**Data I/O Announces Strategic Alliance with Intel* FlashMemory Group to Offer Higher Value, Integrated Solutions**

REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Market leader Data I/O(R) Corporation, (NASDAQ:DAIO) , today announced a global alliance with Intel's Flash Memory Group to deliver higher value to their mutual customers. The two companies will offer integrated solutions to reduce time-to-market and facilitate easy adoption and manufacturing with Intel's flash memory devices and Data I/O's automated programming solutions.

Under the terms of Data I/O's Preferred Partnership Program, Data I/O will coordinate with Intel's Flash Memory Group to dedicate resources for closer customer support at the device level as well as the local sales, marketing and technical levels. Areas of collaboration include:

- Focusing attention on increasing the quality of service and value to
mutual customers for cellular, consumer electronics, communications,
computing and industrial applications.
- Enabling concurrent engineering practices to reduce time to market
during the transition from development to the manufacturing floor.
- Helping our customers improve profitability through lean manufacturing
and higher quality processes.
- Enhancing customer capability through joint seminars and other
educational forums.
- Providing "Priority Support" for Intel's customers.
- Collaborating closely to develop and/or license technology to enable
full solutions for Intel's customers.
- Engaging our sales teams early in the design process to eliminate
manufacturing-related issues.

"Intel and Data I/O have shared customers around the world for years and this agreement elevates our cooperation to better service those customers," said Harald Weigelt, VP of World Wide Sales and Services. "Both Intel and Data I/O share a common commitment to higher quality through automation and excellence in service. Having Intel in our Preferred Partnership Program reinforces this message and takes our historically successful relationship and technical collaboration to a new level that will generate value for Intel, Data I/O and our mutual customers," added Weigelt.

"As a leading supplier of NOR and NAND Flash memory, we continually strive to enable customers to get to market faster," stated Darin Billerbeck, vice president and general manager of Intel's Flash Products Group. "By capitalizing on our long-standing association with Data I/O, our customers can realize faster development time and improved manufacturing throughput."

The two companies will also explore collaboration opportunities vis-a-vis the Open NAND Flash Interface (ONFI) initiative to establish a standard interface for NAND Flash memory devices with other ONFI members.

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About Data I/O

With more than 34 years of innovative leadership in device programming solutions, Data I/O Corporation provides manual and automated device programming systems that specifically address the requirements of engineering and manufacturing operations. FlashCORE(TM) is the architecture behind a family of Flash programmers that deliver the highest throughput and the lowest cost per programmed device. For Flash, microcontroller and logic device support, the MultiSyte and UniSite families provide universal support and versatility to address a wide variety of programming needs. The company's newest products are the ImageWriter line of In-System Programming products, and the new FLX500 automated desktop device programming system.

Data I/O provides solutions beyond products, including a unique Applications Services offering and global service and support capability. Data I/O Corporation is headquartered in Redmond, Washington and has sales and service offices worldwide. More information is available at www.dataio.com or call 800-426-1045.