CSP Inc. Announces the FastCluster 220R

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CSP Inc. MultiComputer Division
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CSP Inc. Announces the FastCluster 220R

A Fully Ruggedized Embedded COTS Cluster Computing System Ready for Deployment

BILLERICA, Massachusetts, December 14, 2004 - CSP Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI) MultiComputer Division, a leading supplier of high-performance embedded computing systems, today announced its first generation of fully rugged COTS clusters, the FastCluster 220R.

The FastCluster 220R is targeted to DoD programs with the ever-increasing need for fast and accurate digital signal and data processing for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C⁴ISR) applications. The FastCluster 220R platform delivers peak performance in three critical areas offering teraflop’s of scalable compute power (100’s of PowerPC AltiVec™ processing nodes) across several chassis, Gigabyte’s of scalable bi-section bandwidth (Myrinet™ Clustering Technology), and Gigabyte’s of scalable sensor I/O (40 PMC’s per chassis).

A FastCluster 220R multi-chassis configuration delivers extreme compute power density while each chassis, with a volume under 4 ¾ cubic feet [11U(H) x 17”(W) x 25”(D)], remains easily handled and deployed in the harsh and confined environments of shipboard, airborne, and land- mobile platforms. The 220R is an air-cooled system designed to meet Level III Ruggedization with optimized airflow, enhanced structural integrity and reduced electromagnetic interference. All 220R modules (chassis shell, backplane, compute blades, line cards, power supply and blowers) are manufactured and tested to comply with the MIL specifications required by DoD programs for shock and vibration, EMC/EMI, electrical, extended operating temperature ranges, altitude requirements and high levels of relative humidity.

"We are committed to providing our customers with the increased levels of performance and ruggedization required for today’s military milieu" stated William E. Bent, Jr., General Manager and Vice President of CSPI MultiComputer Division.

The 220R chassis supports twenty (20) 6U rugged compute blades with a high performance backplane switched fabric using the "Myrinet on VME" (ANSI/VITA 26-1998) standard. Each chassis integrates three high speed 9U Myrinet Serial Fiber line cards offering 12 GBytes/s of built-in external clustering capability to other chassis. Compute blades and lines cards support live insertion from the front of the chassis and coupled with the plug-in power supply and blowers contribute to the efficient use of space and low mean-time-to-repair features of the new platform.

The FastCluster 220R populated with the latest StarGate, the 2924R rugged blade (PowerPC AltiVec 7457 @ 1GHz, 1GB memory per node), offers a system enabled with fast booting from a cold start, error-correcting memory, hot-swappable hardware, power on self-test and a flexible software environment. Supporting a VxWorks™/Tornado Real Time Kernel, Linux 2.4 OS and open source, MPI (Message Passing Interface) industry standard cluster computing environment, and two optimized AltiVec Signal Processing Libraries (ISSPL-ALT & VSIPL) the system adapts to the programming requirements of varied DoD applications.

"The FastCluster 220R exemplifies CSPI’s capability to deliver products adhering to the exacting specifications of military standards bringing the open and scalable features of clustering technologies ever-closer to the sensors" stated Bernard Pelon, Director of Product Research.

The FastCluster 220R is currently in production and available for delivery 120 days after receipt of order (ARO).

More information on the FastCluster 220R is available in a data sheet on the CSPI web site at http://www.cspi.com/multicomputer/products/2000_SERIES/220R.pdf.

About CSP Inc.

Based in Billerica, Massachusetts, CSP Inc. (NASDAQ: CSPI) and its subsidiaries develop and market IT solutions, network management, security and storage systems integration services, messaging and image processing software and high-performance 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 multiprocessing 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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