USB Implementers Forum, Inc. Features Lexar Media "Hi-Speed USB" Flash Drive as First in Category at IDF Fall 2002

FREMONT, CA., September 9, 2002 -- Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR), a leading developer of flash mass storage systems and an innovator of high-performance digital media and accessories, introduces the fastest certified Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive at the Intel Developer Forum Fall 2002. The Lexar Media Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive is the first Hi-Speed product in its category to be certified by the USB Implementers Forum and is capable of a sustained write speed of 4.5MB per second and a sustained read speed of 6MB per second. This high-speed performance broadens the application of USB Flash Drives to high bandwidth applications like digital video.

"Lexar Media's new product demonstrates the ability of Hi-Speed USB technology to allow users to experience the highest USB data transfer rates possible today in flash-based media," said Jason Ziller, USB-IF chairman and Intel manager of technology initiatives. "We are excited to feature Lexar Media's product as the fastest certified Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive and the first product in its category at the USB-IF booth at the Intel Developer Forum Fall 2002."

"Lexar Media is able to be first to market with a certified Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive through a collaboration with NEC Electronics, Inc.," said Steffen Hellmold, Director of Technical Marketing and Industrial OEM Sales, Lexar Media. "Our Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive is capable of data transfer rates never before achieved with flash based USB storage solutions."

"We were impressed with the high performance achieved by the Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive developed by Lexar Media using NEC's low-power, high-speed USB technology," said Kugao Ouchi, director, Broadband LSI Technology Strategic Business Unit, NEC Electronics Inc. "We are pleased to demonstrate this new product in NEC's booth #424 at IDF Fall 2002."

According to Web-Feet Research the USB Flash Drive Market is expected to reach a volume of 50 million units in 2007. "While the replacement of floppy disks certainly is the dominant application for USB Flash Drives, we see many other applications where this truly universal storage solution can be used," said Alan Niebel, CEO, Web-Feet Research, Inc. "Lexar Media's Hi-Speed USB Flash Drive enables the user to store and playback video in MPEG2 format in real time as it achieves 3 times the speed required to record a single MPEG2 video stream, this is not possible with USB interface speed of 12Mbit per second."

About Lexar Media, Inc.
Lexar Media, Inc. (Nasdaq: LEXR) is a leading designer, marketer and licensor of award-winning removable flash-based digital storage media, card readers and ATA controller solutions for the digital photography, consumer electronics, industrial and communications markets. Lexar Media brands digital memory cards in the industry's most popular formats including CompactFlash, SmartMedia, Memory Stick, JumpDrive flash drive, MultiMediaCard and Secure Digital. A digital storage innovator, Lexar Media was the first to develop and advance proprietary read-write speed standards for its USB-enabled CompactFlash cards and holds over 40 memory and controller patents. Licensees of Lexar Media's technology include Olympus, SanDisk, Samsung Electronics and Sony. Headquartered in Fremont, California, Lexar Media also has offices in London and Tokyo. Lexar Media is a member of the Russell 2000 Index. For more information, please call 1-800-789-9418 or visit www.lexarmedia.com.

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