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Memtech - circa 2005

Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Memtech takes storage to the extreme with its ultra rugged and reliable solid state flash drives. In more than a decade, Memtech has served hundreds of solutions integrators and contractors in the government, military, aerospace, energy, manufacturing, transportation and telecommunications sectors. Its drive products are made to order in America and are designed for low power consumption in critical operating conditions, built to withstand extreme temperature, pressure, moisture, shock, vibration and power loss. Each drive is guaranteed for life and goes through a rigorous five-step EnduroTest procedure. The privately held, woman-owned company offers unparalleled levels of customer service and has shipped tens of thousands SCSI and IDE solid state drives.

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Memtech notes from SSD Market History

Intel spun off its magnetic bubble memory division in 1987 to Memtech. Memtech ditched bubble memory but became a pioneer in the rugged and military flash SSD market.

In August 2005 Memtech was acquired by SimpleTech

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