San Diego, Calif., October 7, 2004 – HCL Electronics, Inc. a distributor of Hagiwara Sys-Com, the industry leader in semiconductor application products for cutting-edge consumer and industrial electronics, announced the availability of the Memory Stick Media with MagicGate Technology.

MagicGate

MagicGate is a copyright protection technology that authenticates encrypted data between products.

Features

· Memory Stick form factor

· Over 4x Transfer Rate (19.7MB.sec) compared to normal MS

· Compatible for use with copyrighted material

· Easy to use dual-drives for convenient sorting

Description

Memory Stick Media with MagicGate is a great solution for various reasons.  It boosts a higher speed then standard Memory Sticks due to its parallel interface.  It can obtain high-speed transfers up to 160Mbps, which is significantly more then the normal transfer speed of 20 Mbps.  Not only that, but the Memory Stick Media with MagicGate, you can use it in almost all devices that accept Memory Stick also.

In our 256MB Memory Stick Media, there is a switch to allow you to categorize what you are storing where.  It basically acts as 2x128MB cards and you can designate one as “work” and another as “personal” or however you wish to split up your files.

You will be able to use the increasingly popular copyright digital music files from major companies in the music industry.  This Memory Stick Media will authenticate your files and allow playback accordingly.  Whether it comes from a CD, or EMD (Electronic Music Distribution) you can safely and conveniently use the files on the Memory Stick Media.

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