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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
