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Technology Demonstrated Using a Viking VLP DDR2
Memory Module |
SAN JOSE,
Calif. – August 8, 2007 – Sanmina-SCI
Corporation (Nasdaq NM: SANM), a leading global
electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company
and Shocking Technologies, Inc., a developer of
Voltage Switchable Dielectric materials, today
announced the production of what they believe is
the world’s first printed circuit board (PCB)
with embedded electrostatic discharge (ESD)
protection covering 100 percent of the
components on the board.
Sanmina-SCI’s
PCB Division collaborated with its wholly owned
subsidiary, Viking InterWorks™, and joint
development partner, Shocking Technologies, to
manufacture Viking VLP (Very Low Profile) DDR2
memory modules with Sanmina-SCI’s patent pending
eESD™ embedded electrostatic discharge
protection technology. Initial third-party
testing indicated marked improvement in ESD
resistance of the sensitive memory devices
mounted on the PCB. Multiple 6,000 volt
discharges were directly injected into the
modules without any damage or drop in
performance recorded. This represented a 200
percent improvement in the energy protection
level provided to the modules. With proper
design, combining XStatic™ with
Sanmina-SCI’s eESD technology, 15KV Human Body
Model level’s of protection per 61000-4-2 can be
achieved.
“We are excited about this
achievement,” said George Dudnikov, Senior Vice
President and Chief Technology Officer for
Sanmina-SCI’s PCB and Backplane Divisions. “Up
to now, we have been performing most of our
development and performance evaluations on bare
PCB test vehicles that did not have actual
components mounted on them. After several months
of successful lab tests we felt ready to try the
technology on real products. The lab results
fell right in line with our expectations and
demonstrated the reliability enhancements our
technology could deliver.”
“Sanmina-SCI’s
eESD technology uses a thin continuous layer of
our patented XStatic Voltage Switchable
Dielectric material under a ground plane inside
the PCB,” explained Lex Kosowsky, CEO of
Shocking Technologies. “The VSD material is
programmed to switch from being a pure
dielectric insulator to pure electrical
conductor, and then dissipate the ESD transient
to ground before resetting itself, all in less
than a nanosecond. Our research scientists
worked with Sanmina-SCI’s R&D group to
tailor the material to very specific electrical
and thermo-mechanical properties allowing it to
survive not only the board fabrication and
assembly process, but also qualification
reliability testing. It’s gratifying to see the
first products of our joint development
performing so well in a real-world environment.
We believe this technology has the potential to
be a cost-effective solution to ESD for most
PCB-based products. The global protection it
provides clearly increases reliability and could
significantly lower total system
cost.”
“eESD can be utilized in various
types of PCBs, including flex circuits and chip
substrates to protect 100 percent of the I/O on
the board from ESD damage,” added Dudnikov. “It
can significantly improve the reliability of
electronics that have higher exposure and
sensitivity to ESD, such as Smart Memory cards,
cellular phones, PDAs and other handheld
devices. IC manufacturers could potentially free
up valuable chip space currently consumed by
on-chip ESD protection diodes by moving the
protective function to the substrate or PCB. We
currently have one other memory manufacturer and
a major cell phone manufacturer interested in
the technology, and we expect to be in a
position to start licensing the eESD technology
by the end of the year.”
For more
information on Sanmina-SCI’s PCB Division, visit
the PCB Resource web page at
www.sanmina-sci.com/solutions/pcb_resource.html or call +1.408.964.4614. |
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| About
Sanmina-SCI: |
| Sanmina-SCI
Corporation is a leading electronics contract
manufacturer serving the fastest-growing
segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing
Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a
technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides
end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering
unsurpassed quality and support to OEMs
primarily in the communications, defense and
aerospace, industrial and medical
instrumentation, multimedia and consumer,
computing and storage, and automotive technology
sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities
strategically located in key regions throughout
the world. More information regarding the
company is available at www.sanmina-sci.com. |
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About
Shocking Technologies, Inc.:
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Shocking Technologies
is a private venture capital backed company
located in San Jose, California. Shocking
Technologies is focused on development and
applications for its Voltage Switchable
Dielectric materials. The company has over 30
licensed and pending patents. For more
information on Shocking Technologies and its
XStatic™ material, please contact
www.shockingtech.com or call +1.408.964.4631. |
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| Sanmina-SCI Safe Harbor
Statement: |
The foregoing,
including the discussion regarding the Company's
future prospects, contains certain
forward-looking statements that involve risks
and uncertainties, including uncertainties
associated with economic conditions in the
electronics industry, particularly in the
principal industry sectors served by the
Company, changes in customer requirements and in
the volume of sales to principal customers, the
ability of Sanmina-SCI to effectively assimilate
acquired businesses and achieve the anticipated
benefits of its acquisitions, and competition
and technological change. The Company's actual
results of operations may differ significantly
from those contemplated by such forward-looking
statements as a result of these and other
factors, including factors set forth in the
Company's fiscal year 2006 Annual Report on Form
10-K filed on January 3, 2007 and the other
reports, including quarterly reports on Form
10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, that the
Company files with the Securities Exchange
Commission.
eESD™ is a registered
trademark of Sanmina-SCI Corporation. Viking
InterWorks™ is a trademark of Viking InterWorks,
Inc., a Sanmina-SCI Company. XStatic™
is a registered trademark of Shocking
Technologies, Inc.
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| Sanmina-SCI
Contacts |
| Michael Kovacs |
| Director, Corporate Marketing |
| +1.408.964.3142 |
| michael.kovacs@sanmina-sci.com |
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| Paige Bombino |
| Investor Relations |
| +1.408.964.3610 |
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