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Sanmina-SCI to Demonstrate Network-Attached Storage Appliance at Intel Developers Forum

Posted on: Tuesday, 23 August 2005, 09:00 CDT

INTEL DEVELOPERS FORUM, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanmina-SCI Corporation today announced it will demonstrate the previously disclosed Entry Network-Attached Storage (NAS) Appliance at the Intel Developer's Forum in San Francisco, California, August 23 - 25, booth 110, in the Storage Community Showcase. The NAS product, or the Newisys(R) NA-1400 Network-Attached Storage Appliance, which incorporates the Intel(R) 80219 processor based on Intel XScale(R) technology and the Intel(R) 31244 4-port SATA controller, is an intuitive, plug-and-play storage solution that is easy to install, use and manage. The NA-1400 connects to networked personal computers and other electronic home media devices, providing up to two terabytes of external storage in a compact, toaster-sized package.

"We are excited about the NA-1400 storage product, which is part of Sanmina-SCI's ODM solutions offering, designed and brought to market with Intel," said Don Johnson, Executive Vice President, Enterprise Computing and Storage Systems Division of Sanmina-SCI. "The NA-1400 is targeted at solving data management problems both in the SMB and the emerging digital home markets."

"The Newisys entry-level NA-1400 NAS Appliance optimizes the price and performance advantages of the Intel XScale(R) microarchitecture, which helps make NAS solutions affordable," said Mike Wall, General Manager for Intel's Storage Components Division. "The NAS model has also become easy to install, use and manage when developed with standards-based Intel components that provide intuitive, plug-and-play storage solutions."

NA-1400 users experience a flexible, modular desktop design that offers high-speed Gigabit Ethernet attachment to state-of-the-art LAN technology, and data availability using industry-standard RAID 0, 1 and 5 technology to protect against loss of data. The NA-1400 serves as a safe haven for video, photos, movies, music and important data for home and small business environments.

About Newisys

Newisys, a Sanmina-SCI Company, is acknowledged as a leader in innovative technology significantly impacting the server/storage computing environment. Newisys is dedicated to designing and delivering server and storage products for the enterprise, SMB and consumer markets. Newisys offers a family of robust designs targeted for integration into Original Equipment Manufacturers' (OEM) product offerings. For more information, visit http://www.newisys.com/.

About Sanmina-SCI

Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering unsurpassed quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, computer technology, and multimedia sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. More information regarding the Company is available at http://www.sanmina-sci.com/.

Sanmina-SCI Safe Harbor Statement

The foregoing, including the discussion regarding the company's future prospects, contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the electronics industry, particularly in the principal industry sectors served by the company, changes in customer requirements and in the volume of sales to principal customers, the ability of Sanmina-SCI to effectively assimilate acquired businesses and achieve the anticipated benefits of its acquisitions, and competition and technological change. The company's actual results of operations may differ significantly from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors, including factors set forth in the company's fiscal year 2004 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 29, 2004 and 10-Q filed on August 10, 2005 with the Securities Exchange Commission.

NOTE: Newisys(R) is a registered trademark of Newisys, Inc., a Sanmina-SCI Company. Intel and XScale are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Intel Corporation and its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

Sanmina-SCI Corporation

CONTACT: Patricia Friar, Sr. Manager, Marketing & CorporateCommunications of Newisys, a Sanmina-SCI Company, +1-512-634-0169, orpatricia.friar@newisys.com, or investors, Paige Bombino of Sanmina-SCICorporation, +1-408-964-3610

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

Web site: http://www.sanmina-sci.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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