SOYO Selects Samsung Semiconductor

SOYO Will Use Samsung Semiconductors as Their Primary Supplier of Hard Drives for the Honeywell Line of USB Hard Drives


ONTARIO, Calif., Oct. 4, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- SOYO Inc. (OTCBB:SOYO), an innovative provider of computer and consumer electronics, today announced that they have selected Samsung to be their primary hard drive provider. SOYO will incorporate the Samsung 1.8 inch line of hard drives in their new Honeywell line of external USB 2.0 High-Speed Hard Drives.

Samsung currently offers the largest capacities commercially available in 1.8 inch hard drives. The Samsung SpinPoint N2 series of 1.8 inch hard drives features high capacity, high performance storage devices, which incorporate thin film metallic media technology for enhanced performance and reliability. Samsung incorporates PMR head and Noise Predictive PRML (Partial Response Maximum Likelihood) signal processing technologies in their hard drives and the SpinPoint N2 also offers many other important features, such as on-the-fly (OTF) error correction and up to 1500G of non-operational Linear shock.

Edward O'Brien, Director of Marketing for SOYO said, "Samsung leads the way in 1.8 inch hard drive technology. Samsung offers the largest platter size for the 1.8 inch hard drives, which will allow quicker access times and better reliability. Samsung is one of three major manufacturers of the 1.8 inch hard drives, and has a notable reputation in the field, and we are excited to be working with them for our new line of Honeywell USB Hard Drives."

About SOYO Inc.

SOYO Inc. is an innovative provider of consumer electronics such as LCD Monitors, LCD Televisions, Bluetooth, Portable Storage, LCD Furniture and broadband telecommunications products and services. Headquartered in Ontario, California, with additional sales offices in South America, SOYO sells its products through an extensive network of authorized distributors, resellers, system integrators, VARs, retailers, mail-order catalogs and e-tailers. Products are sold under the SOYO, Dragon, Onyx, Dymond, Honeywell, Le Vello, and Prive brand names. For more information, please visit http://www.soyogroup.com.

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