SCM Microsystems Adds Memory Stick ZiO! To Its Award-Winning Line of Microtech Digital Media Readers

Guilford, CT. - September 10, 2001 - SCM Microsystems (Nasdaq: SCMM, Neuer Markt: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, today announced its newest addition to the Microtech line of award-winning ZiO! pocket-sized digital media readers, the Memory Stick ZiO!

The new Memory Stick ZiO! offers consumers a quick and easy solution for transferring data to and from Memory Stick-equipped digital devices like CyberShot digital cameras, VAIO personal computers, and Sony digital Walkmans and a computer.

Providing a fast, portable solution for high-speed transfer of data, images and MP3 files without the need for cumbersome cables or batteries, the ZiO! line of USB-equipped reader/writer devices is available for CompactFlash, including the IBM MicroDrive, SmartMedia, SecureDigital/MultiMedia and MemoryStick digital memory cards.

MicroTech also offers a Memory Stick PC Card adapter for users of Sony digital cameras. By offering this new adapter, SCM allows consumers of the number one consumer brand of digital cameras to experience the quickest and easiest solution for transferring images from a Sony digital camera to a notebook computer. The MS adapter enables consumers to read and write to and from a Memory Stick using the standard PCMCIA slot already built into laptop PCs. Users simply insert the Memory Stick into the adapter to download images, without the hassle of connecting cables and without using precious camera battery life. Measuring 85.6mm x 54mm x 5mm, the PC Card adapter is easily stored in a camera bag or pocket.