Avnet Electronics Marketing Now Distributing Toshiba Embedded MLC NAND and SLC NAND Discrete Products

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), announces it is now distributing Toshiba’s eMMC Embedded MLC NAND and SLC NAND discrete products to customers in North America.

Toshiba’s embedded eMMC storage products incorporate cost-effective, high-density Multi-Level Cell (MLC) NAND technology and an integrated controller to manage the NAND functions, enabling designers to shorten the system development time and speed time to market. With densities ranging from 2GBytes1 – 32GBytes, the eMMC products support a wide range of applications, including mobile phones, GPS systems, electronic books and many other consumer applications.

Toshiba’s Single Level Cell (SLC) discrete memory products, available in densities of 512Mbits2 – 64Gbits3, offer fast read and write times, and support a large number of write and erase cycles. These devices meet a diverse set of design applications for mobile phones, office automation equipment, servers and other applications requiring high levels of read and write speeds and reliability.

“Avnet has proven to be a true partner, and we are pleased to provide our Embedded NAND offering to our valued customers through the distribution channel,” said George Rea, director of channel management at Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc.

“Toshiba is a leader in the NAND product space, and we are honored to offer their wide range of products to support our customers in their consumer electronics and mobile device design applications,” said Ed Smith, president of Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas. “Toshiba’s eMMC products offer many advantages, including reliability, high performance, optimized wear leveling, and block management. This is a terrific design solution for customers looking to reduce development cycles and get their products to market faster.”

For more information, please visit: www.em.avnet.com/toshiba.

About Avnet Electronics Marketing

Avnet Electronics Marketing is an operating group of Phoenix-based Avnet, Inc. that serves electronic original equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services (EMS) providers in more than 70 countries, distributing electronic components from leading manufacturers and providing associated design-chain and supply-chain services. The group’s Web site is located at www.em.avnet.com. Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company, is one of the largest distributors of electronic components, computer products and embedded technology in the world. Avnet accelerates its partners’ success by connecting the world’s leading technology suppliers with a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and providing cost-effective, value-added services and solutions. For the fiscal year ended June 28, 2008, Avnet generated revenue of $17.95 billion. For more information, visit www.avnet.com.

1 When used herein in relation to memory density, GByte, gigabyte and/or GB means 1,024×1,024×1,024 = 1,073,741,824 bytes. Usable capacity may be less. For details, please refer to specifications.

2 When used herein in relation to memory density, megabit and/or Mbit or Mb means 1,024×1,024 = 1,048,576 bits. Usable capacity may be less. For details, please refer to applicable product specifications.

3 When used herein in relation to memory density, gigabit and/or Gbit or Gb means 1,024×1,024×1,024 = 1,073,741,824 bits. Usable capacity may be less. For details, please refer to specifications.

Contacts

Avnet Electronics Marketing, Phoenix
Jody Janusch LaRoque, Public Relations, 480-643-2547
jody.janusch {at} avnet(.)com