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Hitachi, Ltd. Selects Vitesse NexSAS(TM) Storage IC Solutions for Enterprise Servers

Posted on: Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 09:00 CST

Hitachi has selected Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation's (Pink Sheets:VTSS) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) storage technology to power its "Bladesymphony" Blade Server and PC Server platforms. Using the Vitesse NexSAS™ brand of storage IC solutions, the new Hitachi SAS-based servers capitalize on the superior performance and flexibility of Vitesse's SAS technology to meet its architecture needs and deliver a new level of value to customers.

"As companies like Hitachi embark on their SAS server and enclosure design and development activities, robust offerings like those from Vitesse make component decisions much easier," said Masayuki Nakamura, general manager, Enterprise Server Division at Hitachi. "Vitesse has leveraged their enterprise-class Fibre Channel expertise and Serial ATA (SATA) cost structures to provide a truly unique offering to Hitachi and the greater SAS market. By using Vitesse SAS products, Hitachi can successfully and quickly release SAS technology-supported systems to the market."

"As the front-runner in enterprise storage and storage networking today, Vitesse brings tremendous credibility to SAS as an enterprise storage technology," said Tim Hornback, vice president and general manager, Storage Products Division at Vitesse. "By combining our expertise in high-performance signaling, our leadership position in Fibre Channel, our extensive enclosure management hardware and software offering, and an active partnering program (comprised of leading system OEMs, and purveyors of SAS initiators, competitive SAS expanders, and SAS targets), Vitesse can guarantee ease of solution deployment in an emerging technology and market landscape."

The Vitesse NexSAS family of end-to-end SAS solutions is based on a common software and hardware architecture, allowing OEMs to easily scale designs across port densities, functional requirements, and applications while leveraging existing software and firmware. This architectural flexibility provides OEMs with accelerated time-to-market and maximized time-in-market through reuse of designs and firmware/software. Targeted at both enterprise server and storage enclosure applications, Vitesse delivers all of the features needed to build enterprise storage solutions that leverage both SAS and SATA technology today.

About the Storage Products Division

For over two decades, the Storage Products Division at Vitesse has delivered state-of-the-art IC solutions for enterprise storage and storage networking applications. With emphasis on the development of advanced disk array intelligence, high-performance interconnect and enclosure management devices for Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA), the Vitesse portfolio is the most robust market offering for enterprise applications. As the world leader in enterprise storage ICs, Vitesse components are used in a wide array of products from industry-leading OEMs, including: Brocade, Dell Computer, EMC, Emulex, Engenio, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Ltd., IBM, Intel, NEC, Sun Microsystems, and others.

About Vitesse

Vitesse designs, develops and markets a diverse portfolio of high-performance, cost-competitive semiconductor solutions for communications and storage networks worldwide. Engineering excellence and dedicated customer service distinguish Vitesse as an industry leader in Gigabit Ethernet LAN, Ethernet-over-SONET, Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, Optical Transport, and other applications. Vitesse innovation empowers customers to deliver superior products for Enterprise, Access, Metro, and Core applications. Additional company and product information is available at www.vitesse.com.

About Hitachi

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE:HIT) (TSE:6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2005 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464 billion yen ($80.9 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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Source: Business Wire

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