Amedia Reaches Key Price Points on PCI SCSI Line.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 1, 1998--With the addition of the Fast SCSI A SCSI interface that transfers at 10 Mbytes/sec rather than 5 Mbytes/sec. The maximum cable length is 9.8 feet. See SCSI. (hardware) Fast SCSI - A variant on the SCSI-2 bus. It uses the same 8-bit bus as the original SCSI-1 but runs at up to 10MB/s - double the speed of SCSI-1. Elite, Amedia now offers a full line of performance PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. cards at pricing that makes sense for the peripherals they work with. "While SCSI peripherals have seen steady price drops, the high cost of SCSI cards has been a deterrent to volume sales," said Mike Del Vecchio Del Vecchio is a surname, and may refer to:
(2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. SCSI or stripped-down PCI SCSI to provide affordable solutions." Performance and Affordability Amedia has three models, Fast SCSI Elite, Ultra SCSI Deluxe, and Ultra Wide SCSI Supreme, and the speed ranges are 10, 20, and 40 MB/sec. respectively. All models have bus mastering, on-board BIOS (for bootable devices), auto-termination, auto-configuration, internal & external connectors, and Plug & Play compatibility. These products work with most major operating systems. They are also backedby a full 5-yearwarranty (the best in the industry), so you can be assured of quality without compromise. Street prices for two of the models should be below $100, opening the power of PCI SCSI to a wider range of users. All models are available now. About Amedia Amedia Microsystems Corporation provides a wide range of add-on products designed to enhance the performance of your system and peripherals, with an emphasis on bus controller cards and adapters. Amedia is a privately held U.S. owned company, and it sells its products to distributors, retailers, OEMs, and VARs in the United States and abroad. Corporate headquarters are at 2401 Walsh Ave., 2nd Floor, Santa Clara, Calif. 95051, Tel. No. 408/588-0099, Fax No. 408/980-0626, and website www.amedia.com.
CONTACT: Amedia Microsystems, Santa Clara
Mike Del Vecchio, 408/588-0099
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