San Jose, CA, May 22, 2000 - Supermicro, an Internet Server Solutions Provider, today announced the release of the fastest quad Xeon server currently on the market — the SuperServer 8050 powered by Intel’s 700 MHz 1MB/2MB Pentium III Xeon processors. This state-of-the-art quad server system also supports the next generation of higher speed “Cascade” processors, placing it ahead of all other quad servers in the world.

In addition to being the fastest quad Pentium III Xeon server available today, the SuperServer 8050 also provides the reliability and component redundancy demanded by today’s 24-7 e-business world. Based on the ServerWorks III HE chipset and featuring 16GB SDRAM, Ultra160 SCSI technology and 64-bit/66MHz PCI, the SuperServer 8050 is the state-of-the-art server solution on the market.

To complete the superb system design, Supermicro designed their SC850 chassis specifically for the SuperServer 8050. The SC850 chassis houses 10 hot-swap SCA hard drives to provide up to 730GB of storage. It also offers a triple redundant 700W power supply and eight redundant system cooling fans. These hot-swap components were included to virtually eliminate system downtime.

The unsurpassed combination of advanced technology offered by the SuperServer 8050 Server Solution and its surprising affordability (priced thousands below many of our competitors’ 550 MHz quad systems) make it an unbeatable value. This exciting price tag and unmatched technology make the SuperServer 8050 the best quad solution available on the market today for Internet, e-commerce, large database, server consolidation and data warehousing applications. Supported operating systems include Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell, Solaris, SCO UNIX and Linux.

For information on the SuperServer8050 quad server solution, please contact a Supermicro sales representative today.

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