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May 17, 2006 04:19 AM US Pacific Timezone

Nallatech Reinforces FPGA Leadership with New V-4 Offerings; Three New Products for Military & Aerospace Include PC-104 Embedded Computing, High-Bandwidth, High-Density Performance, High-Speed Analog Capture

LONG BEACH, Calif. & BALTIMORE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2006--Nallatech has announced three new COTS FPGA products that apply the processing and I/O performance of Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs to the wide range of FPGA processing needs of the military and aerospace market. These products extend performance density for customers demanding PC-104, high-density digital I/O and SRAM memory and high-speed analog capture for applications including signal intelligence, software defined radio and C4ISR.

The additional products in the V-4 family will be presented today at the MEECC 2006 (Military Embedded Electronics and Computing Conference) in Long Beach. Nallatech invites participants in the industry and members of the media to attend its presentation at MEECC during the New Embedded Products track. More details on the entire V-4 product family are available at www.nallatech.com/virtex4.

The new products are:

-- BenNUEY PCI-104-V4, PCI-104 computing processor stack

-- BenIO-V4, Virtex-4, SRAM & digital I/O Module

-- BenADDA-V4, Virtex-4, Dual 105MSPS ADC, Dual 160 MSPS DAC DIME-II Module

In October 2005, Nallatech announced four COTS FPGA products - BenNUEY-PCI-X-V4, BenBLUE-V4, BenDATA-V4, BenADC-V4 - that combine the processing and I/O performance of Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs with additional enhancements including host interface improvements and enhanced external memory bandwidth. The entire V-4 product family extends performance density for customers demanding the full capabilities of Virtex-4 in high-performance embedded military and aerospace computing applications.

"Nallatech's latest products specifically address the wide range of uses demanded by the military and aerospace industry, as evidenced by the growing need for FPGA-based computing in SIGINT, SDR and C4ISR applications," said Craig Anderson, CEO of Nallatech. "The features of the new solutions, in particular the emphasis on PCI-104 systems, are further proof of Nallatech's ability to deliver a comprehensive range of products to meet the demands of our customers."

Nallatech's new COTS FPGA products are available with the Virtex-4 LX FPGAs with high performance logic capability or the Virtex-4 SX family optimized for DSP performance. These configurations allow developers to optimize FPGA hardware resources to meet their precise requirements across a diverse number of applications and build systems that meet needs for scalability and performance.

Nallatech's Virtex-4 products support industry standard form factors, including cPCI, VME, PCI and PCI-104, delivering up to eight Virtex-4 FPGAs on a single COTS FPGA computing platform.

Features and Benefits

BenNUEY-PCI-104-V4

-- PCI-104 form factor

-- Suitable for Size, Weight and Power (SWAP) constrained
real-time embedded applications

-- On-board Virtex-4 FX User FPGA

-- 32bit/33MHz PCI interface

-- 3 DIME-II module expansion slots

-- Xilinx Virtex-4, Virtex-II Pro and Virtex-II supported on
Nallatech's DIME-II modules

-- Digital I/O via Ultra SCSI connector

-- Linux(R) and Windows(R) support

-- Nallatech's FUSE FPGA Computing Runtime software

-- Modular expansion allows for up to seven user FPGAs plus I/O
options

-- Compatible with multiple FPGA design flows

-- For easier application development, enhanced functionality

BenIO-V4

-- Nallatech DIME-II Expansion Module

-- On-board Virtex-4 LX or SX User FPGA

-- Up to 152 digital I/O lines--configured single-ended or
differential operation

-- 16 MB DDR-II SRAM

-- 4 GB/sec total SRAM bandwidth

-- Includes SRAM FPGA IP Cores

-- Compatible Nallatech motherboards available for cPCI, VME, PCI
and PCI-104

-- High-Speed External Digital I/O, flexible to meet application
requirements

-- Supported in Nallatech's FUSE and DIMEtalk software and
development tools

-- Compatible with multiple FPGA design flows

-- For easier application development, enhanced functionality

-- Ready-to-use solution for high-performance processing

-- Shortens development time and reduces risk

BenADDA-V4

-- Nallatech DIME-II Expansion Module

-- Xilinx Virtex-4 LX or SX User FPGA

-- 2 ADC Channels - 14-bits @ 105 MSPS

-- 2 DAC Channels - 14-bits @ 160 MSPS

-- 16 MB DDR-II SRAM

-- IP Cores for ADC/DAC interfaces and DDR-II SRAM

-- Compatible Nallatech motherboards available for cPCI, VME, PCI
and PCI-104

-- High-Speed analog I/O coupled directly into XILINX FPGA

-- Processing at front-end of system for high performance

-- Supported in Nallatech's FUSE and DIMEtalk software and
development tools

-- Compatible with multiple FPGA design flows

-- For easier application development, enhanced functionality

-- Ready-to-use solution for high-performance processing

-- Shortens development time and reduces risk

Pricing and availability:

Pricing and lead-times for the new products are available on request. Please contact your local sales representative at 877-44-NALLA or visit www.nallatech.com/sales.

About Nallatech

Nallatech is the world's leading supplier of high-performance COTS FPGA Solutions. Nallatech designs and manufactures high-performance FPGA embedded products, in form factors such as PCI, VME, cPCI, PCI-X and PCI-104. Customers benefit from lower costs, reduction in size, weight and power and improved performance. Headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland, its wholly-owned subsidiary Nallatech Inc. has U.S. group offices in Baltimore and regional offices in Phoenix, San Jose, Philadelphia and Boston. Nallatech has six operating locations worldwide and international partner sales offices in seven countries. For more information, visit www.nallatech.com, or call 1-877-44-NALLA