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Feb. 27, 2001, 8:25AM

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2001--Banderacom™, a leading fabless InfiniBand™ semiconductor company, will demonstrate its IBandit prototype chip set and product development kit (PDK), based on Banderacom's high-performance mandit architecture, at this week's Intel Developer Forum (IDF).

Banderacom will display its innovative architecture, including its proprietary IBandit Protocol Engine, in a special IDF area known as "InfiniBand Central."

"We look forward to participating and interacting with other InfiniBand companies to demonstrate the incredible opportunities presented by this challenging, high performance technology," said Les Crudele, president and CEO, Banderacom. "We are eager to demonstrate that Banderacom's unique protocol chip set, including our proprietary IBandit InfiniBand Protocol Engine, that enables target channel adaptors to sustain bandwidth throughput up to several hundred times faster than those designed utilizing general purpose processors."

Banderacom works with Intel on a variety of InfiniBand programs including interoperability testing, marketing and licensing of portions of Intel's Target Transport Service (TTS) software as part of the IBandit software stack. Intel's TTS is a suite of software elements that provide channel adapter vendors with a common software interface.

"Interoperability is a critical deliverable for the successful launch of InfiniBand fabrics," said Jim Pappas, Director of Initiative Marketing for Intel's Enterprise Platform Group, "Banderacom's use of Intel's TTS software will help accelerate interoperability for applications running on a mixture of Intel and Banderacom based InfmiBand components."

In addition to demonstrations in Banderacom's booth (No.31 0), Banderacom, will participate in a multi-vendor Interoperability session at the Intel Developers Forum. Banderacom, Intel, and other InfiniBand developers will demonstrate how they collaborate to rapidly deploy InfiniBand technology and help customers move products to market more quickly. This complements Banderacom's work on the InfiniBand Trade Association's Compliance and Interoperability Working Group.

About InfiniBand Architecture

InfiniBand technology is a high-performance channel-based semiconductor architecture that provides increased scalability and reliability for servers and other Internet infrastructure equipment. Using a packet-based switching fabric, InfiniBand technology is expected to meet the need for faster, less congested and more reliable data transport through the Internet.

About Banderacom

Banderacom is an Austin, Texas-based fabless semiconductor company focused on dramatically increasing the performance and reliability of networking, storage, and server system products in the dynamic new world of InfiniBand. Banderacom provides flexible, high performance semiconductors based on InfiniBand specifications.

Banderacom was founded in 1999 by a veteran team from the microprocessor and communications semiconductor industries. Banderacom is funded by multiple capital partners including Austin Ventures, Intel, and Jato Tech Ventures. Banderacom is a member of InfiniBand Trade Association (www.infinibandta.org). For more information visit our Web site at www.banderacom.com, or call 512/302-0002.