[PR] STEC Launches Fastest, Most Advanced Addition to the MACH Family of Solid State Drives Optimized for Enterprise Server Systems

STEC MACH16 SSDs Provide Key Advancements for High-Performance, High-Reliability Enterprise Storage and Server Systems

SANTA ANA, Calif., September 14, 2010 – STEC, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC), today announced its highly anticipated MACH16 SSD product line optimized for the reliability and endurance needed for Enterprise-class deployments.

MACH16 SSDs are the latest in the series of MACH family offerings, which include the company’s MACH4 and MACH 8 drives. This new line is specifically engineered to meet and exceed the demands of Enterprise server OEMS. Featuring a unique and advanced ASIC controller that is designed for high-end performance, the MACH16 enables enterprise customers to process more data with less hardware, i.e. fewer servers, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership. These drives also come equipped with STEC’s breakthrough CellCare and Secure Array of Flash Element (S.A.F.E.) technologies, which increase the reliability, performance, and endurance well beyond that of current client-grade SSDs.

The MACH16 SSDs deliver sustained performance of 30,000 IOPS at 4K transfer size and maintain endurance beyond the 5-year service life that is required for Enterprise-level server environments. The drives also incorporate STEC’s proprietary advanced Flash management technology, which enables the drives to negate failure errors and extend Mean Time to Failure (MTTF), highlighting their position as one of the most advanced and intelligent SATA drives available in the market.

Further enabling the adoption momentum of SSDs within the enterprise server environment, MACH16 products are available in several configurations. With capacities available up to 400GB, the product line is launching with both MLC and SLC media and supports multiple Flash geometries, providing greater flexibility of deployment. In addition, the drives will have extended product support, a critical element in Enterprise work environments. The MACH16 is already being sampled at STEC’s top tier of OEM partners.

“The launch of our MACH16 products is another important milestone for our SSD portfolio as it truly raises the bar for Enterprise-grade SSDs and addresses many of the demands from our customer base,” said Manouch Moshayedi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STEC. “The MACH16 line was designed from the ground up to be ideally suited for high-growth applications in the Enterprise server space, which bodes well for the continued proliferation of our drives in a wide range of deployments.”

Applications for SSD-enabled servers include the rapidly expanding Virtual and Cloud Computing markets as well as conventional Internet data centers, exchange servers, and any other environment where users require real-time access to data stored in and applications run on networked servers. Collectively, these customers represent a sizable and growing market opportunity for Enterprise-class SSDs, because of the lower total cost of ownership and higher performance of implementing SSDs.

For more information regarding this announcement and other important SSD topics, please visit the company’s web site at www.stec-inc.com/ssd/technology.