AMCC Furthers Expansion Into Mac Market; Introduces Mac Pro Workstation Support for External Storage Solution.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) Reaffirms Commitment to Digital Content Community by Broadening Appeal of 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. SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- 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) (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 the availability of Apple([R]) Mac Pro([R]) workstation support for the 3ware[R] Sidecar, its SATA II See SATA. external storage solution. The 3ware Sidecar delivers multiple terabytes of RAID protected desktop storage for music files, professional audio and video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. applications, high-end graphics, and all other capacity hungry applications. "The 3ware Sidecar features xSATA and true hardware RAID and is the only external storage choice for the Mac Pro and Power Mac[R] G5 with PCI Express[R] when capacity, performance, data protection, and ease of use are the goals," said Scott Cleland, director of marketing at AMCC Storage. "The introduction of Mac Pro support for the 3ware Sidecar is indicative of our commitment to be the RAID storage solution of choice for the Mac workstation market." The 3ware Sidecar's speed, capacity and tightly-integrated external chassis make it the ideal solution for professional users who require external storage expansion and demand high performance. "While Apple offers its high-end Xserve[R] RAID array for Fibre Channel SANs, and other vendors offer a variety of lower-end software RAID-based USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , FireWire[R], and eSATA[TM] solutions, Mac users have been limited in terms of the solutions in the mid-high-end range," said George Swords, Marketing Manager of MacPac, a Portland, Oregon Apple Specialist. "As a RAID storage company, AMCC has the long-time data protection expertise needed for MacPro users' data-intense environments. Audio/Video editors and pro-photographers have been looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. this exact solution." 3ware Sidecar Fills the Gap The 3ware Sidecar includes a high performance 4-port PCI Express 3Gb/s SATA II RAID controller, a 4-bay external enclosure and a two meter Multi-lane[TM] 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. cable. The 3ware Sidecar offers up to three terabytes of external capacity with RAID 5 write speeds of up to 170MB per second. Pricing and Availability The AMCC 3ware Sidecar for the Apple Mac Pro and Power Mac G5 workstations is available through AMCC's worldwide network of distributors, VARs and direct market resellers. The Mac Pro driver will ship with the 3ware Sidecar on 11/30/2006 and can be downloaded free of charge at http://www.3ware.com/support/download.asp. The suggested list price for the 3ware Sidecar is $1,295; disk drives not included. About AMCC AMCC blends systems and software expertise to provide the essential building blocks for the processing, moving and storing of data worldwide. The #1 high-port count Serial ATA RAID controller line, AMCC's 3ware([R]) family of SATA RAID storage solutions deliver cost-effective, high-performance, high-capacity storage for enterprises and consumers worldwide in applications such as disk-to-disk backup, near-line storage, network-attached storage (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ), video, and high-performance computing. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with offices throughout the world. For more information, visit http://www.3ware.com or 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, StorSwitch, StorSave and Multi-lane are trademarks or registered trademarks of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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