Crucial launches lightning-fast Gizmo! overdrive

Meridian, Idaho, March 8, 2006 – Crucial customers can now transfer
their digital files at write speeds up to 13 megabytes per second
(MB/s) and read speeds up to 25 MB/s. Crucial Technology, one of the
world’s leading online memory upgrade providers, today introduces two
Hi-Speed additions to the popular Gizmo!(TM) USB flash drive line: the
Gizmo!(TM) overdrive and Gizmo!(TM) overdrive with security software.
The new Gizmo! overdrives are housed in the same slim Gizmo! drive
casing, but sport new colors and optional security software. Features
include the following:

Crucial Gizmo! overdrive
• Write speeds up to 80X or 13 MB/s
• Read speeds up to 160X or 25 MB/s
• Glossy-white 68mm x 20mm case
• Transfer-indicating red LED
• Available in 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB densities
• Currently priced from $47.99 (512MB) to $175.99 (2GB)

Crucial Gizmo! overdrive with security software
• Same performance as Gizmo! overdrive
• Security software for data encryption and password protection
• Jet-black 68mm x 20mm case
• Currently priced from $49.99 (512MB) to $189.99 (2GB)

“We took the award-winning design of the current Crucial Gizmo! drive,
stepped up the performance, improved the look, and added a version
with security software,” said Crucial Technology Product Marketing
Manager Terry Groth. “This new combination of features allows you to
move and store your data quickly and safely, too – a must for today’s
demanding, on-the-go users.”

The Gizmo! overdrive automatically appears as a removable drive when
plugged into the USB port of a desktop PC, Macintosh or notebook and
is compatible with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 2000 and above,
Mac(R) OS 9.1 and above and Linux kernel 2.2.19. Security software
supports only Microsoft Windows 2000 and above. Each Gizmo! overdrive
is Hi-Speed USB 2.0-compliant and comes with a multilingual user
guide, limited lifetime warranty, free second-day shipping (for a
limited time only) within the contiguous U.S. on qualified orders
and Crucial’s renowned customer service and free technical support.
A USB 2.0-compliant port is required for operation at Hi-Speed.

About Crucial

Crucial Technology is a division of Micron Semiconductor Products,
Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micron Technology, Inc.
Crucial provides high-quality memory upgrades, graphics cards, flash
memory and a host of products to enhance the entire computing experience
on its Web site at http://www.crucial.com.
Crucial offers over 110,000 upgrades for more than 20,000 desktops,
notebooks, servers, routers, printers and electronic devices.

Micron Technology, Inc., is one of the world’s leading providers of
advanced semiconductor solutions. Through its worldwide operations,
Micron manufactures and markets DRAM, NAND flash memory, CMOS image
sensors, other semiconductor components, and memory modules for use
in leading-edge computing, consumer, networking and mobile products.
Micron’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc.,
visit www.micron.com.