SAN JOSE, CA. April 25, 2002 – Super Micro Computer, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of motherboards and server solutions, continues to be the only manufacturer in the world to ship in quantity production, servers and motherboards based on Intel's new E7500 chipset, which support two Intel processors of up to 2.40GHz with a 512K L2 cache. Supermicro was the first company to deliver E7500 solutions to the market and, two months after Intel announced the E7500 chipset at the Intel Developer’s Forum in San Francisco, continues to be the only to ship in large volume. Supermicro credits its team of highly skilled Silicon Valley based engineers for enabling this Industry-leading introduction.

“Supermicro is committed to being the first company to deliver the newest technologies to the rapidly growing dual processor server market,” said Charles Liang, CEO and founder of Supermicro. “The overwhelming demand from our customers for Intel E7500-based Supermicro products has led us to expand our server and motherboard offerings further. Supermicro products lead the industry in terms of system performance, computing density, price-to-performance ratio, and high-availability requirements.”

The Supermicro Intel Xeon processor-based products with the new Intel E7500 chipset that have been available in production quantities since the first week of March are the SuperServer6012P-6 server, the SuperServer 6022P-6 server, the Super P4DP6, Super P4DPR, and Super P4DPE motherboards. New additions to the Intel E7500-based SuperMicro product line will be announced soon.

Supermicro SuperServer 6012P-6
The SuperServer 6012P-6 is shipping in quantity now. Base pricing starts at $1640. Features include: support for dual Intel Xeon processors 2.20GHz, Intel E7500 chipset, Hyper-Threading technology enabled, Supermicro P4DPR+ motherboard, 1U form factor, supports up to 8GB of two-way, interleaved DDR-200 SDRAM, 400MHz System Bus, Adaptec 2 channel Ultra160 SCSI (zero-channel Raptor RAID optional), three SCA hot-swap SCSI bays with SAF-TE, 1 Gb + 1 100MB Fast Ethernet ports, ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphics controller, two 64-bit PCI-X-133 and PCI-X-66MHz slots, 400W cold-swap power supply, one slim CD-ROM drive, one floppy drive, and support for Windows, Linux, or Solaris.

Supermicro SuperServer 6022P-6
The SuperServer 6022P-6 is shipping in quantity now. Base pricing starts at $1670. Features include: support for dual Intel Xeon processors 2.20GHz, Intel E7500 chipset, Hyper-Threading technology enabled, up to 16GB of two-way, interleaved DDR-200 SDRAM, 400MHz System Bus, Supermicro P4DP6 motherboard, 2U form factor, Adaptec 2 channel Ultra160 SCSI (zero-channel NHRAID optional), seven low profile PCI-X-133/100/PCI 66MHz slots, six SCA hot-swap SCSI bays with SAF-TE, two 100MB Fast Ethernet ports, ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphics controller, 400W power supply, one slim CD-ROM drive, one floppy drive, and support for Windows, Linux, or Solaris.

Supermicro Super P4DP6
The SuperServer P4DP6 has been shipping in quantity since the last week of February. Features include: support for dual Intel Xeon processors up to 2.40GHz, Intel E7500 chipset, Hyper-Threading technology enabled, up to 16GB of two-way, interleaved DDR-200 SDRAM, 400MHz System Bus, Adaptec 2 channel Ultra160 SCSI, Zero-channel RAID support, six PCI-X-133/100/PCI 66MHz slots, two 100Mb Fast Ethernet ports, an onboard ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphics controller, up to five USB ports, IPMI 1.5 (OEM option), and support for Windows, Linux, or Solaris.

Supermicro Super P4DPR
The SuperServer P4DPR has been shipping in quantity since the last week of February. Features include: support for dual Intel Xeon processors up to 2.40GHz, Intel E7500 chipset, Hyper-Threading technology enabled, up to 8GB of two-way, interleaved DDR-200 SDRAM, 400MHz System Bus, Adaptec 2 channel Ultra160, Zero-channel RAID support, one PCI-X-133 and one slim PCI 66MHz slot, one Gb and one 100Mb Fast Ethernet port, an onboard ATI Rage XL 8MB PCI graphics controller, up to five USB ports, IPMI 1.5 (OEM option), and support for Windows, Linux, or Solaris. (Non-SCSI version with 12GB DDR-200 and no RAID support also available).

Supermicro Super P4DPE
The SuperServer P4DPE has been shipping in quantity since the last week of February. Features are identical to the P4DP6 but without onboard SCSI.

Supermicro Sets the Industry Pace
SuperMicro has been delivering the latest technical innovations to its customers since its founding in 1993. A few examples from the last two years:

• March 2002 - Supermicro unveils industry's first multiprocessing servers based on the Intel Xeon processor MP 1.60GHz solution.
   
• February 2002 - Supermicro's new 6000 and 7000 series of Intel Xeon processor based dual-processing servers are the first to feature the new Intel E7500 chipset.
   
• February 2002 - Supermicro's new 6000 and 7000 series of Intel Xeon processor based dual-processing servers are the first to feature the new ServerWorks GC-LE chipset.
   
• October 2001 - The Supermicro 6022C is the industry's first Intel Xeon processor 2.20GHz based dual-processing server in a 2U form factor.
   
• June 2001 - The Supermicro SUPER P4DC6 is the industry's first motherboard utilizing the Intel 860 chipset and supporting Intel Xeon processor 1.70GHz for dual-processing servers.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro provides high computing density servers and motherboards and is the premier hardware solutions manufacturer in Silicon Valley. Supermicro is a leading manufacturer of computer hardware from quad-processor server systems to desktop motherboards and is the fastest growing server manufacturer in the world today. Supermicro strives to build long-term relationships with customers by providing them with outstanding engineering innovations, quality, availability, and reliability in today's mission critical fast-paced e-world. Supermicro offers 24x7 Worldwide Server Technical Services from any corner of the globe. SuperMicro's customers can access the professional Technical Support Team 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For additional information, visit the company’s website at www.supermicro.co.uk, email them at marketing@supermicro.co.uk or call 408-503-8000.

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