Microway Launches NumberSmasher®-64 Clusters and Servers Based on Dual Intel® Itanium® 2 Processors.

Plymouth, MA , June 30, 2003 - Microway, a leading manufacturer of custom-configured HPC Linux clusters, is pleased to announce the NumberSmasher®-64 family of clusters and servers. This is made possible by Microway's completion of evaluation testing of the newly released Intel® SR870BH2 2U rack mount chassis with dual Intel® Itanium® 2 6M L3 cache processors. The SR870BH2 is the basic building block for the NumberSmasher®-64 product line.

Intel's Itanium® 2 enterprise-class processors bring the performance and volume economics of the Intel Architecture to the most demanding segments of computing. Combining Itanium® 2 processors with Intel's Software Development Tools offers HPC users a broad choice of reliable and scalable platforms and software for high-end servers and clusters at significantly lower costs and greater performance than proprietary offerings.

"Our customers push to the very edge of available technology to solve complex research problems. They come to Microway because we rigorously evaluate, qualify and recommend platforms that are appropriate for their demanding work," said Jay Owen, Vice President, Sales and Business Development. "As an Intel Premier Provider, Microway has access to all state-of-the-art Itanium 2 processor designs. We quickly completed the work required to confirm the new dual Intel Itanium 2-based SR870BH2 server platform is a natural complement to the high end of our fully integrated, robust Beowulf cluster solutions."

Microway's newly announced NumberSmasher®-64 servers and cluster nodes are dual processor, 2U configurations with up to 16GB of memory. Microway also offers a NumberSmasher® 4U quad Itanium® 2 configuration in a 4U chassis, with up to 32 GB of memory and multiple PCI-X slots.

Microway's proprietary NodeWatch™/MCMS&513; cluster monitoring and management tools are available on NumberSmasher®-64 based clusters. With NodeWatch™/MCMS™ administrators have a cluster-wide view allowing remote, active management based on resource utilization and environmental factors. The company continually evaluates complementary tools for HPC users and maintains partnerships with leading commercial software providers including Intel, Platform Computing and MPI Software Technology.

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About Microway, Inc.
Incorporated in 1982, Microway is a major vendor in the HPC/Supercomputing market. Microway designs and integrates state of the art, high end Linux clusters and data storage solutions for universities, life sciences, financial institutions, Fortune 500 companies and government research agencies worldwide. Microway partners with leading commercial software providers to include products such as Platform Computing LSF, Intel and PGI Compilers, and MPI Software Technology MPI/Pro on its clusters. Classified as a small business, woman owned and operated, Microway's GSA Contract Number is GS-35F-0431N. Trademarks include GigaCube, MCMS, Navion, Number Smasher, NodeWatch, QuadPuter and ScalaStor. For more information and a subscription to Microway's online technical newsletter, please visit www.microway.com.

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