SANM Sanmina Corporation

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Newisys(R), a Sanmina-SCI Company (NASDAQ:SANM) and leading developer of enterprise-class server and storage designs, today announced the appointment of Avnet Computing Components, a business unit of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE:AVT), as its distributor in Australia and New Zealand. Avnet Computing Components will immediately begin selling the Newisys 2100-E and 4300-E Enterprise-Class Servers based on the latest AMD Opteron(TM) processors, including new dual-core versions. These Newisys servers integrate groundbreaking dual-core processor capability with balanced server design, introducing a new level of performance, flexibility and value for the enterprise. "Newisys brings high quality and focus to the AMD Opteron processor-based server solution. Newisys has been very successful in the tier-one space and now has solid product offerings to enable us to expand the white-box server space around AMD Opteron technology," commented Jaideep Malhotra, Vice President and General Manager, Asia Pacific, Avnet Computing Components. "With Newisys in our product portfolio, we can now deliver exceptional products at competitive prices to the Australia and New Zealand markets." Avnet provides cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of Value Added Resellers (VARs), Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), system integrators and end users. Avnet markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise-computing products and embedded systems. "These innovative Newisys Enterprise-Class Servers, combined with Dual- Core AMD Opteron processor technology, are among the most compact and powerful servers on the market," said Don Johnson, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Enterprise Computing and Storage Division, Sanmina-SCI. "The Newisys servers offer leading performance for today's 32-bit workloads, plus address applications that were previously available exclusively through high-priced proprietary 64-bit RISC servers. Avnet will now offer Newisys the opportunity to significantly extend its reach to potential new customers in Australia and New Zealand." The Newisys 4300-E provides the performance, availability and manageability required for business-critical workloads. With four dual-core AMD Opteron processors, the Newisys 4300-E features up to 64 gigabytes of DDR400 memory, extensive hot-swap PCI-X expansion capability and enterprise reliability-accessibility-serviceability (RAS) features. The Newisys 4300-E is ideal for corporate data centers running large databases, mission-critical enterprise applications, data warehouses, messaging infrastructures, and complex, compute-intensive analytical workloads for engineering, life sciences and financial services disciplines. Newisys servers are the first enterprise-class servers tested, certified and available from AMD's Validated Server Program (VSP), which offers system builders validated, stable and reliable solutions built on AMD Opteron processor-based server platforms. About Newisys Newisys, a Sanmina-SCI Company, is a creative technology company significantly impacting the server-computing environment. Newisys is dedicated to designing and delivering enterprise-class server and storage products. Newisys offers a family of robust designs targeted for integration into Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) product offerings. For more information, visit http://www.newisys.com/. About Sanmina-SCI Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering unsurpassed quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, multimedia, and computer and server technology sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. More information regarding the Company is available at http://www.sanmina-sci.com/. About Avnet Computing Components, Asia Avnet Computing Components is a business unit of the Avnet Technology Solutions which is an operating group of Avnet, Inc. As a global technology sales and marketing organization, Avnet Technology Solutions has sales divisions focused on specific customer segments. It has a specialized line card strategy enabling an exceptional level of attention to the needs of its customers and suppliers. Avnet Technology Solutions leverages the supply-chain leadership and global presence of parent company Avnet, Inc. to provide its customers with world-class supply-chain management, financing and distribution capabilities. Avnet enables success from the centre of the technology industry, providing cost-effective services and solutions vital to a broad base of more than 100,000 customers and 300 suppliers. The company markets, distributes and adds value to a wide variety of electronic components, enterprise computer products and embedded subsystems. Through its premier market position, Avnet brings a breadth and depth of capabilities that help its trading partners accelerate growth and realize cost efficiencies. For fiscal year ended July 2, 2005, Avnet and the recently acquired Memec (closed July 5, 2005) generated combined revenue in excess of $13 billion in the past year through sales in approximately 70 countries. Visit http://www.avnet.com/. Sanmina-SCI Safe Harbor Statement The foregoing, including the discussion regarding the company's future prospects, contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the electronics industry, particularly in the principal industry sectors served by the company, changes in customer requirements and in the volume of sales to principal customers, the ability of Sanmina-SCI to effectively assimilate acquired businesses and achieve the anticipated benefits of its acquisitions, and competition and technological change. The company's actual results of operations may differ significantly from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors, including factors set forth in the company's fiscal year 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 29, 2005 with the Securities Exchange Commission. First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact: michael.kovacs@sanmina-sci.com DATASOURCE: Sanmina-SCI Corporation CONTACT: Patricia Friar, Sr. Manager, Marketing & Corporate Communications of Newisys, a Sanmina-SCI Company, ; or Paige Bombino, Investor Relations of Sanmina-SCI, +1-408-964-3610 Web site: http://www.sanmina-sci.com/ http://www.newisys.com/ http://www.avnet.com/

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