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Simple Technology, Inc. founded in Santa Ana, California
Introduced line of memory products for PCs, notebooks, servers, printers and devices
1993
Formed PCMCIA (PC Card) Division
Expanded manufacturing facilities
1994
Acquired Flash controller design team from Cirrus Logic (subsequently named Lexar)
Established OEM Sales Division
1995
Recognized on the Inc 500 list as the 50th fastest-growing business in the nation
Introduced IC Tower TSOP stacking technology
Acquired Kelly Microsystems
1996
Introduced Solid State flash memory cards
Recognized on the Inc 500 list as the 50th fastest-growing business in the nation
European headquarters open with complete design, manufacturing and
logistics capabilities
1997
U.S. and Scotland facilities achieve multi-site ISO-9002 approval
Introduced patented technology for EDO Emulation
1998
Simple Technology acquires SiliconTech and forms Industrial/OEM division
1999
First to Market with 1GB Solid State IDE Storage Devices
First to Market with 1GB SDRAM Modules
First to Market with 320MB Type II CompactFlash
2000
Completed IPO in September, 2000 (Nasdaq: STEC)
2001
Launched new corporate identity for SimpleTech, Inc.
Introduced flow based manufacturing
2005
Introduced high-end Zeus Solid State Drive product family
Acquired MemTech (Solid State Drive company) and ICSI (controller design company)
Controller design company ICSI acquired
2006
Introduced MACH1 line of Flash products
Acquired Gnutek (Solid State Drive company)
Introduced Postage Stamp BGA Stacking technology
U.S. facility achieves ISO14001-2004 certification for Environmental
Design and development of memory module TDBI (Test-During-Burn-In) systems
2007
STEC sells commercial division (SimpleTech) to Fabrik
Introduced ZeusIOPS Solid State Drive
Large scale facilities in Malaysia open with complete design, manufacturing and logistics capabilities
2008
Launched industry’s first deployment Solid State Drive (ZeusIOPS SSD) within Enterprise grade storage systems
STEC achieve highest design win for Solid State Vendor within Enterprise storage industry
Introduced Industry first and only native 4Gb Fibre Channel Solid State Drive (ZeusIOPS 4Gb FC SSD)
Introduced MACH8 Solid State Drive Family
Introduced MACH4 Solid State Drive – World smallest solid state drive
Introduced Ultra Mobile Solid State Drive (UM-SSD)
Introduced Industry’s First Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) enabled Solid State Drive (ZeusIOPS SAS SSD)
Introduced Industry’s Highest Capacity Solid State Drive
2009
STEC reached $1 Billion dollar market cap milestone