Hagiwara Sys-Com Press Release

Hagiwara Sys-Com Announces Live Demonstration of UD-RW (USB 2.0 High-Speed Flash Drive With CD-RW Capability) at 2005 International CES, Las Vegas

UD-RW Combines the Flexibility of USB Flash Drive and the Benefit of CD-RW Into One Compact Package

IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 3 /PRNewswire/—Hagiwara Sys-Com, the industry leader in semiconductor application products for cutting-edge consumer and industrial electronics—today announced their participation at 2005 International CES to demonstrate different applications of UD-RW, an USB Flash Drive with CD-RW Functionality. (Booth # 70533M, Innovation Plus USB TechZone)

The UD-RW’s innovative Dual Zone Technology combines the flexibility of a USB Flash Drive and the benefit of a CD-RW in one compact package. By inserting the UD-RW into a system’s USB port, two drive icons, a CD-ROM drive and a Removable drive, will appear under “My Computer.” This technology protects data in the Read Only Zone from accidental erase or deletion while still gives users the ability to modify the contents in the Flash Drive Zone.

The UD-RW also incorporates AUTORUN feature that allows a pre-selected program or application file in the Read Only Zone to be launched automatically upon insertion of the UD-RW into systems’ USB port. This AUTORUN feature is ideal for companies to distribute their application software, promotional material, company profiles, advertisements, etc… and great for restoring systems’ configuration.

“Following the successful launch of UD-RW in June, 2004, the device is now being used in education, consumers, advertisement, and embedded applications,” said Moto Watanabe, Sales and Marketing Manager for Hagiwara Sys-Com US. “Our current customers include advertisement agencies, schools, remote computing application, hardware and software manufacturers, etc… and the list is growing fast. The AUTORUN and write protect features make these application possible and greatly improves the users’ experience.”

The UD-RW is available in 128MB and 256MB. Higher capacity versions will be available soon. Optional features such as Hidden Memory Area are available for OEM customers.

For product information and product availabilities, please visit Hagiwara Sys-Com US’s website at http://www.udrw.com/ and http://www.hsc-us.com/.

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Hagiwara Sys-Com designs, manufactures and markets highly innovative and versatile semiconductor application products for diverse market ranging from digital consumer to industrial / embedded computing. Hagiwara is known for its high quality and reliability of their products for industrial and consumer applications.