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 WHO WE ARE

STEC, Inc. (formerly SimpleTech, Inc.) designs, develops, manufactures and markets custom memory solutions based on Flash memory and Dynamic Random Access Memory (“DRAM”) technologies. Headquartered in Santa Ana, California, we specialize in developing high-density DRAM memory modules and high-speed, high-capacityFlash-based Solid State Drives (SSD's) and memory cards used in sensitive and highly-volatile environments. We offer a comprehensive product line of Flash and DRAM-based memory solutions used by original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs.

OUR PHILOSOPHY
STEC believes that unique challenges demand unique solutions, and everything we do is to that end. By listening to our customers we are able to develop and support them on all levels of their evolving needs.

OUR MISSION
To provide the world’s highest level of quality, reliability and innovation for advanced memory and storage solutions.

OUR PROMISE
STEC believes that quality, reliability and innovation should always be at the forefront of what we do. To ensure this, we have developed and will continue to enhance our extensive capabilities in product development, testing and support.
What We Do
How We Do It
WHAT WE DO

STEC is a global engineering and manufacturing company, offering high-reliability OEM memory and storage solutions with extensive value-added services to satisfy the needs of any application.

FLASH - Powered by our proprietary controller technologies, STEC Flash solutions define the industry standard for reliability, performance, and flexibility. Our advanced Flash management, embedded security features and complete product breath covering a wide array of interfaces and form factor translate into the industry's most comprehensive Flash offering.

DRAM - STEC OEM grade DRAM modules are high-capacity, high-performance, and high-reliablity modules designs for the demanding needs of servers, telecom, embedded applications, and other complex products. These modules are developed using STEC’s world-class engineering, testing, and volume manufacturing expertise. These modules are customizable to meet the need of non-standard system or application requirements.

HOW WE DO IT

We are an award-winning supplier to the OEM market. In order to achieve this, we focus on the OEM market - and solely on the OEM market. This sharp focus combined with our cutting-edge knowledge base enables us to respond rapidly to challenges faced by our OEM partners.

As a supplier to our OEM partners, we pride ourselves on the process and procedure that we put in place to ensure that our partners receive only award winning solutions.

Beginning by listening to our partners we are able to identify the unique needs and challenges, which enables us to develop our product definition. This will be the vehicle that drives our expert engineers to further the product in design development and to ensure that the product is directly catered to our partners. Once developed, we move the design through our world class in-house manufacturing facilities located on our main headquarters. By manufacturing the design in-house we are able to directly test and reevaluate any issues or incompatibility that may occur. Through our intensive testing procedures, such as our renowned TDBI (Test During Burn In), we are able to achieve unrelenting reliability. To further ensure that our partners receive solutions of unyielding quality, STEC delivers industry-leading support. Because of our vertically integrated process control, we are able to deliver on any scale to any partner uncompromising standards. STEC is committed to delivering world class memory and storage solutions to our customers.

 ADVANTAGES
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 CERTIFIED
To achieve the highest degree of data reliability, our organization has been optimized with vital vertically-integrated functions: IC design, finished product manufacturing, rigorous industrial testing, and exhaustive quality control (ISO 9001 and 14001).

    

ENGINEERING AND MANUFACTURING
• Nearly two decades of engineering & manufacturing experience
• Fast time-to-market and time-to-revenue
• Worldwide distribution
• On-site engineering & manufacturing California Headquarters
• Extensive on-site product testing
• Fully JEDEC Compliant
 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY

STEC is a recognized world leader in providing the highest quality computer memory and Flash products, mass storage products and data transfer devices for the OEM and retail markets.

It is STEC’s commitment to operate and plan activities to meet relevant environmental legislation, regulations, and company directives. STEC will strive to instill in all personnel and vendors the importance of environmental protection awareness.

STEC will:
Ensure that an organized and systematic approach is used to identify environmentally hazardous substances and eliminate their use in products
Ensure that an organized approach is used to identify environmental concerns, and that adequate support and resources are provided to implement prompt corrective action
Review and evaluate all products for their material content and its compliance to required environmental objectives
Conduct business operations in compliance with all applicable government and industry environmental regulations

Through continual improvement, STEC’s Environmental Management System will apply appropriate control and management methods focusing on prevention of pollution and management of air, water, waste and onsite storage activities.

Through ISO 14001, STEC’s Environmental Management System is structured upon employee training, document control, objective and target setting, and management review to implement our commitment to environmental protection.



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