Kingston Introduces Fast, New 8GB CF Card

Fountain Valley, CA – June 5, 2006 – Kingston Technology Company, Inc. announced it is expanding its line of CompactFlash Elite Pro cards with the addition of a new 8GB card. The card is an ideal storage choice for studio, catalog and portrait photographers who need to produce large files for catalog reproduction and other commercial purposes.

The addition of the 8GB CompactFlash Elite Pro card completes one of the most comprehensive lines of flash memory card solutions in the industry — including 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB CompactFlash cards. Kingston’s Elite Pro line meets the increased demands of today’s professional photographers by delivering reliability and dependability and providing a memory solution to suit their specific capacity needs.

The new 8GB card enhances the performance of power-hungry imaging applications used by both advanced amateur and professional photographers. When used in conjunction with matching high-performance digital devices, Kingston’s entire line of CF Elite Pro cards provides ultra-fast transfer times with read speeds up to 8 MB/sec. and write speeds up to 6.75 MB/sec.

Kingston’s 8GB Type I CompactFlash Elite Pro card (part number: CF/8GB-S) has a Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of US.99.