ARISTOS Logic: Press Releases

Aristos Logic Completes Interoperability Testing With Emulex,
Seagate and Xyratex 4G Fibre Channel Products

Foothill Ranch, California - March 23, 2005 - Aristos Logic announced today that it has successfully demonstrated 4G Fibre Channel interoperability with the industry's leading suppliers of Fibre Channel products. A reference platform using Aristos Logic's AL3400 UltraSlice™ RAID Storage Processor was used with host bus adapters from Emulex, hard disc drives from Seagate Technology and disc drive enclosures from Xyratex. A number of OEMs are currently designing storage systems with the AL3400 UltraSlice device and Aristos Logic's ASK™ RAID software.

The end-to-end test setup was created using Aristos Logic's UltraARC reference platforms, Emulex's industry leading LightPulse™ LP11000 4G Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters, Xyratex's 4G Fibre Channel enclosures populated with Seagate's Cheetah 4G enterprise disc drives.

"Emulex offers a broad portfolio of 4G infrastructure solutions, and is uniquely positioned to help drive the industry's migration to 4G speeds," said Mike Smith, executive vice president of worldwide marketing, Emulex Corp. "Emulex LightPulse 4G LP11000 Host Bus Adapters, coupled with Aristos Logic's AL3400 UltraSlice, deliver the robust technology necessary to help accelerate the industry transition to 4G Fibre Channel speeds."

"Seagate, the largest supplier of disc drives to the enterprise storage industry, is once again leading the industry in 4G Fibre Channel disc drive technology," said Jeff Loebbaka, Vice President of Global Marketing at Seagate Technology. "Successful testing of our Fibre Channel Cheetah drives with Aristos Logic's AL3400 UltraSlice is an important step towards creating the critical mass that will further fuel the growth of the 4G Fibre Channel market," added Loebbaka.

"Xyratex is leading the way in the Fibre Channel industry's transition to 4G speed," commented Said Rahmani, Senior Vice President of R&D and Business Strategy at Xyratex. "We have been working in close partnership with Aristos Logic to conduct the testing of Xyratex's 4G Fibre Channel enclosures with the AL3400 UltraSlice. With successful completion of this testing, we are well positioned to bring the benefits of cutting-edge 4G Fibre Channel technology to our customers," added Rahmani.

"Proven interoperability with the industry's premier suppliers such as Emulex, Seagate, and Xyratex validates Aristos Logic's leadership in delivering 4G RAID Storage Processor technology to the enterprise storage market," said Vipul Mehta, Vice President of Marketing for Aristos Logic. "We believe that RAID controller designs are rapidly moving from general-purpose computing elements to cost-effective, single-chip, purpose-built storage engines such as the AL3400 UltraSlice," added Mehta.

About Emulex
Emulex Corporation is the industry's preeminent source for a broad range of advanced storage networking infrastructure solutions spanning host bus adapters, embedded storage switches, I/O controllers and SAN Storage Switches. Emulex ranked number 16 in the Deloitte 2004 Technology Fast 50, and most recently received recognition as one of Forbes 200 Best Small Companies. Corporate headquarters are located in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at www.emulex.com

About Seagate
Seagate is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing and marketing of hard disc drives, providing products for a wide-range of Enterprise, Desktop, Mobile Computing, and Consumer Electronics applications. Seagate's business model leverages technology leadership and world-class manufacturing to deliver industry-leading innovation and quality to its global customers, and to be the low cost producer in all markets in which it participates. The company is committed to providing award-winning products, customer support and reliability to meet the world's growing demand for information storage. Seagate can be found around the globe and at www.seagate.com

About Xyratex
Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise class data storage subsystems and network technology. The company designs and manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disc drive manufacturer customers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has over 20 years of experience in research and development relating to disc drives, storage systems and high-speed communication protocols.

Founded in 1994 in a management buy-out from IBM, and with its headquarters in the UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States and Southeast Asia.

About Aristos Logic
Headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, Aristos Logic creates special-purpose processors that bring new levels of performance, efficiency, features and cost-effectiveness to enterprise storage controllers for networked storage products. The company's dedicated RAID Storage Processors offer unbeatable price-performance for entry-level products and scalability for mid-range products. Aristos processors, together with Aristos software, provide a base level of RAID functionality that system vendors can use as a foundation for their own value-added feature. For further information, please visit our Web site at www.aristoslogic.com

Aristos Logic Contact:
Adam Zagorski
Aristos Logic Corporation
T: (949) 380-3447
F: (949) 380-3499