SUPERMICRO LAUNCHES DESKTOP PLATFORMS BASED ON INTEL G45 AND G43.

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MEDIA RELEASE PR30509 Supermicro Launches Desktop Platforms based on Intel G45 and G43 (Eaglelake) Express Chipsets

TAIPEI, June 2 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ - Workstation Performance on Your Desktop with DDR3 1333 MHz Memory, PCI-Express 2.0 and Support for High-Definition Video COMPUTEX 2008 -- Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server and workstation solutions, today launched two desktop platforms based on the new Intel(R) G45 and G43 (Eaglelake) Express chipsets.

"Our new C2SEA and C2SEE desktop platforms based on the Intel(R) G45 and G43 Express chipsets deliver workstation performance to the desktop market," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "These cost-effective solutions deliver outstanding processing performance with support for the latest 45 nm quad-core processors, as well as the best digital video with support for HD DVD and Blu-Ray high-definition formats. In addition, DDR3 memory consumes less power compared to DDR2, so customers benefit with better performance and more energy savings." These platforms also feature a PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot for an add-in graphics card, which doubles the I/O bandwidth to 5 Gb/s from 2.5 Gb/s. Conveniently, existing PCI-E 1.1 graphics cards are fully compatible with the new PCI-E 2.0 specification. C2SEA also features a complete high-definition playback solution with full bit-rate support at 1080 i/p resolution.

C2SEA and C2SEE both support high-definition 7.1 channel audio via an S/PDIF connector as well as six analog audio outputs. For outstanding I/O capabilities, these platforms include six SATA ports, twelve USB ports, one PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot, a second PCI-E x16 slot (x4 electrical), a PCI-E x1 slot, legacy 32-bit PCI slots, and a Gigabit LAN port.

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