STEC Stec, Inc. (MM)

sTec, Inc. (NASDAQ: STEC), a leading global provider of solid-state storage solutions, today announced it will highlight its PCI Express (PCIe)-based enterprise-class solid-state storage solutions at the Intel Developer Forum 2013 (IDF). In conjunction with Tektronix, Inc., the sTec® s1120 PCIe Accelerator will be exhibited at the conference's NVMe Technology Showcase, while sTec SSD experts will be present to explain sTec's role in the ecosystem for NVMe, which specifies the use of non-volatile solid-state storage with PCIe.

What: sTec showcasing its PCIe-based solid-state storage solutions, sTec experts available for PCIe-NVMe explanations

Where: Booth #739 at IDF 2013, Moscone Center, San Francisco

When: September 10-12, 2013

About sTec, Inc.

sTec, Inc. is a leading global provider of enterprise-class, solid-state storage solutions designed for the ever-growing performance, reliability and endurance requirements of today's advanced data centers. The industry's first company to deploy solid-state drives (SSDs) into large-scale enterprise environments, sTec offers the industry's widest range of solid-state storage solutions, which protect critical information for major business and government organizations worldwide. Headquartered in Santa Ana, California, sTec also serves the embedded and military/aerospace markets with SSDs for industrial and rugged environments. For more information, visit www.stec-inc.com.

sTec and the sTec logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of sTec, Inc. in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks or brand names referred to herein are the property of their respective owners.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those statements concerning the benefits of sTec's PCIe-based solid-state storage solutions and sTec's role in the ecosystem for NVMe. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and involve inherent risks and uncertainties, including factors that could delay, divert or change any of them, and cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from current expectations. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements are detailed in filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, made from time to time by sTec, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its subsequent Current Reports on Form 8-K, which are available on the Investor Relations section of sTec's website at www.stec-inc.com. The information contained in this press release is a statement of sTec's present intentions, beliefs or expectations. sTec may change its intentions, beliefs or expectations, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, from sTec's assumptions and otherwise. Except as required by law, sTec undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date thereof, or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

CONTACT: Jerry Steach
         Director, Public Relations
         sTec, Inc.
         (415) 222-9996
         jsteach@stec-inc.com