Emulex High Performance SAS I/O Controller Now Shipping in New AMCC 3ware 9690SA Suite

Emulex IOC 500S Meets Need for Complete Embedded Flexibility in Storage Designs


COSTA MESA, Calif., Oct. 1, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced that AMCC is now shipping its 3ware 9690SA suite integrated with the Emulex SAS I/O Controller (IOC). The Emulex SAS IOC 500S is designed for storage system providers that want flexibility in their storage controller designs.

"This design win for the new Emulex IOC 500S is a testament to our commitment to providing customers with SAS/SATA building blocks as part of our industry-leading multi-protocol embedded product portfolio," said Bob Whitson, senior vice president and general manager, Embedded Storage Products, Emulex Corporation. "The Emulex IOC 500S complements the AMCC 3ware 9690SA, as both offer high performance, scalability and data integrity capabilities that are ideal for customers requiring a solution that will scale to meet their needs."

"The 3ware 9690SA SAS RAID controllers provide our customers with a flexible, best in class SAS/SATA RAID experience that is ideally suited for data center environments that demand performance and expandability," said Barbara Murphy, senior vice president and general manager, AMCC Storage Products. "The Emulex IOC 500S is a key SAS building block that enables us to provide our customers with the right tool for the job."

The Emulex IOC 500S is compatible with Emulex's Service Level Interface (SLI(tm)) technology that allows storage system providers to leverage driver-compatible designs across many different applications and protocols to reduce development efforts and time to market. The IOC 500S delivers simultaneous support for Target and Initiator modes and data integrity features powered by Emulex BlockGuard(r) technology.

For more information on Emulex's Embedded IOC/IOP family, please visit: www.emulex.com/solutions/embedded.

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Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.

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