ULINK Supports SATA Host Digital Compliance Test at #2 SATA-IO Interop Workshop

Santa Clara, CA, October 2, 2006—ULINK Technology Inc, an innovative technology and engineering company, announced today that it supports the SATA-IO Interop Workshop Digital work group host test with its Drive Master 2006 Pro and a third party test fixture. SATA-IO defined a set of tests to evaluate Link and Transport Layer protocol of the SATA interface. These test conditions are intended for validation of the hardware and software implementations of the SATA interface. ULINK has implemented entire test suite defined in the document and validated and approved with the SATA-IO Interoperability Workgroup (IW) for the device tests.

Today ULINK announced its supports of the SATA-IO Digital test for the host interface. The host testing support will help the SATA-IO move forward to the host interface qualification. ULINK has been working with the SATA-IO core team to define and implement the test for this coming Interop Workshop in Milpitas, California on October 2nd, 2006.

Using the Drive Master 2006 Pro and third party test fixture, ULINK completed the test suites of SATA-IO logo certification of digital test. With this fully automated, completed, script driven tool, ULINK has created a powerful instrument for the host compliance pre-stage.

"The SATA-IO host and device test suite is fully programmable and automatic based on Drive Master 2006 Pro. This tool outputs the test summary directly accessible by the Microsoft Excel, with the test results summary listed clearly on the Excel file," said Edwin Kuo, ULINK's Marketing Director. “ULINK has shown the strength in SATA testing technology in providing SATA-IO Digital host and device test suites. ULINK also committed to continue provide test supports for SATA-IO Integrated List Program," added by Shawn Chou, ULINK's VP of Product Marketing.

ULINK is committed continue to improve its capability to promote the SATA interface compatibility and reliability. ULINK believes the industry will eventually benefit from the SATA-IO test methodology.

About ULINK Technology, Inc.
ULINK Technology Inc. (www.ulinktech.com) is a technology development company for the newly developed storage industry. Drive Master 2006 Pro is one of the products ULINK has developed for the SATA interface. ULINK also provides consulting and customization support for its customers.

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Email: edwin.kuo(at)ulinktech.com