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September 20, 2005 05:19 AM US Pacific Timezone

Nallatech Salutes SGI for Taking Leadership Role in the Future of High-Performance Computing with Its RASC Technology

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As industry is adapting to the changing demands needed for high-performance computing, reconfigurable computing is one of the leading developments in accelerating application performance. Forward-thinking companies, such as Nallatech, a leading supplier of high-performance FPGA computing, and SGI have taken initiatives towards that goal.

WHAT:   On September 19, SGI issued a major announcement - "SGI
        Extends High-Performance Computing Leadership With
        Reconfigurable Computing Technology" that unveiled an advanced
        hardware solution based on SGI(R) Reconfigurable
        Application-Specific Computing (RASC(TM)) Technology.
        Nallatech is pleased to be part of the SGI RASC solution.

        Previously on July 18, Nallatech announced its collaboration
        with SGI on developing FPGA high-performance computing
        solutions. (See "Nallatech Collaborates with SGI Inc. on
        Developing FPGA High-Performance Computing Solutions") The two
        companies have entered into the strategic collaboration to
        develop new business opportunities within the high-performance
        computing market. The companies plan to offer new products and
        services based on SGI's reconfigurable system technology and
        Nallatech's Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) computing
        technology.

        While at HPEC, Nallatech's CTO Malachy Devlin will be
        available for comments regarding Nallatech's relationship with
        SGI.

WHO:    Malachy Devlin, CTO, Nallatech will attend the Annual
        Workshop on High-Performance Embedded Computing 2005 (HPEC).

WHERE:  HPEC will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of
        Technology's Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood Street, Lexington,
        MA

WHEN:   September 20 - 22, 2005

NOTE:   Members of the media or industry peers that would like
        to speak to Dr. Malachy Devlin, CTO of Nallatech, should
        contact: Adam Zand, Topaz Partners, at
        azand@topazpartners.com, or at (781) 388-7900 ext. 206
      

About Nallatech

Nallatech is the world's leading supplier of high performance FPGA solutions. A comprehensive product range delivers the highest performance-density, maximum scalability and most complete solutions available on the market today. Nallatech provides flexible, easy to implement solutions for Data Communications, Digital Signal and Image Processing. Customers benefit from lower costs, reduced power consumption and improved performance in end markets including Telecommunications Infrastructure, Aerospace and Defense, Imaging and Scientific Computing. Nallatech is headquartered in Glasgow, U.K., its wholly-owned subsidiary Nallatech, Inc. has U.S. group offices in Baltimore and regional offices in Phoenix, Philadelphia and Boston. For more information, please visit www.nallatech.com.