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CSP Inc. Introduces FastCluster 2924R Rugged Blade

New StarGate 2924R Targets Harsh Computing Environments

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, May 23, 2005 - CSP Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI) MultiComputer Division, a leading supplier of high-performance embedded computing systems, today announced the StarGate 2924R, a new rugged COTS blade qualified to MIL standards and built for use in shipboard, airborne, and land-mobile harsh computing environments.

"The StarGate 2924R shows our strong commitment to invest in rugged products and technologies enabling our defense customers to quickly integrate and deploy our open FastCluster blades and systems into their signal processing platforms." stated William E. Bent, Jr., General Manager and Vice President of CSPI MultiComputer Division. StarGate 2924R blades have been fully qualified to MIL standards and are currently shipping to a major defense contractor for use in an airborne program.

The StarGate 2924R is designed to meet Level III Ruggedization specifications for shock, vibration, relative humidity, altitude and temperature. Manufactured with a thermal/stiffener rib the blade operates reliably in extended temperature ranges and meets MIL-STD-810A for shock and vibration. When integrated into CSPI's FastCluster 220R rugged chassis the blade also complies with the MIL-STD-461D for EMC/EMI and MIL-STD-704A for aircraft power. The structural design of the blade optimizes the use of the space delivering maximum performance, ease in maintenance, higher mean-time-between failures and a lower mean-time-to-repair.

Driven by the 1 GHz Motorola 7457 PowerPC microprocessors with AltiVec™ technology the StarGate 2924R provides exceptional processing power, versatile I/O, a large memory configuration (1 GB of ECC SDRAM), high data bandwidth and low power consumption all in a rugged, single slot 6U VME package. The StarGate 2924R is equipped with two independent processing nodes, each with access to two 64-bit/66 MHz PCI buses. The unique design of the StarGate, supporting two fast PCI buses per processor, enables concurrent I/O streaming and data processing.

Responding to the varied programming requirements of DoD applications, the blade supports VxWorks™/Tornado Real Time Kernel, Linux 2.4 OS and open source, MPI (Message Passing Interface) industry standard cluster computing environment as well as two optimized AltiVec Signal Processing Libraries (ISSPL-ALT & VSIPL). Offering a platform based on industry-standards and open source software reduces application development time, expediting time to deployment.

The StarGate 2924R is in production and available for delivery 60 days after receipt of order (ARO).

More information on the StarGate 2924R is available in a data sheet on the CSPI web site at http://www.cspi.com/multicomputer/products/2000_SERIES/2924R.pdf .

About CSP Inc.

Based in Billerica, Massachusetts, CSP Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI) and its subsidiaries develop and market IT integration solutions for complex IT environments as well messaging and image processing software and high-performance cluster computer systems for commercial, scientific, and defense customers worldwide.

The MultiComputer Division helps its customers solve high-performance computing problems in the defense market by supplying very dense cluster computer systems with powerful real-time I/O capabilities that require minimal physical space or power. These systems are used in a broad array of applications, including software defined radio, radar, sonar and surveillance signal processing.

For more information about CSP Inc., visit http://www.cspi.com or call us at 1 (800) 325-3110.

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