Mercury Computer Systems Announces the First Cell BE Processor-Based Product for Industrial, Medical, and Military Markets8 October 2005
Mercury Computer
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced the Dual Cell-Based Blade, Mercury's
first product based on the IBM(R) Cell BE (Broadband Engine) processor. As
announced in June 2005, Mercury is partnering with IBM Engineering &
Technology Services to integrate Cell technology into a range of products
designed to address computationally intensive applications in aerospace and
defense, seismic, semiconductor test, and medical imaging, as well as other
markets. Availability of the Dual Cell-Based Blade is planned for Q1 of
calendar 2006, and production is planned for the following quarter.
The Dual Cell-Based Blade, based on IBM's industry-leading BladeCenter(R)
design, will offer unprecedented peak performance of 400 GFLOPS and feature
two IBM Cell BE processors, as well as XDR(TM) memory from Rambus Inc. An
online data sheet is available at http://www.mc.com/cell.
Detailed specifications of this product have been shared under NDA with
various customers, and initial orders for early-access systems are anticipated
in the near-term.
In keeping with Mercury's strategy to leverage open standards where
available, the Dual Cell-Based Blade software environment will run on the
Linux(R) OS, and Mercury will provide the Eclipse-based open source software
framework necessary to harness the tremendous processing power of the Cell
processor architecture -- integrating the compilers, debuggers, math
libraries, utilities and middleware in a seamless fashion.
Utilizing the open standards that IBM delivered through its development
and offering of the BladeCenter ecosystem, the Dual Cell-Based Blade will be
available in the IBM BladeCenter platform, which integrates server, storage,
and networking functionality to provide upward scalability and performance
density for computing needs in a variety of applications. Scalable to seven
blades in a 7U configuration, the Dual Cell-Based Blade is expected to provide
up to 2.8 teraFLOPS of processing performance in a 7U form factor, and up to
16 teraFLOPS in a six-foot rack.
"We are delighted to get this product to market so quickly, and the
Engineering & Technology Services unit at IBM has been instrumental in making
this happen," said Randy Dean, vice president, Business and Technology
Development at Mercury. "A number of customers are eager to have access to
this breakthrough blade solution. Some of these customers plan to place the
Dual Cell-Based Blade into production immediately, while others will leverage
the system as an application development platform."
"Through exceptional teamwork, Mercury and IBM are bringing innovative,
advanced new products to customers. These solutions have the ability to
transform not only business processes, but entire industries," said Raj Desai,
vice president, Engineering & Technology Services, IBM. "The strength of the
combined portfolio and skills allows this partnership to tackle and solve
customers' most pressing computing problems with breakthrough solutions.
Mercury's passion for enabling customer success mirrors that of the IBM team."
For more information on the Dual Cell-Based Blade, contact us at
http://www.mc.com/cell/register.cfm or at 866-627-6951.
About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading provider of
high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing
solutions. Mercury's solutions play a critical role in a wide range of
applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and
interpretation. In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the
Company's systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence
data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic
imaging devices including MRI, PET, and digital X-ray, and in semiconductor
imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer inspection.
Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization software and
optimized systems to diverse end markets including life sciences, geosciences,
and simulation. The Company also provides radio frequency (RF) products for
enhanced communications capabilities in military and commercial applications.
Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury serves customers in North
America, Europe and Asia through its direct sales force and a network of
subsidiaries and distributors. Visit Mercury on the web at http://www.mc.com.
Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including those relating to the Dual Cell-Based Blade. You can identify these
statements by our use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans,"
"expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and
similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not
limited to, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen
weakness in the Company's markets, effects of continued geopolitical unrest
and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology, and methods of
marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs,
changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success
in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued
funding of defense programs, the timing of such funding, changes in the U.S.
Government's interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations,
market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components,
production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced
components, and inability to fully realize the expected benefits from
acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating
acquired businesses, and achieving anticipated synergies, and difficulties in
retaining key customers. These risks and uncertainties also include such
additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2005. The Company cautions
readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements,
which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to
update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after
the date on which such statement is made.
Contact:
Kathy Donahue, Public Relations Manager
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
978-967-1126 / kdonahue@mc.com
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