FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact Andrea E. Pruna
Kentron Technologies, Inc.
978-988-9100, ext. 4161
andrea@kentrontech.com
KENTRON
TECHNOLOGIES BECOMES A MEMBER OF ADVANCED MEMORY INTERNATIONAL, INC (AMI2)
Coalition of industry leaders is working towards goal
of implementation and standards for new computer memory technology
Wilmington,
MA, (November 15, 2000) - Kentron Technologies (www.kentrontech.com), a
leader in next generation memory platforms announced today that it has become a
member of Advanced Memory International, Inc (AMI2). AMI2 is an open, non-profit
corporation with the objectives of coordinating and accelerating market adoption
of new JEDEC-standard memory technology. AMI2's focus is to bring new DRAM
systems into the marketplace by cooperating in the acceleration of market
adoption of open, cost-effective and complete DRAM technologies.
By joining
AMI2, Kentron will be participating with other industry leaders in this DRAM
implementation coalition such as IBM, Infineon Technologies, Samsung,
Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Hyundai, Micron, Elpida (formerly NEC & Hitachi) and
Fujitsu among other associated memory technology partners. "The advent of
new memory technology, such as DDR, offers the industry the opportunity to
greatly improve performance," said Robert Goodman, CEO of Kentron
Technologies. "We are very excited about our involvement in AMI2 and the
potential for performance improvement that our suite of high density, high-speed
memory platforms delivers to the industry".
"We welcome Kentron as a
new member to AMI2. Kentron is a leader in advanced memory platforms," said
Desi Rhoden President & CEO of AMI2. "Their potential for helping the
industry meet the needs for improved density and speed is quite
exciting".
ABOUT
KENTRON TECHNOLOGIES, INC
Founded in 1996, Kentron Technologies specializes in the design, engineering and
manufacturing of high density present and next-generation memory products and
platforms to meet the speed and density requirements of high performance
systems. With patented memory solutions, Kentron is pioneering new technologies
that will lay the foundation for future platforms and networks and solve the
memory density and speed issues faced by the Internet server and router
marketplace. These memory platforms achieve the highest "per socket"
densities in the world without the premium costs that might be expected of such
leading edge technology. Kentron manufactures its products in three locations in
the United States and maintains a world-class engineering and R&D facility
in Massachusetts. Kentron Technologies corporate headquarters is based at 155
West Street in Wilmington. MA. For additional information about Kentron
Technologies, Inc. please contact Andrea E. Pruna, Kentron Technologies, Inc.,
Wilmington, MA, at (978) 988-9100, extension 4161, or at andrea@kentrontech.com.
Additional information is available at the Company's website www.kentrontech.com.
ABOUT
ADVANCED MEMORY INTERNATIONAL, INC
Advanced Memory International, Inc. is an open, non-profit corporation with the
objectives of cooperatively accelerating market adoption of open, cost-effective
and complete DRAM technologies. AMI2's supporters include: DRAM industry leaders
Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hyundai, IBM Microelectronics, Infineon (formerly Siemens),
Micron, Mitsubishi, NEC, Samsung, Toshiba, and associated memory technology
companies.
Additional
information about Kentron Technologies, Inc. is available at the Company’s Web
site www.kentrontech.com
or by calling (978) 988-9100.
