ARLINGTON, Va., USA – JUNE 15, 2009 – JEDEC Solid State Technology Association, the global leader in standards development for the microelectronics industry, today announced that Roger Isaac of Silicon Image, Inc. and Karin Werder of Research In Motion were honored with JEDEC Chairman’s Awards. Presented at a quarterly meeting in Montreal, Canada on June 3, 2009 by committee chairman Mian Quddus, these awards honor member volunteers who have made outstanding contributions to their respective committees.

Roger Isaac and Karin Werder both received their awards in recognition of their exceptional contributions as part of the industry team for the development and promotion of the e•MMC v4.4 and Universal Flash Storage (UFS) Standards. Mr. Isaac is applauded for his visionary outlook, active involvement and technical expertise as a past Chairman of the UFS Task Group, a JEDEC working group dedicated to defining the technical details of the upcoming standard. Ms. Werder’s in-depth knowledge of the mobile device market in conjunction with her understanding of end user requirements proved invaluable in the development of e•MMC v4.4.

e•MMC v4.4 was published in April, 2009 as JESD84-A44 MMC Version 4.4, and is available for free download at www.jedec.org. The new standard offers numerous enhancements over the previous version of the standard, including a doubling of memory interface performance, flexible partition management and improved security options.

JEDEC UFS is being designed as a next generation specification that will enable higher performance and greater efficiencies when flash memory is used in products such as laptops, smart phones and other consumer electronic devices. Strong industry support is expected for the UFS standard, which is being developed by principal consumer electronic and cell phone OEMs, in conjunction with major chip manufacturers.

"The contributions made by Roger Isaac and Karin Werder were essential to the successful publication of e•MMC v4.4, and are critical to continued progress on the timely development of UFS," said Mian Quddus, JEDEC Board of Directors Chairman and Chair of JC-64 Committee for Flash Memory Modules. He added, "JEDEC is grateful for the commitment Roger and Karin and their companies have made to the development of open industry standards, and is delighted to present them with Chairman’s Awards."

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