective of offering the latest technology and best performance in our product lineup."

"Macrotron is well known for delivering high-performance memory and solid state drive solutions to the enthusiast market. "The SandForce SSD processor brings a level of performance sure to please the early adopters in the PC enthusiast crowd that Macrotron caters to so well."

The Extreme family of SSDs are durable and reliable, with a unique aluminum housing to minimize typical wear and tear and with NAND memory at their core, there are no moving parts to fail, or be damaged from daily use in portable computing solutions.

Extreme Series SSD

We have moved to a larger facilities!

Fremont, CA (May 11, 2010) -- -- Macrotron Systems, Inc., one of Silicon Valley's leading Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers, announced the successful move of its Fremont Manufacturing facility across town to a location adjacent to the Fremont Auto Mall.

The move includes the entire employee staff along with its manufacturing equipment and support services. The new facility, located at 44235 Nobel Drive, was a formerly Intel building of 75,000 square feet built in 2001 incorporating two DS3 lines for high speed communications. Currently Macrotron occupies 40,000 square feet with the remaining 35,000 square feet to be subleased.

The Nobel Drive structure increases the ability for Macrotron to expand it existing business and delve into new business areas like the Dittobook eBook reader. The more efficient layout expands the customization capability of Dittobook. The eBook reader from Dittobook is targeted to those companies looking for a customized product, printed with logo or modified software to the customer's application.

It also provides an opportunity to expand our service to the customers that rely on local assembly and test of electronic boards and finished goods. New efficiencies due to enhanced layout will allow Macrotron to compete on any level for the business of Silicon Valley companies. With its 25 years of serving the local market, Macrotron is poised to continue its long-term service to both new and old establishments.