CATC Offers New Compliance Reporting Application from Expert Analytical Systems

CATC Offers New Compliance Reporting Application from Expert
Analytical Systems
CATC to Distribute EAS Auditor(TM) Software Applications as an Option for
CATC's Fibre Channel and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Analysis Platforms


SANTA CLARA, Calif. and FLORENCE, Texas, Oct. 13  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) (NASDAQ:CATZ), a global
communications protocol expert company and leading provider of advanced
verification systems and connectivity products for digital communications
standards, today announced that it would sell and support customized versions
of Expert Analytical Systems' Auditor family of protocol compliance reporting
software products.

The Auditor software is a post-processing application suite of tools.  Its
analysis engines check and verify captured traces against every relevant rule
of the published protocol standards for compliance to the specifications.  In
addition to this rules-based evaluation, the Auditor software provides a number
of protocol specific threshold and timeout tests based on user-defined
parameters.  An evaluation against a 'best practices' rules-set is also
included.  The Auditor software provides a variety of reports on each trace
including verification, architectural compliance, identified issues, and
performance.

"The work we have done to integrate the Auditor family of software products
work with CATC's FCTracer(TM) and SASTracer(TM) analyzers provides engineers
with an unparalleled protocol analysis tool," stated Joseph Mathis, CEO of EAS.
 "When our Auditor application identifies an error or negative event, not only
can we provide information about that violation, such as the specification
document and clause that was violated, but we can seamlessly direct users back
to the CATC analysis application to see the complete context."

"The Auditor software is the perfect companion product for our protocol
analyzers.  It gives our market the advanced evaluation and compliance tools
they need," said James Wright, marketing director at CATC.  "Joe was a key
pioneer of Fibre Channel technology and has proven he can deliver quality
products and services to the market as the founder of Medusa Labs.  We are
excited to offer the Auditor software to our customers."

CATC is now accepting orders for the Auditor software for use with its
award-winning FCTracer and SASTracer Fibre Channel and SAS protocol analyzers.
The basic Auditor software for Fibre Channel provides complete analysis of
FC-FS v1.7, layers FC1 and FC2 in addition to limited review of FCAL and FCP.
Add-on modules offer full analysis of FCAL and FCP.  The basic Auditor software
for SAS analyzes all SSP bus traffic.  An optional module reports on STP
protocol and another on SMP and SAS expander traffic.

About EAS

Expert Analytical Systems is a leading provider of protocol analysis tools for
established and emerging communications and storage markets. The Auditor family
of software products provides analysis solutions targeting test and debug,
performance analysis, and compliance assessment activities. The Auditor
software is designed to be used throughout the product life cycle of a product
from initial test and debug, to standards compliance assessment, and finally
through problem determination for deployed systems. Currently the Auditor
software provides analysis of Fibre Channel and Serial Attached SCSI protocols.
EAS was founded in 2003 and has it headquarters in Florence, Texas. For more
information regarding EAS and its products, please visit
http://www.expertanalyticalsystems.com/.

About CATC

Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) is a global communication
protocols expert company, providing test and measurement solutions for Computer
I/O, Storage and Networking protocols, enhancing productivity and
time-to-market.  CATC develops, manufactures and markets advanced protocol
analysis expert systems for established and emerging digital communications
standards including Bluetooth, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, InfiniBand, PCI
Express, SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA and USB. Semiconductor,
device, system and software companies use CATC's products during each phase of
their products' lifecycles from development through production and market
deployment.  CATC's expert protocol analysis systems allow customers to monitor
communications traffic, diagnose design and operational problems and confirm
interoperability and standards compliance. Technicians also use CATC's test and
analysis products on production lines and for maintenance of deployed systems
and networks. CATC was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara,
California.  For more information regarding CATC and its products, please visit
http://www.catc.com/.

Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on CATC's
current expectations, such as availability of product, market acceptance and
competition, management capability and experience, levels of growth,
profitability and shareholder value. These forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, such
as CATC's production of new products, market acceptance of its products,
competitive pressures, management performance, success of growth, profitability
and increased shareholder value. These and other factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in CATC's
Annual Report on Form 10K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
February 20, 2004, Form 10-K/A filed March 3, 2004, Form 10-Q filed August 13,
2004, and subsequent filings CATC may make with the SEC, as amended, which can
be viewed at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/.

NOTE:  CATC, Computer Access Technology Corporation, FCTracer and SASTracer are
proprietary marks of Computer Access Technology Corporation. Auditor is the
proprietary mark of Expert Analytical Systems.  All other company names and
marks may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are
associated. 

DATASOURCE: Computer Access Technology Corporation



CONTACT:  James Wright of Computer Access Technology Corporation,

[phone], or 



Web site:  http://www.expertanalyticalsystems.com/ 

Web site:  http://www.catc.com/ 

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