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About HighPoint -> News and Event (1997-1999)  
Oct. 1999

iXBT Hardware reviews the ABIT BE6-II motherboard which utilizes the HPT366 Ultra66 IDE Controller for Ultra66 IDE Hard Drives.

Aug. 1999
HighPoint Technologies Inc. sign an agreement with Soyo and EPoX Computer Company to utilize the HPT366 Ultra66 IDE Controller with upcoming high performance PC motherboards.

SOYO
EPoX Computer Company

Jul. 1999

HighPoint Technologies Inc. integrates the HPT366 Ultra66 IDE Controller solution with high performance PC motherboards and PCI Adapters.
Companies using the HPT366 solution include:
Iwill Corporation
ABIT Computer Corp.
SIIG, Inc.
Consensys Corp.
Centos Inc

Apr. 1999
The HPT366 Ultra66 IDE Controller has been finalized for release, featuring 66MB/sec burst transfer rates with Ultra66 IDE Hard Drives.
Jan. 1999

The Swap-n-Go software together with HighPoint's specially designed Mobile Rack for IDE and ATAPI devices allows you to insert and remove a drive without having to reboot or reconfigure your system.

Oct. 1998

XStore Pro is HighPoint's newest product and it is the upgraded version of XStore MMX Accelerator for Storage. Wiht bigger system memory capacity, XStore Pro highly promote the performance of memory management under O.S. Windows 95 and 98.

Apr. 1998

Both NEC and Tottori SANYO sign the agreement with HighPoint's for the authority of new Universal ATA PI CD-ROM Device Driver. HighPoint maintains their high standards and produces a CD-ROM device driver to be used with virtually all drives! No more staring at your Windows operating system CD and wondering how you are going to install it if your CD-ROM is not recognized yet.

Comdex Japan `98. HighPoint supplies NEC with IEEE 1394 Device Bay and DVD Software Demos. Artics Japan Limited demonstrates CD Xpress, IDE Xpress and XStore.
Mar. 1998

Cebit Show - Hannover, Germany. HighPoint supplies NEC with Device Bay -- IEEE 1394 -- demo.
COMING SOON! XStore and CD Xpress to a computer near you -- via Leap Frog Labs!

CD Xpress Ver. 3.0 is bundled with Digital Research's 100x CD-ROM Multimedia package to be sold at the following stores: CompUSA, Computer City, Office Depot, Fred Meyer, Future Shop, Staples, Babbages, Tiger Direct, PC Connection and PC Mall.
Dec. 1997

Official Confirmation: The HPT343 adapter is the only PCI ATA Host Adapter on the market that supports both CD-R and CD-RW drives.
One of Japan's largest computer distributing companies, FREEWAY, purchased a large quantity of HighPoint's Storage Accelerator -- XStore -- for sale at their retail store, Two Top, in Japan.
PC WORLD Magazine (SIN/Malaysia) votes ECS's Smart 100x, bundled with HighPoint's CD Xpress, as the "Best Buy of the Year". Great work guys! Here's to Many more cooperative successes!

Nov. 1997
Comdex `97 (Las Vegas, NV) - HighPoint supplies NEC with 1394 Device adapter (Main feature: Hot swap capability) and CD Xpress for demonstrations.
Kifer Industrial Co., LTD. bundles HighPoint's Ultra DMA HPT343 E-IDE/ATAPI Adapter and CD Express Software with Fujitsu's Ultra DMA Hard Disk Drive for mass distribution in Taiwan.
Oct. 1997
PC Week (Taiwan) reviews HighPoint's XStore: MMX Storage Accelerator. Taiwan motherboard manufactures choose XStore as their driver of choice over the Windows 95 default driver.
Jun. 1997
Nikkei Electronics (Japan) addresses Device Hewlett-Packard, Quantum and several other companies as to beinBay. HighPoint Technologies, Inc. noted along with Adapted, Hg currently involved in providing technological solutions for Device Bay 1394.
(Monterey, CA) - HighPoint invited to present CD Xpress at Storage Track Conference.

HighPoint announces HPT343, high performance PCI-to-ultra DMA IDE/ATAPI host adapter with complete driver set.

May. 1997
ECS joins HighPoint's CD Xpress for Windows 95 in support of Western Digital's SDX concept with their release of the Smart 100x.
Mar. 1997
HighPoint supports Western Digital's SDX concept by providing a software solution. HighPoint introduces CD Xpress for Windows 95.
WINHEC '97 (US & Taiwan) - HighPoint provides Compaq 1394 device adapter for Device Bay CD-ROM and LS-120 under Microsoft Memphis. Product includes hot-swap capability.
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