<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear Apple folks,</div><div><br></div><div>Much of the storage and memory in iPods and iPhones is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAND_flash#NAND_flash">NAND Flash memory </a>storage .... fast, efficient and light on power consumption. </div><div><br></div><div>Check out <b>Steve Wozniak </b>talking about the technology at the company he now resides as Chief Technologist, <b> </b><b style="font-size: 24px; "><a href="http://www.fusionio.com/">Fusion IO</a> </b>.....</div><div><br></div><div>Dave</div><div><br></div><div>==============</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.fusionio.com/">http://www.fusionio.com/</a></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.thestreet.com/video/10649558/index.html?59149499001?sms_ss=facebook#58317797001">http://www.thestreet.com/video/10649558/index.html?59149499001?sms_ss=facebook#58317797001</a><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div><div>http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2009/12/10/ibm-licenses-memory-technology-from-company-tied-to-woz/</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 2.8em; font-weight: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Century Schoolbook', 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; width: auto; line-height: 1.1075em; ">IBM Licenses Memory Technology From Company Tied To Woz</h1></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 10px; "><div class="article story" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 11px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; "><div class="articlePage" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; "><h3 class="byline" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.583em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 8px; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">By Eric Savitz</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">Apparently, <strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Woz</strong> does more than ride around on his Segway <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNJS5GdpPRE" style="color: rgb(2, 83, 183); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; ">making commercials for auto body repair shops</a>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">Non-volatile memory startup <a href="http://www.fusionio.com/" style="color: rgb(2, 83, 183); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Fusion-io</strong></a> says <strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">IBM</strong> <a href="http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?mod=search_ticker&symbol=ibm" style="color: rgb(2, 83, 183); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; ">(IBM)</a> has licensed the company’s NAND flash technology, <a href="http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2009/12/10/47625/ibm-licenses-nand-from-wozniaks-fusion-io.htm" style="color: rgb(2, 83, 183); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; ">according to Electronics Weekly</a>. The Salt Lake City-based company lists <strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Apple</strong> <a href="http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?mod=search_ticker&symbol=aapl" style="color: rgb(2, 83, 183); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; ">(AAPL)</a> co-founder <strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Steve Wozniak</strong> as <a href="http://www.fusionio.com/steve-wozniak/" style="color: rgb(2, 83, 183); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; ">chief scientist</a>, a role he apparently serves in an advisory capacity.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">IBM reportedly plans to used the technology in a solid-state storage appliance called IOPS Adapter which is targeted at reducing I/O bottlenecks in Big Blue’s System X server line.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; ">Investors in the company include <strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">New Enterprise Associates</strong>, <strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Dell Ventures</strong>,<strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Sumitomo Ventures</strong> and <strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Lightspeed Venture Partners</strong>.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 8px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5em; display: block; "><em style="font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; "><strong style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">Update</strong>: The news seems to be causing trouble for Fusion-io rival <strong style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; ">STEC</strong> (<a href="http://online.barrons.com/quotes/main.html?mod=search_ticker&symbol=stec" style="color: rgb(2, 83, 183); text-decoration: none; outline-style: none; outline-width: medium; outline-color: initial; border-bottom-width: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; ">STEC)</a>, which today is down 55 cents, or 4.5%, to $11.56.</em></p></div></div><div class="postcats" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 21px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 1em; background-image: url(http://s.wsj.net/img/dotted_grey.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; background-attachment: scroll; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; clear: both; background-position: 0% 0%; "></div></span><div><br></div><div><br>
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