CHELMSFORD, Mass. and SANTA CLARA, Calif. - June 7, 2007 - Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), a leading provider of computing solutions for data-intensive applications, and P.A. Semi, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company delivering high-performance, low-power processors, today announced a collaboration to deploy the dual-core PA6T-1682M PWRficient™ processor as part of multicomputer product offerings from Mercury.
"Processor power consumption becomes a larger challenge every year, particularly in the high-performance class," said Craig Lund, Chief Technology Officer for Mercury Computer Systems. "What's most important to many of our signal and image processing customers is GFLOPS per Watt. We have assessed every available option, and P.A. Semi's PWRficient processor is the clear leader for many of these applications. The power-efficient design enables us to load the system with multiple processors per board without resorting to exotic cooling technology."
Mercury systems are often deployed in industrial and military settings that require careful management of power and heat. At the same time, customers strive to extract every ounce of performance in these tough environments. By incorporating the high-performance PWRficient processor into its system designs, Mercury systems will take advantage of a processor performance per Watt increase of up to 300% over alternative solutions.
"Mercury is well suited to deploy this highly optimized processor in complex multicomputer environments. As the leading supplier of image and signal processing equipment based on multicomputers, Mercury's selection of P.A. Semi combines its system-level expertise with our leading PWRficient processors, strongly reinforcing our position that P.A. Semi represents the highest performance-per-watt solution currently available for embedded computing applications," said Dan Dobberpuhl, C.E.O., P.A. Semi.
Mercury has selected the PWRficient processor for designs currently underway for next-generation products in all four PowerStream® product lines. These product lines represent multiple form factors that include 6U VXS, 3U and 6U VPX-REDI, and larger form-factor systems. Mercury is also making available an early development board in the VXS form factor with PMC/XMC I/O for application developers.
For more information on the PWRficient processor, visit P.A. Semi at www.pasemi.com. Visit www.mc.com/PAsemi/ or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 for more information on Mercury's PWRficient multicore-based offerings. Mercury and P.A. Semi will host a webcast on "Power-Efficient Multicore Processors for High-Performance Embedded Applications" on June 28 at 2:00 PM EST. Visit www.mc.com/mediacenter to register for the webcast.
About P.A. Semi, Inc.
P.A. Semi develops and delivers the groundbreaking PWRficient™ processor family, the world's most power-efficient high-performance processors ever designed. The PWRficient processor family, based on the Power Architecture™ technology, targets the multibillion- dollar high-performance embedded-computing market and is supported by a comprehensive ecosystem of software tools, application software, operating systems and ODM hardware. The company has headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., with a design and sales center in Wellesley, Mass. For more information, please visit www.pasemi.com.
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. – Where Challenges Drive Innovation
Mercury Computer Systems is the leading provider of computing systems and software for data-intensive applications that include image processing, signal processing, and visualization. With a strong commitment to innovation, our expertise in algorithm optimization, systems development, and silicon design is blended with software application knowledge and industry-standard technologies to solve unique computing challenges. We work closely with our customers to architect solutions that have a meaningful impact on everyday life: detecting aneurysms; designing safer, more fuel-efficient aircraft; identifying security threats; discovering oil; developing new drugs; and visualizing virtually every aspect of scientific investigation.
Mercury's comprehensive, purpose-built solutions capture, process, and present data for the world's largest medical imaging companies, 8 of the 10 top defense prime contractors, and other leading Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in semiconductor, energy, telecommunications, and other industries. Our dedication to performance excellence and collaborative innovation continues a 24-year history in enabling customers to stay at the forefront of the markets they serve.
Mercury is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. We are listed on the Nasdaq National Market (NASDAQ: MRCY). Visit Mercury at 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 collaboration between Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. and P.A. Semi, Inc. to deploy the dual-core PA6T-1682M PWRficient processor into multicomputer product offerings from Mercury, and the resulting products thereof. 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 geo-political 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, 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, 2006. 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.
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Contacts:
Richard Jaenicke
Technology Integration Director
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
978-967-1727 / rjaenicke@mc.com
Tara Sims
Director of Communications
P.A. Semi
408.200.4672 / tara@pasemi.com
Kathy Sniezek
Public Relations Manager
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
978-967-1126 / ksniezek@mc.com
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