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Mercury Computer Systems Expands Multicore Hardware and Software Offerings for Comprehensive, Flexible HPC Solutions

Posted on: Tuesday, 26 February 2008, 12:00 CST

SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. , a leading provider of high-performance computing solutions for HPC and embedded computing markets, announced its Dual Cell- Based System 2 and new-generation MultiCore Plus(TM) SDK (Software Development Kit), at the SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium in San Jose, California.

As the first of its kind, the Mercury 1U Dual Cell-Based System 2 (DCBS-2) employs two Cell Broadband Engine(TM) (BE) processors to boost applications that demand a low acoustic signature in combination with the added density of the 1U form factor. With key signal processing algorithms mapped onto the system, the DCBS-2 dramatically increases the performance advantages for HPC applications such as optical proximity correction (OPC) and computational lithography - even more so when the application is distributed among multiple DCBS-2 blades in a cluster or across the network.

The MultiCore Plus SDK provides a cost-effective, seamless package of software development tools and libraries within a comprehensive programming framework that is specially designed for next-generation multicore processors such as the Cell BE processor. With unmatched performance and an easy-to-use API (application programming interface), the MultiCore Plus SDK is certified for compatibility with IBM products and services. New enhancements to the MultiCore Plus SDK include extension of the tile channels and messaging queues in the MultiCore Framework to include Intel(R) host support, which are designed to deliver the best performance for demanding applications like OPC and design for manufacturability (DFM). Mercury reduces the number of lines of code and the code complexity by providing an API that transparently handles the parallelism, thus providing higher-quality code, and less debugging, and enables programmers to focus on core application development.

"Mercury pioneered the design and integration of embedded multiprocessor solutions more than 20 years ago," said Joel Radford, Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliances at Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. "We've mastered the challenge of parallel programming heterogeneous systems that include DSPs, FPGAs, GPUs, and/or GPPs. Our capabilities to extract the best possible performance are unequalled in the industry."

For more information on the 1U Dual Cell-Based System 2 and the MultiCore Plus SDK, visit Mercury in Booth #628 at the SPIE Advanced Lithography Symposium, February 26-27 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA; visit http://www.mc.com/cell; or contact Mercury at (866) 627-6951 or info@mc.com.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. - Where Challenges Drive Innovation

Mercury Computer Systems provides high-performance computing systems and software specially designed for complex computing applications in embedded commercial, defense, and HPC markets. With a strong commitment to innovation, our expertise in algorithm optimization, systems development, and silicon design is blended with software application knowledge and industry-standard technologies to solve unique computing challenges.

Mercury's comprehensive, purpose-built solutions capture, process, and present data for the world's largest medical imaging companies, 8 of the 10 top defense prime contractors, and other leading Fortune 500 and mid-market companies in semiconductor, energy, telecommunications, and other industries. Our dedication to performance excellence and collaborative innovation continues a 24-year history in enabling customers to stay at the forefront of the markets they serve.

Mercury is based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts and serves customers worldwide through a broad network of direct sales offices, subsidiaries, and distributors. We are listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market . Visit Mercury at http://www.mc.com/.

Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to the Mercury 1U Dual Cell-Based System 2 and the MultiCore Plus SDK offerings from Mercury Computer Systems. You can identify these statements by our use of the words "may,""will,""should,""plans,""expects,""anticipates,""continue,""estimate,""project,""intend," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, including unforeseen weakness in the Company's markets, effects of continued geo-political unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology and methods of marketing, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, changes in customer order patterns, changes in product mix, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued funding of defense programs, the timing of such funding, changes in the U.S. Government's interpretation of federal procurement rules and regulations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, inability to fully realize the expected benefits from acquisitions or delays in realizing such benefits, challenges in integrating acquired businesses and achieving anticipated synergies, and difficulties in retaining key customers. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

Contacts: For product inquiries, please contact: James McKibben, Director of Market Development Advanced Computing Solutions Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (408)-879-5551 / jmckibbe@mc.com For corporate/business inquiries, please contact: Leigh McLeod, Media Relations Corporate Marketing Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (978) 967-1120 / lmcleod@mc.com

Cell Broadband Engine is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. MultiCore Plus is a trademark of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

CONTACT: Product inquiries, James McKibben, Director of MarketDevelopment, Advanced Computing Solutions +1-408-879-5551, jmckibbe@mc.com, orCorporate-business inquiries, Leigh McLeod, Media Relations,+1-978-967-1120, lmcleod@mc.com

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

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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