February 20, 2003 – Supermicro, Inc., a leader in the design and manufacture of server solutions and motherboards, today announced the release of the SuperServer 7043P-8R, a high-end, high-availability server optimized for storage-intensive business critical applications such as corporate databases, networking, email and Web servers.

The SuperServer 7043P-8R, powered by dual Xeon® processors with clock speeds up to 2.8 GHz at a 533/400 MHz front side bus, supports up to 16 GB of interleaved DDR-266/200 SDRAM in 8 DIMM sockets, lowering the total cost of ownership while providing industry-leading performance and high availability. The server has 10 Ultra 320 SCSI drives and can support up to 15 with the addition of a mobile rack to provide up to 1.5 terabytes of storage. The 7043P-8R also features the robust Super X5DP8-G2 serverboard, which provides six PCI-X slots, a dual Gigabit Ethernet controller, an IPMI 1.5 (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) option and onboard graphics.

"The 7043P-8R is a revolutionary step forward in server architecture", notes Charles Liang, President and CEO of Supermicro. "Ten to 15 Ultra320 SCSI drives backed by the most advanced dual Xeon serverboard in the world makes an impressive system that is unequaled both in terms of data storage potential and processing muscle. This is the ultimate server for applications that demand both high performance and sizeable storage."

Additional features include:

• High I/O bandwidth provided by dual PCI-X bridge controllers
• SC942S-600 chassis optimized for superior data storage capability
• Intel E7501 chipset
• Triple redundant 600W power supply
• Triple 12-cm hot-plug redundant fans and powerful 12-cm exhaust fan for superior cooling

About Super Micro Computer, Inc.
Supermicro is the premier server solutions and motherboard manufacturer in Silicon Valley and is the fastest growing server manufacturer in the world today. Supermicro provides high computing density servers, motherboards and chassis through the channel in more than 100 countries worldwide. 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’s technology partners include Adaptec Inc., (Nasdaq: ADPT); Agilent Technologies (NYSE: A); Intel Corp., (Nasdaq: INTC); QLogic Corp (Nasdaq: QLGC); and ServerWorks, a Broadcom Corporation company (Nasdaq: BRCM). Supermicro provides 24x7 Worldwide Server Technical Support from any corner of the globe. Additional information can be obtained at the company’s website at www.supermicro.co.uk, by emailing them at marketing@supermicro.co.uk or by calling their San Jose, CA headquarters at 408-503-8000.

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