Simtek Corp (SMTK)

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Simtek Corporation Files 10 New Patents

Thursday January 11, 6:30 am ET


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simtek Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTK - News), the world's leading supplier of integrated nonvolatile random access memory chips, today announced that it has recently filed 10 new patent applications relating to its nvSRAM design, technology, and intellectual property. These filings represent the first patent applications to be submitted by the Company in nearly five years.

David Still, Simtek Vice President of Engineering, commented, "We are excited to have initiated this significant expansion to our intellectual property platform, the result of a focused effort by the entire global Simtek engineering team. Protecting and increasing our proprietary technologies are important objectives for us as we expand into new markets and advance our product portfolio. We expect to continue to aggressively develop and protect our intellectual property foundation throughout 2007."

About Simtek Corporation

Simtek Corporation designs and markets high-speed, re-programmable, nonvolatile semiconductor memory products, for use in a variety of systems including RAID servers, storage arrays, GPS navigational systems, industrial controllers, robotics, copiers, avionics, metering, consumer, UPS, and networking and broadcast equipment. Information on Simtek products can be obtained from its web site: www.simtek.com; email: [e-mail]. The company is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado.