SUPERMICRO I20 Product Increases Pentium Pro Performance.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1997--Founded in 1993, SUPERMICRO COMPUTER is a relatively recent entry in the heated and dynamic computer market. Notwithstanding, Charles Liang, President and founder of SUPERMICRO, has a simple goal: to establish his company as the industry leader in high performance motherboards and servers by the year 2000. SUPERMICRO is already well along in meeting that goal.

How does a relatively late entry into the ferociously competitive computer market distinguish itself? While most manufacturers were targeting the heavily served desktop market, Charles Liang saw a need for high performance, state-of-the-art, reliable, server systems, the central components in today's demanding, mission-critical, business applications such as LAN file servers, application servers, Internet and Intranet web servers.

In just a few years, SUPERMICRO's high-end motherboards and server building block solutions have become among the most highly regarded in the industry for their outstanding innovative engineering, quality and performance. SUPERMICRO's P6DNH Server Solution was selected by Intel's Andy Grove to demonstrate the capabilities of the new I20 specification during his recent IT tour in Europe. SUPERMICRO has achieved such prominence in the high-performance leading edge server marketplace that Novell, Microsoft, The Santa Cruz Operation and other industry leaders use SUPERMICRO's server solutions to develop and release I20-compliant versions of their operating systems.

While most companies are producing their first Pentium Pro products, SUPERMICRO is already building its second generation of Pentium Pro motherboards, providing both significant performance enhancement and cost savings over the industry's existing generation of products. SUPERMICRO is also the first company to achieve production volume shipments of motherboards and servers based on the I20 specifications.

SUPERMICRO and I2O 

The I2O specification, implemented on SUPERMICRO's P6DNH, provides an open, standards-based architecture that provides a framework for the rapid development of a new generation of portable, intelligent I/O solutions. Besides delivering increased system performance, the I2O specification eliminates the need for different drivers for each combination of operating system and SCSI or Network Interface Card. Because the drivers may be standardized, and not rewritten for new operating system releases, drivers can become more highly optimized and robust, improving performance and reliability in mission-critical enterprise computing.

"I2O will provide a major benefit to the entire computing industry," said Charles Liang. "I2O will provide increased system performance, more robust systems, increased flexibility, faster access to new I/O technology, and increased fault tolerance. SUPERMICRO has distinguished itself by being the first company to ship production volumes of motherboards and servers for this exciting new environment."

SUPERMICRO was one of the first, and is currently among the most active and most committed members of the I20 SIG (Special Interests Group). The SIG is committed to establishing I2O as the industry standard specification for high performance I/O systems.

SUPERMICRO's Server Building Block Solution

SUPERMICRO's unique Super Server Solutions provide users with proven pre-tested building blocks. The Super Server Solutions consist of motherboards along with proven high quality chassis, power supplies and other key components, guaranteeing compatibility, reliability, and interoperability of all components. The Super Server Solutions decrease system integrators' time to market and engineering investment for qualifying new systems.

Charles Liang

Before founding SUPERMICRO, Charles Liang, was president and chief design engineer at MCCI. Liang has an M.S.E.E. and holds two patents. -0-

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Note to Editors: SUPERMICRO is a high-end motherboard and server manufacturer. Since its founding in 1993, SUPERMICRO has led the industry in delivering leading edge technology such as the I20 architecture. SUPERMICRO strives to build long-term relationships with its customers by providing outstanding engineering innovation, quality, and reliability. SUPERMICRO's Super Server Solution provides proven building blocks, decreasing time to market and ensuring interoperability of all components.

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