Berg Electronics Launches Slot-1 and Slot-2 Terminator Cards.

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 1998--The ASM Division of Berg Electronics announced today the availability of its Slot-1 terminator cards for the Pentium-II* system and Slot-2 terminator cards for the Pentium-II Xeon* system.

Berg is one of a very few companies that offers terminator cards for both Slot-1 and Slot-2.

Slot-1 Terminator Card

Motherboards that are designed for dual Pentium-II processors but shipped with only one processor to start with, need a Slot-1 Terminator Card installed in the empty slot designated for the second Pentium-II, in order to terminate the signal lines using pull-up resistors on the card.

Berg offers two types of Slot-1 Terminator Cards to fit different application needs:

1. For systems operating at 66-MHz bus speed.

2. For systems operating at 100-MHz bus speed.

For enhanced reliability in shock-and-vibration-intensive applications, this terminator card has a retention mechanism that snaps into the industry standard bracket for the Pentium-II processor.

Slot-2 Terminator Card

Berg's ASM Division is also offering a Slot-2 Terminator Card with 330 contacts, intended for use in conjunction with Intel's new generation of processor, the Pentium-II Xeon.

High-end systems for the Pentium-II Xeon CPU are designed for 1, 2, 4, 8, or more processors. If a slot designated for the Xeon is unpopulated, a Slot-II Terminator Card must be placed in the slot to terminate the signals by using pull-up resistors mounted on the card.

The Pentium-II Xeon uses AGTL+ bus design and is attractive for high-end workstations and servers whose applications are CPU-intensive. Since only one bus speed, 100-MHz, is currently available for the Xeon CPU, Berg is offering a single type of Slot-2 Terminator Card designed for this bus speed.

Because of the numerous Xeon slots built into high-end systems, Berg anticipates a large demand for its Slot-2 terminator cards.

Berg's ASM Division is strategically located in the Silicon Valley and has integrated capabilities to design and manufacture modules involving high-density surface-mount, straddle-mount, and through-hole assembly technologies, PCB fabrication, functionality testing, and rapid turnaround of unique and innovative interconnect systems.

Berg Electronics Group, Inc. is one of the world's four largest suppliers of connector, socket and cable assembly products with 1997 sales of $785 million. The company's broad range of products serve high-end data processing, personal computing, all segments of telecommunications, and industrial and instrumentation markets. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, BERG employs over 7,000 people worldwide at its 22 manufacturing and assembly facilities and three product development and engineering facilities located around the world in the USA, Mexico, the Netherlands, France, Ireland, Sweden, the United Kingdom (including Scotland), Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Korea, China, and India. The company's stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BEI.

*Pentium-II and Xeon are registered trademarks of Intel.