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Xyratex Announces First Advanced Switch Products HAVANT, United Kingdom, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xyratex Ltd (NASDAQ:XRTX), a leading OEM provider of enterprise-class data storage subsystems and network technology, announced plans for its first Advanced Switch(AS) products at First Looks/Supercomm, Chicago, June 6th - 9th, 2005. Today's users want an application software platform where the storage server and I/O virtualization combine to allow for the re-purposing of servers and peripherals, providing the replication and prioritization of application software to support end-user needs. Such systems require: - High bandwidth, ubiquitous interconnect fabric capable of supporting platform boards, backplanes and cable interconnect for processors and peripherals. - Shared I/O to connect processor platforms to network resources, storage and high performance processor-to-processor communications. "The Company's move into the AS arena follows significant R&D investment and aims to meet external market forecasts," said Will Leonard, executive vice president of network management at Xyratex. "This trend for an enterprise-quality, standards-based scalable system at SMB cost requires simpler entry level management with high-availability expectations. We expect early deployment to be within NAS and Storage Application environments and the communications market." Xyratex plans to launch the following products during 3rd quarter 2005 in response to the growing market demand: Switch Silicon - The 1st switch silicon for a scalable cross-bar ASI switch, capable of scaling from 40 Gb/s to 640 Gb/s. 80G ATCA Card - Up to 80 Gb/s of raw switching bandwidth utilizing ASI protocol. - Each port contains a configurable PI8 bridge to provide full PCI-Express connectivity. - The wide ranging scalability and low latency of the interconnect enables system integrators to broaden the applicability of PCI into the peer-to-peer and multi-host domain. - The lightweight transport protocol and source routing enables simple switch implementations and low port-to-port latencies, providing up to 80 Gb/s of true non-blocking performance via either PCI-Express or ASI ports. - High throughput is maintained even in heavily loaded systems using sophisticated Congestion Management. Shared I/O - A system-level shared I/O product for the interconnection of servers, storage and networks. "This announcement from Xyratex adds a significant industry capability, further highlighting the advancement and adoption of Advanced Switching Interconnect technology and demonstrates the ASI SIG's leadership," added Rajeev Kumar, president of the ASI SIG and Intel's Advanced Switching Initiatives manager. "The industry now has first silicon, off-the-shelf ATCA board products, testers, IP, FPGAs and verification IP to complete the initial set of building blocks needed to start platform designs based on ASI technology. The ASI SIG will continue to drive industry adoption of the specification, compliance, interoperability, software and marketing activities." About Xyratex Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise data storage subsystems and network technology. The company designs and manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disk drive manufacturer customers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has over 20 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and high-speed communication protocols. Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States and South East Asia. DATASOURCE: Xyratex CONTACT: Investor Relations, Brad Driver of Xyratex, +1-408-325-7260, ; or Public Relations, Curtis Chan of CHAN & ASSOCIATES, INC., +1-714-447-4993, , for Xyratex Web site: http://www.xyratex.com/

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