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Circuit City Honors Kingston Technology for Putting Customers First
Award Given for Vendor Excellence in 2007

Fountain Valley, CA May 22, 2008 - Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, was honored yesterday by Circuit City Stores, Inc., as part of the company's sixth annual Vendor Recognition Awards. Kingston® was one of 13 vendors who received the 2007 Merchandising Vendor Excellence Award for its commitment to the electronics chain and its customers. Each vendor was recognized for focusing on the growth of the business relationship, supply chain performance, product profitability and year-over-year impact on Circuit City's revenue.

"Kingston is very honored to receive the 'best in class' award from a terrific partner," said Rick Webb, vice-president, consumer market group, Kingston. "We have worked diligently to increase our presence in the retail market and to be recognized like this validates the hard work and relationship we've established with Circuit City."

"We truly appreciate these vendors for their commitment to Circuit City and our customers," said John Kelly, senior vice president, merchandising, Circuit City. "In a dynamic customer environment, their continued dedication and allegiance to excellent service allows Circuit City to offer its customers the latest technologies at competitive prices."

In addition to Kingston, the following companies were also honored by Circuit City: Comcast, DIRECTV, Garmin, Hewlett-Packard U.S. Operations, Linksys, Logitech, Microsoft, Olympus, Samsung Electronics America, Sony Electronics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Universal Music Group Distribution.

For more detailed information on Kingston Technology, please visit: www.kingston.com.

About Kingston Technology Corporation
Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world's largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and sales representatives in the United States, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, India, Taiwan, China, and Latin America. For more information, please call 800-337-8410 or visit www.kingston.com.

Editor’s Note: For additional information, evaluation units or executive interviews, please contact David Leong, Kingston Technology Company, Inc., 17600 Newhope Street, Fountain Valley, CA USA 92708, 714-438-1817 (Voice). Press images can be found in Kingston’s press room at kingston.com/press/default.asp.

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