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Spansion Selected As Principal Flash Memory Supplier for Lenovo Handsets

Posted on: Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 09:00 CDT

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Spansion Inc. , the world's largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions, today announced that Lenovo Mobile Communications Technology Ltd. has selected Spansion as its principal Flash memory supplier for handsets. A leader in the Chinese wireless handset industry, Lenovo is known for its high-quality and customized mobile phone offerings.

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Lenovo plans to leverage Spansion's proprietary MirrorBit(R) Flash memory technology to bring innovative phones to the Chinese market, enabling advanced features, such as CD-quality audio and up to 4-megapixel photos on wireless handsets. A long-time Spansion customer, Lenovo Mobile currently utilizes Spansion MirrorBit NOR Flash memory solutions in over 10 different Lenovo handsets.

"Spansion has continuously contributed to Lenovo's success as our principal Flash memory supplier," said Jerry Yu, general manager of material management department, Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd. "Spansion's strong customer service, innovative products and total system solutions approach has enabled us to succeed at answering the demands of feature-hungry mobile users with our high-quality and customized handsets."

Spansion received the Best Supplier award from Lenovo Mobile for two consecutive years and was the only NOR Flash memory supplier selected. The award is given out annually to suppliers that have achieved excellent performance and made a strong contribution to Lenovo in the current year.

"This new initiative with Lenovo reinforces Spansion's commitment to Greater China, where Spansion collaborates with Chinese customers to continually deliver advanced technology and added-value solutions to our customers," said Gary Wang, corporate vice president and general manager, Spansion Inc., Asia Pacific. "Lenovo's handsets are widely recognized by consumers in China as some of the most stylish and advanced in the industry and we look forward to working with Lenovo to deliver innovative solutions and world-class support for many years to come."

Spansion's MirrorBit NOR and MirrorBit ORNAND(TM) memory solutions deliver high-performance code execution and data storage with a single-platform approach. The scalable design allows for basic entry-level phones using only NOR devices, up to very high-end, fully featured phones that combine MirrorBit NOR and ORNAND devices, to address a wide range of applications and market segments.

Spansion in China

Spansion designs, manufacturers and supplies Flash memory solutions in greater China, working with the top consumer electronics OEMs and wireless handset manufacturers in the region. Spansion has over 1,300 employees located in China with a final manufacturing facility in Suzhou, design centers in Suzhou and Beijing and sales and marketing offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

About Spansion

Spansion is a leading Flash memory solutions provider, dedicated to enabling, storing and protecting digital content in the wireless, automotive, networking and consumer electronics markets. Spansion, previously a joint venture of AMD and Fujitsu, is the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to developing, designing, and manufacturing Flash memory products and systems. For more information, visit http://www.spansion.com/ .

NOTE: Spansion, the Spansion logo, MirrorBit, ORNAND, and combinations thereof, are trademarks of Spansion LLC. Other names used are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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Spansion Inc.

CONTACT: Spansion US, Courtney Brigham, Public Relations,+1-408-616-5056, or courtney.brigham@spansion.com, or Spansion Greater China,Joy Wu, (86 10) 6505 1186, or joy.wu@spansion.com

Web site: http://www.spansion.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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