Bell Microproducts' new distribution agreement with First International Computer Inc. increases systems sourcing capabilities.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1997--Bell Microproducts (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 :BELM) announced today an agreement to distribute motherboards for First International Computer Inc. (FIC FIC First International Computer FIC Fogarty International Center (John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences; National Institutes of Health) FIC Fellowship for Intentional Community ). The agreement, which covers FIC's Pentium(R) and Pentium Pro-based motherboards, enable the company to source and integrate a wider variety of workstations, servers and application-specific systems for its customers. "We are very pleased to offer FIC products. They perfectly complement our video, multimedia, networking and connectivity add-on board offering, significantly increasing the number of markets we can serve. Now, in addition to high performance systems based on SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (TM) motherboards from Sun Microelectronics, we can offer the wide range of Pentium motherboard solutions to our customers," said Phil Roussey, senior vice president of marketing at Bell Microproducts. "It is our honor to have Bell Microproducts as our business partner. As the distribution business has become more sophisticated, a solid alliance between FIC and Bell Microproducts will lead to better products, services and total solutions for our customers," added Grandy Chen, manager of sales and marketing at FIC. First International Computer Inc. was founded in 1980 and is an affiliate of Formosa Plastics Group Formosa Plastics Group (Ch: 台塑關係企業) is a Taiwanese conglomerate of diverse interests, including biotechnology, petrochemical processing, and production of electronics components. -- Taiwan's largest industrial conglomerate. In addition to its mainboard Same as motherboard. , PC system and notebook product lines, FIC manufactures a diverse range of add-on cards, monitors, multimedia peripherals and scanners. FIC also operates a state-of-the-art integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for testing and programming facility in Taiwan's prestigious Science Based Industrial Park and has global service and support resources. Bell Microproducts Inc. is a distributor of high technology products serving the industrial and commercial markets. The company markets a wide range of semiconductor products, including memory, logic, microprocessors and specialty components. The company also offers one of the industry's broadest selections of computer products, including hard disk drives, optical drives, tape drives, PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. devices, subsystems and complete computer systems. In addition, Bell Microproducts offers an extensive set of value-added services, including systems integration, testing, kitting and contract manufacturing of printed circuit boards and subsystems through its Quadrus Manufacturing Division. Further information about the company's products and services can be obtained by visiting the company's Web site at www.bellmicro.com . CONTACT: Bell Microproducts Inc. Phillip Roussey, 408/451-9400 |
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