AMCC Enters Macintosh Storage Market; Offers Macworld Expo Attendees Exclusive Sneak Peek at SATA II-Based RAID Technology for PowerMac(R) G5.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Innovative 3ware(R) Sidecar 1. sidecar - Synonym slap on the side. Especially used of add-ons for the late and unlamented IBM PCjr. 2. sidecar - The IBM PC compatibility box that could be bolted onto the side of an Amiga. (TM) External RAID Solution to Enable Creation of High Performance, High Capacity RAID Storage Systems for the PowerMac G5 Quad Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (NASDAQ: AMCC) is a fabless semiconductor company designing network and embedded Power Architecture (including a Power Architecture license), optical transport and storage solutions. (AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) ) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :AMCC) today announced its entrance into the Macintosh(R) storage market with RAID technology for Apple Computer's high-end PowerMac(R) G5 Quad workstation. AMCC brings the Macintosh market many years of experience in developing high performance RAID controller A disk controller card that supports one or more RAID configurations. Originally only for SCSI drives, RAID controllers have become very popular for PATA and SATA drives. See RAID. systems for the Linux and Windows environments. Its new Sidecar external RAID solution leverages the company's award-winning 3ware StorSwitch(TM) architecture, which integrates custom-designed firmware, hardware and management software optimized for high bandwidth applications and solves the problem of how to provide terabytes of highly reliable storage expansion to individual G5 workstations. At this week's Macworld conference, AMCC will provide a sneak peek at the technology, due for release in the second quarter of 2006. "Our 3ware Sidecar external RAID solution addresses a critical need for high-performance, high-capacity, easy to use data storage for Macintosh workstation users," said Michael Joyce
Michael Joyce (b. , director of storage marketing at AMCC. "We've responded to end-user requests to provide the protection of RAID with the flexibility and expansion capabilities of SATA II storage. With two terabytes of storage expansion, Sidecar delivers dramatic enhancements in speed and scalability." "The Macintosh storage market has been largely ignored by the major storage players," said Greg Schulz, founder and storage consultant at StorageIO based in Stillwater, Minnesota. "AMCC's entry into the Macintosh storage market will be welcomed by Mac users who require enterprise like functionality with greater storage performance and capacity for applications such as digital video capture, post-production and graphics." Visitors to booth 511 at MacWorld Expo can see AMCC's RAID technology in action in side-by-side performance demonstrations. Students of San Francisco State's College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts (COFA) is the creative arts faculty of the University of New South Wales and is located on Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney, Australia. will also demonstrate the technology's overall performance and ease-of-use by editing video in real-time. "It's about time It's About Time may refer to:
Independent music producer Stephen Burich will demonstrate Sidecar's capabilities for real-time audio editing. "I've had the opportunity to evaluate AMCC's technology, and I'm impressed with how it enables editing and production performance that was previously unattainable by other solutions," said Burich. Reporters and analysts interested in a more in-depth preview of the technology can arrange a meeting through Julie Parayno or Corey Oiesen at Dovetail dovetail (dov´tāl), n a widened or fanned-out portion of a prepared cavity, usually established deliberately to increase the retention and resistance form. Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most (http://www.dovetailpr.com) at +1-408-395-3600, julie@dovetailpr.com, or coreyo@dovetailpr.com. About AMCC AMCC is a global leader in network and embedded PowerPC processing, optical transport and storage solutions. Our products enable the development of converged IP-based networks offering high-speed secure data, high-definition video and high-quality voice for carrier, metropolitan, access and enterprise applications. AMCC provides networking equipment vendors with industry-leading network and communications processing, Ethernet, SONET and switch fabric solutions. AMCC is also the leading vendor of high-port count SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. RAID controllers enabling low-cost, high-performance, high-capacity storage. AMCC's corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California. Sales and engineering offices are located throughout the world. For further information regarding AMCC, please visit our web site at http://www.amcc.com. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as expects, anticipates, plans, believes, estimates, will or words of similar meaning. Such forward-looking statements, including statements relating to the products discussed in this press release, are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including the risk that the products may not be successfully or timely developed, completed or manufactured or achieve market acceptance, risks relating to general economic conditions, as well as the risks and uncertainties set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , and in the Company's other SEC filings. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date hereof and AMCC does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. AMCC, 3ware, Sidecar and StorSwitch are trademarks or registered trademarks of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. Macintosh, Mac and PowerMac are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. |
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