Press Release

FUJITSU SELECTS ADAPTEC ULTRA160 SCSI TECHNOLOGY FOR teamserver/GRANPOWER5000 PC SERVERS

Global Japanese Electronics Giant to Incorporate the Latest Solution in High-Performance System Connectivity

MILPITAS, Calif. -- February 8, 2000 -- Adaptec Inc. today announced that Fujitsu Ltd. has selected the company's Ultra160 SCSI technology for storage connectivity within Fujitsu's teamserver/GRANPOWER5000 PC server product line. Adaptec's board-level and silicon Ultra160 SCSI solutions will be incorporated within new teamserver/GRANPOWER5000 systems set to ship in March 2000.

"Signing customers like Fujitsu provides further validation that Ultra160 is rapidly gaining a foothold in the computing marketplace, and Adaptec is the technology enabler for this trend," said Lee Caswell, director of OEM server, workstation and software at Adaptec.

Targeted at the mainstream server market, the Adaptec SCSI Card 29160 provides the highest performance on a single channel 64-bit PCI card with both internal and external connections to Ultra160 SCSI hard disk drives. The card also provides an internal connection to all legacy devices through legacy wide and narrow connectors. This SCSI card offers the greatest configuration versatility by enabling Ultra160 SCSI and legacy SCSI device connectivity, both internally and externally, in any combination. The adapter supports all major PC server operating systems, including Linux.

Adaptec's dual-processor Ultra160 SCSI controller is the industry's first such device and has been accepted by several major server manufacturers as the industry's foundation for this rapidly adopted storage connectivity standard.

"We have been cooperating with the vendors worldwide and making our best effort to offer the highest performance and reliability to our customers," said Masahiro Kawakatsu, General Manager, 2nd Computer Systems Division, Fujitsu Ltd. "By installing Adaptec's Ultra160 SCSI products within our new GRANPOWER servers, we are able to provide our customers the fastest I/O environment available today."

Fujitsu's teamserver/GRANPOWER5000 servers have been redesigned to use Ultra160 from day one. Fujitsu servers come with a range of power features including the latest Intel processors, fastest processor-to-memory and dual memory bus interfaces, plus new Fujitsu 160MB/sec hard disk drives. These all complement the doubling of I/O bandwidth, greater connectivity and flexibility now being delivered by use of Ultra160 bus technology. Fujitsu servers also provide the highest levels of Reliability, Availability and Serviceability (RAS) as part of their Perpetual Computing strategy. In total, Fujitsu delivers a balance of high-end power, throughput, and resilience for customers looking for well-priced platforms for the development of resource-intensive Internet and business applications.

About Adaptec
Adaptec makes storage work with products and solutions that move, transfer, manage, and protect valuable data that is the heart of Internet and e-business computing. Adaptec's hardware and software products are found in high-performance servers and workstations from the world's leading manufacturers, and are sold through distribution channels to enterprises, medium and small businesses, and consumers. With a range of host I/O, RAID, and CD recording software products, Adaptec is a market leader in storage solutions, and a powerful enabler of today's information age. Adaptec is an S&P 500 and a NASDAQ 100 member. More information is available at https://www.adaptec.com.

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