Microway Certified to Offer 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 500 Graphics Accelerator in WhisperStation(TM) Workstation Line; WhisperStation offers Affordable, High-end Performance in an Ultra-quiet Environment

KINGSTON, Mass.--Dec. 1, 20055, 2005--Microway(R) today announced that their WhisperStation(TM) line of ultra-quiet workstations has been certified by 3Dlabs(R) to include Wildcat(R) Realizm(TM) 500 professional graphics accelerators. 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 500 is a powerful, PCI Express-based professional graphics solution that provides high-end performance at a mid-range price for CAD and DCC professionals. 3Dlabs, Inc. Ltd, is a leading innovator in professional visual processing and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd.

Wildcat Realizm 500: High-end Performance at a Mid-range Price

The Wildcat Realizm 500 features advanced VPU capabilities along with 256 MB of onboard graphics memory to deliver high-end performance and features at a price that's comparable to mid-range graphics accelerators. When combined with a WhisperStation workstation, CAD and DCC design professionals will benefit from the power of the PCI Express interface. In addition, Wildcat Realizm is certified on all major design applications.

"3Dlabs is pleased to recognize Microway as a certified Wildcat Realizm 500 System Integrator," said Jerry Peterson, executive vice president and general manager of 3Dlabs. "Detailed projects demand all a designer's attention. Wildcat Realizm 500's performance and exhaustive hardware and software certification combined with the ultra-quiet WhisperStation workstation is a great solution. Designers get 'peace and quiet' and 'peace of mind.'"

WhisperStation offers Ultra-quiet Performance

The innovative WhisperStation workstation combines the power of dual-core AMD Opteron or Intel Xeon processors with ultra-quiet performance to give designers all the computing power needed to run the most demanding applications, without distracting system noise to interrupt their concentration. Microway has provided state of the art solutions for demanding graphics applications since 1982.

"We developed this workstation for a group of power hungry design engineers at a Fortune 500 automotive firm who needed a peaceful environment for total concentration," said Steve Fried, Microway's president and chief technology officer. "Our design team built a powerful, noise-dampened system to provide the ultimate in 64-bit performance at a reasonable price. This system meets the noise reduction challenge, yet still provides a well-cooled environment for these high performance CPUs and the Wildcat Realizm 500 graphics accelerator. When I show it to visiting customers, their most common reaction is: 'Is it on?'"

WhisperStation System Configuration

A typical WhisperStation tower configuration includes:

-- Two dual-core, 64-bit AMD Opteron 280 or Intel 3.6 GHz Xeon EM64T processors

-- 16 GB of DDR 400 fast memory

-- One 400 GB SATA drive

-- 3Dlabs Wildcat Realizm 500 PCI Express graphics card with advanced VPU and 256 MB of memory

-- Samsung(TM) SyncMaster 244T 24" LCD monitor

The system is fully integrated with Microsoft Windows or the Linux version of the user's choice. It is also available with amira 3.11, a user-friendly, post processing visualization tool built on Open Inventor from Mercury Computer Systems.

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About Microway, Inc.

Incorporated in 1982, Microway is a major vendor in the High Performance Computing market, designing state of the art, high end workstations, Linux clusters, servers, and data storage solutions. Users worldwide pushing the limits of technology choose us for solutions. These include universities, life sciences, financial, military, Fortune 500s and government research agencies.

Microway partners with leading commercial software providers to include products such as SUSE and Red Hat Linux, Microsoft Windows, Intel Performance Tools, PathScale EKOPath and PGI Compilers on its Intel and AMD Opteron based workstations and clusters. Microway is an AMD Platinum Partner, Intel Premier Provider, Microsoft Direct OEM for Windows Server HPC License Novell Gold Partner, and 3Dlabs partner. Classified as a small business, woman owned and operated, Microway's GSA Contract Number is GS-35F-0431N.

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