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To: Jay M. Harris who wrote (3871)	12/16/1997 5:55:00 PM
From: ForYourEyesOnly	Respond to of 10921

Want to know why DPAC has been up every one of the five past trading sessions? Dense-Pac Microsystems Product to be Used in Digital Equipment Corp. Workstations GARDEN GROVE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 1997-- -- 256Mbyte SDRAM Qualified By Dense-Pac On Alpha Powered Workstations -- Dense-Pac Targets DEC VARs and OEM Customers With This Product Worldwide Dense-Pac Microsystems Inc. (Nasdaq:DPAC - news) Tuesday announced that it has successfully tested its 256Mbyte Synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) memory device for use in Digital Equipment Corp.'s (DEC) Alpha Powered(TM) workstations. With Dense-Pac's device, DEC workstation users can pack double the amount of memory -- up to 1 GigaByte -- onto the same motherboard. Dense-Pac completed tests in-house late last week on a DEC 600Mhz Alpha Powered(TM) PC164LX workstation loaned to Dense-Pac by DEC for development purposes. Industry analyst firm International Data Corp. projects the total workstation market in the year 2001 to be $27.7 billion, up from $17.9 billion in 1997. Tony Gucciardi, alpha product manager of Digital Equipment Corp., said: ''The primary advantages of Dense-Pac's 256Mbyte SDRAM is its capability to run on systems with processor speeds beyond 600 MHz. Dense-Pac's current ability enables our OEMs and VARs to populate PC164LX systems with 1 GigaByte of Synchronous DRAM. This differentiates our motherboards from others only designed to accommodate up to 512Mbyte of system memory.'' DEC (NYSE:DEC - news) provided Dense-Pac free-of-charge one of its new 600Mhz Alpha Powered(TM) PC164LX workstations for use in development and testing. Several of these memory modules were sent to DEC last week after the successful in-house tests. Chuck Gamer, vice president of commercial sales of Dense-Pac, said: ''Dense-Pac's device enables DEC workstation users to pack double the memory in the same real estate on a motherboard and provide better performance to support DEC's Alpha processor. ''We are very pleased with the successful testing. With this commercial device, we proved that we did it again -- that we can introduce a new product into the commercial marketplace. By developing and customizing unique products utilizing our 3-dimensional technology, Dense-Pac can insure that its products are being continuously evaluated and designed into new commercial applications. We plan to target DEC VARs and OEM customers with this new product.'' Gucciardi at DEC went on to say: ''Digital's family of Alpha Powered(TM) workstation benefit greatly with the incorporation of Dense-Pac's high performance memory. Digital continues to raise the performance bar providing our customers with high performance processors for today's feature-rich applications. The nearly unlimited scalability of the 64-bit architecture supports more than 3,000 PC applications, provides a clear performance path for current and future 64 bit-based operating systems. ''With support for Windows NT, Digital UNIX or Open VMS, customers can depend on Alpha Powered(TM) workstations for their most important media content creations, high performance technical computing and computationally intensive general business applications.'' Alpha Powered(TM) is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corp. The Dense-Pac module, released this month, is designed to meet ''PC-100'' specifications at memory bus speeds as high as 100MHz and represents one of the highest density memory modules on the market today. Dense-Pac will continue to work with DEC on future qualifications, one of the world's largest computer server and workstation manufacturers, thereby expanding Dense-Pac's exposure to new domestic and international markets. The Dense-Pac 256Mbyte SDRAM memory device is designed into DEC's Alpha Powered(TM)-based PC164LX 466Mhz, 533Mhz and 600Mhz motherboards. The transition from Fast Page and EDO DRAM's to SDRAM technology has accelerated due to the performance demands of the latest generation of microprocessors and digital signal processors. The Dense-Pac device is now being tested by several OEM customers. Dense-Pac will aggressively pursue additional customers in the workstation sector as part of its recently launched commercial marketing strategy. Dense-Pac Microsystems designs and manufactures proprietary and patented three-dimensional high density memory products that allow the company's commercial, industrial and military customers to pack huge amounts of memory into small spaces. Its commercial products include applications such as cellular phones and other hand-held personal communications, laptops and notebooks, super computers and servers, digital cameras, portable electronic organizers, storage devices, electronic keyboards and digital sound systems, medical instrumentation, airborne and space avionics and such diverse areas as space satellites and space missiles and high performance auto engines. The company's Web site is at www.dense-pac.com . Statements regarding the company's expectations about growth and marketing strategies, new and existing products, future financial performance and other forward looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, demand and acceptance of new and existing products, technological advances and product obsolescence, availability of semiconductor devices at reasonable prices, competitive factors and the availability of capital to finance growth. These and other risks are discussed in greater detail in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.