According to IDC, the shipping volume of mobile devices with card slots is experiencing a tremendous run-up and will exceed 246.8 million sets in 2005. “To enable higher performance, Apacer launches our DV RS-MMC series with the latest low power consumption technology to effectively reduce power usage and increase talk and standby time. Viewing the potential market offered by RS-MMC when applied to various multimedia applications, Apacer, through continuous technology breakthroughs and innovation, continues to develop smaller, faster, higher density, lower power consumption, best quality and performance flash products to meet the growing market demand for more efficient mobile storage.” said Elton Fang, Product Director of Apacer.

Apacer is watching the trends in portable devices, which are all getting smaller, lighter and more power efficient, and is manufacturing the DV RS-MMC series products to better support this market. Currently, Apacer’s DV RS-MMC series are available in capacities of 32 MB, 64 MB , and 128MB, which will be available to global retail markets in March 2005.

About Apacer Technology Inc.

Apacer Technology Inc. was founded in 1997, as part of the Acer Group. It has marketing and sales offices and operations across the globe. The company's mission is to be the "innovator of digital storage applications" and is dedicated to digital storage applications and services. Apacer is the only company in Taiwan with capabilities covering both the memory module and the multimedia digital domains, in addition to integrating both hardware and software research and development. The company is ranked globally as the fourth largest memory module manufacturer and the ninth largest flash storage product supplier. Its products include various types of memory modules and many innovative, fun and convenient digital storage products, such as portable digital photo burners, USB flash drives, memory cards, card readers.