Mellanox Selects CATC's PCI Express Analyzer to Accelerate Their Product Development

Mellanox Selects CATC's PCI Express Analyzer to Accelerate Their Product
Development
PCI Express Protocol Analyzer Key to Timely Delivery of InfiniBand HCA 


SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Access
Technology Corporation(CATC) , a leading communications protocol expert
company, today announced the Mellanox(R) Technologies Ltd., the leader in
InfiniBand(SM) solutions, has selected the CATC PETracer(TM) ML, PCI Express(TM)
protocol analyzer for use in the design and debug of their third generation
InfiniBand Host Channel Adapters (HCA), the InfiniHost III Ex.  Both companies
are exhibiting at the Intel Developer's Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, which
begins today; CATC in booth #534 and Mellanox in booth #640.

"The PETracer ML's superior analysis capabilities has helped us to validate our
design and to quickly locate and identify software and configuration issues
which otherwise would have taken us days, if not weeks, to find and correct. 
This has allowed us to accelerate our development schedules and meet our
delivery dates to our OEM customers," said Roni Ashuri, vice president of
Engineering for Mellanox.  "Over the years we have used CATC's InfiniBand
analyzers which have proven to be an invaluable part of our design process. 
Even before we had our first prototypes we used the CATC analyzers to validate
our design and ensure a first time correct implementation."

The InfiniHost III Ex features an 8x PCI Express interface that delivers 32 and
64-bit InfiniBand capabilities for PCI Express based servers. The InfiniHost III
Ex includes dual 10 Gbps InfiniBand ports that deliver unmatched throughput and
extremely low latencies in a low power single chip implementation. In addition
to the semiconductor device, Mellanox is shipping a low profile InfiniHost III
Ex HCA PCI Express add-in adapter card.

"Mellanox is the leading provider of InfiniBand semiconductor products and when
they needed a PCI Express analyzer to support their product development, we were
happy that they once again selected CATC's expert analysis tools," stated
Carmine Napolitano, president of CATC. "We are committed to broadening our
product footprint in order to meet our customers' growing needs by delivering a
wide range of protocol solutions."

PETracer ML uses a high impedance non-intrusive probing technology allowing
full, unaltered data pass-through.  It offers a dual approach for tapping into
the PCI Express fabric with a slot interposer card and a mid-bus probe. 
PETracer ML utilizes the intuitive and powerful CATC Trace(TM) expert analysis
software to process, decode and analyze captured PCI Express traffic. Embedded
in this sophisticated application is a deep understanding of the PCI Express
protocol hierarchy and intricacies, enabling engineers to quickly capture and
validate product designs.  The CATC Trace provides accurate, reliable and
thorough decodes of Transaction Layer Packets (TLPs), Data Link Layer Packets
(DLLPs) and all PCI Express primitives.  For deeper analysis, users can display
packet contents as raw 10-bit codes.

PETracer ML utilizes the CATC Universal Protocol Analysis System(TM) (UPAS(TM)
10000), a high bandwidth hardware platform capable of supporting multi-lane
analysis and traffic generation for PCI Express as well as Fibre Channel,
InfiniBand, SAS and Serial ATA.

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 March 21, 2003, its most recent Form 10-Q filed
November 13, 2003 and subsequent filings CATC may make with the SEC, as amended,
which can be viewed at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at
http://www.sec.gov/ .

NOTE:  CATC, Computer Access Technology Corporation, CATC Trace, PETracer ML,
Universal Protocol Analyzer System and UPAS are proprietary trademarks of
Computer Access Technology Corporation. Mellanox is a registered trademark of
Mellanox Technologies and InfiniBridge, InfiniHost and InfiniScale are
trademarks of Mellanox. InfiniBand (TM/SM) is a registered trademark and service
mark of the InfiniBand Trade Association. All other company names and marks may
be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. 

DATASOURCE: Computer Access Technology Corporation



CONTACT:  Rose Marr of CATC, [phone], or ; or

Camille Cox, [phone], or , for CATC



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