Data I/O Corp. Announces Retirement of Steve Quist and William Walker from the Board of Directors, Effective January 31, 2013

Data I/O Corporation provides advanced programming, security deployment, security provisioning and associated Intellectual Property protection and management solutions. Its solutions are used in electronics manufacturing with flash memory, microcontrollers, and flash memory-based intelligent devices, and secure element devices, authentication devices and secure microcontrollers. It designs, manufactures and sells programming and security deployment systems and services for electronic device manufacturers, specifically targeting high-growth areas, such as high-volume users of flash memory and flash memory-based microcontrollers. Its programming solutions include a range of products, systems, modules and accessories, grouped into two general categories: automated programming systems and manual programming systems. Its products include PSV Systems: Off-line (Automated); SentriX Security Deployment System; LumenX Programmer (Non-automated), and FlashPAK III programmer: (non-automated).