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

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

November 10, 2006

    REDMOND, Wash., Nov. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 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.

     * Other names and brands may be claimed as the
property of others.

    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
http://www.dataio.com or call 800-426-1045.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    All company and product names mentioned may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders and are used for identification purposes only. The
matters discussed in this news release include
forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary
significantly. These risks include market and competitive
factors, and other risks described in the Company's most
recent annual report and/or in any of its other filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company
assumes no obligation to update the information in this
release. Reference to the Company's website above does not
constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon
into this press release.

    For more information, please contact:

     Kennan M. Yilmaz
     Data I-O Corporation
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

     Connie Brown
     Intel Public Relations 
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

SOURCE  Data I/O Corporation