WPG Americas Inc. to Host Micron Solid Acceleration Tech Forum

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- WPG Americas Inc. (WPGA), a subsidiary of WPG Holdings, Asia's number one electronics distributor, announced today that registration is now open for the Solid Acceleration Tech Forum with Micron Technology, Inc. The event will take place on November 9^th at Terun Restaurant in Palo Alto, CA.

This technology forum will feature presentations from prominent thought leaders from multiple companies, interactive demos and networking opportunities to discuss accelerating the changing landscape of data storage.  Joining Micron and WPGA at the event are Leadman Electronics, AIC, Pavilion Data Systems and Flex Ciii.  These companies will showcase Micron powered All-Flash systems with components distributed by WPGA..  For more information and to register, please visit: http://community.wpgamericas.com/campaign/micron-road-show.

WPGA is fully embracing All-Flash Acceleration in the market place from both a performance and capacity increase prospective.  WPGA is dedicated to the distribution of Micron capacity boost-3D NAND, latency killer NVME SSD and other innovative 3D NAND – based SSD flavors.  In addition, WPGA is promoting Micron Solid Ready and Accelerated Solutions, which tightly integrates compute, networking and All-Flash storage.

Taking it to the next level at the Tech Forum, WPGA will introduce a new Micron Accelerated Solution: The Ceph Cluster from WPGA and Leadman is powered by Micron SSD, DRAM modules  all sourced by WPGA.  This solution offers All-Flash Ceph Object Storage in a compact 23u half rack delivering the lowest TCO with fastest IO performance.  Customers can start their private/Hybrid cloud projects and then build out their infrastructure leveraging stable, flexible open sources.

About WPG Americas Inc.
Headquartered in San Jose, CA, WPG Americas Inc. is a member of WPG Holdings, a $16.24B worldwide distributor of semiconductors, passive, electro-mechanical and display products. Founded in November 2007, WPGA is a franchised partner for leading technology suppliers. As a member of WPG Holdings, WPGA is uniquely positioned to offer total solutions to its diverse customer base. WPGA continues to introduce new leading edge technologies, quality service and design-in focus through its superior engineering programs. For more information, visit www.wpgamericas.com.

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Micron Technology, Inc.
Micron Technology, Inc. is a global leader in advanced semiconductor memory systems. Micron's broad portfolio of high-performance technologies—including DRAM, NAND and NOR Flash—is the basis for solid state drives, modules, multichip packages and other system solutions. Backed by more than 35 years of technology leadership, Micron's memory solutions portfolio enables the world's most innovative computing, consumer, enterprise storage, networking, mobile, embedded and automotive applications. Micron's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ under the MU symbol. To learn more about Micron Technology, Inc., visit www.micron.com.

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