Micron Electronics, Inc., Awarded 1996 General Services Administration Schedule

Business Wire, April 22, 1996

NAMPA, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 1996--Micron Electronics, Inc., today announced it has received its General Services Administration (GSA) contract, number GS-35F-4076D, effective from April 1, 1996 through March 31, 1999. The new GSA contract is the first three year contract Micron Electronics has received, a result of new processes within the GSA to improve government procurement of technology products.

"Micron is becoming more focused on the federal market and we believe we have the right products to be successful," said Brian Klene, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Micron Electronics. "We continue to add resources to our government sales group and will continue to focus on this market."

Micron Electronics, Inc., manufactures electronic products for a wide range of computing and digital applications. The Company develops, markets, manufactures and supports PC systems for consumer, business and government use, provides contract manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers, maintains a component recovery operation, and assembles and markets peripheral add-on memory products. The Company is approximately 80 percent owned by Micron Technology, Inc. Micron Electronics, Inc., common stock trades on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the symbol MUEI. More product information is available by calling 1-800-515-9197 or via Micron Electronics home page on the Internet at http://www.mei.micron.com.

CONTACT: Micron Electronics, Inc., Nampa

Steve Laney, 208/463-3900

Website URL<http://www.mei.micron.com

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