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BiTMICRO Receives Key Patent for Flash Storage Device Testing Technology

Fremont, California - July 20, 2004 - BiTMICRO^® Networks, a pioneer in intelligent flash IDE/ATA, SCSI, USB, VME, PMC, CompactPCI, FireWire, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel solid state storage solutions, has been awarded a key patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for the storage device testing technology found in its E-Disk^® Analyzer.

United States patent number 6,757,845, entitled "Method and Apparatus for Testing a Storage Device," pertains to a method of testing storage device I/O functionality during a storage operation. This technique is the core technology found in the E-Disk^® Analyzer, BiTMICRO's proprietary Flash Analysis Development System. The E-Disk^® Analyzer is a versatile tool that emulates and tests flash memory in a solid-state disk and is used by hardware, manufacturing, firmware application, and field engineers in all phases of the E-Disk^® flash drive's lifecycle. It offers a variety of functionalities, including:

• Download Microcode - allows the user to upgrade to the latest microcode version
• Format - performs low level format
• Security Erase - initiates, runs, and verifies full and irretrievable data security erase functionality of the E-Disk^® securErase^® firmware utility
• Monitor Cache - monitors write/read cache performance
• Configure - defines user-programmable parameters for performance and reliability preferences
• Report on Write Statistics - generates I/O write and performance statistics
• Report on Defect Data - reports all defective Logical Block Addresses
• Reset Drive - performs SCSI bus reset

"The new patent underscores BiTMICRO's technology leadership in the solid-state storage industry," says Rudy Bruce, President of BiTMICRO Networks. "Innovation is a key element to BiTMICRO's growth, and our growing intellectual property portfolio is an assurance to customers that our company will always remain at the cutting-edge of memory management and solid-state disk technology."

For E-Disk^® technology information, pricing and availability, call +1 510-74E-DISK / +1 510-743-3475, e-mail info@bitmicro.com or visit http://www.bitmicro.com.

About BiTMICRO Networks

BiTMICRO^® Networks (http://www.bitmicro.com), a privately held California corporation, is the leading provider of rugged and high performance non-volatile solid state disk, flash disk drive, and network storage and management solutions. E-Disk^® storage solutions are offered with SCSI, IDE / ATA, Fibre Channel, USB, FireWire, Compact PCI, VME, PMC and Ethernet interfaces in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hard disk drive footprints, single-wide PMC, 3U and 6U board, and 19-inch rack mount configurations scalable up to several terabytes of pure solid state storage.

E-Disk^®, securErase^®, and BiTMICRO^® are trademarks or registered trademarks of BiTMICRO Networks, Inc. Other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

High-resolution photo images of BiTMICRO's product line are available at http://www.bitmicro.com/press_multimedia.php

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Angelito T. Yutuc, Jr.	BiTMICRO Networks	(510) 743-3193	Marketing@bitmicro.com