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    Mercury Computer Systems Teams with IBM Cell Microprocessor: Press Releases
    2005-06-28
    Mercury Computer Systems Teams with IBM
    to Build Cell Processor-Based Systems
    Agreement with IBM Intended to Put Revolutionary Cell Processor in Computer Systems for Defense, Life Sciences, Seismic, and Industrial Applications

    CHELMSFORD, Mass., June 28, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) announced today that it will partner with IBM to integrate the Cell microprocessor technology to build new breakthrough computer systems for data-intensive applications. The company is the first outside of the gaming industry to use Cell microprocessor technology design services from IBM.
    The alliance offers Mercury access to IBM's vast trove of technology capabilities through IBM's Engineering and Technology Services group. Mercury has initial plans to integrate the Cell microprocessor technology into a wide variety of future products, with the aim of dramatically boosting computing performance in Mercury's customer applications. By incorporating Cell technology, Mercury intends to take demanding applications such as radar, sonar, MRI, CT, digital X-ray, and others to a new level of sophistication and performance.
    Mercury and engineers from IBM's Engineering and Technology Services unit will collaborate to develop products with dramatically improved performance for graphic-intensive workloads and computationally intensive applications. The optimized Cell-based products will be targeted at current and new applications in medical imaging, industrial inspection, aerospace and defense, seismic processing, and telecommunications. New sensor capabilities in these markets are dramatically increasing the volumes of available data to be processed. For example, applying the processing power of Cell technology in medical imaging can yield significant improvements in image quality -- enabling earlier detection of diseases and potentially saving lives.
    "The tremendous performance advantages afforded by the Cell processor will enable Mercury to address an even broader range of compute-intensive challenges for our customers," said Jay Bertelli, president and chief executive officer, Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. "Our relationship with IBM, a leader in advanced technologies, upholds Mercury's commitment to open innovation, in leveraging expertise within and outside of Mercury."
    The Cell processor, developed by IBM, Toshiba and Sony Group, is a breakthrough architectural design featuring eight synergistic processing elements plus a Power Architecture(TM)-based core that provides unmatched performance levels in many computationally intense applications. The Cell processor has peak performance in excess of 200 GFLOPS -- which equates to 200 billion floating-point operations per second -- as measured during initial hardware testing.
    The IBM and Mercury initiative leverages the capabilities of IBM's Engineering and Technology Services organization, providing Mercury unique access to the Cell processor technology to augment Mercury's renowned engineering expertise. As a leading supplier of highly engineered and integrated computing solutions, Mercury remains focused on meeting the demands of its OEM customers with an evolving, comprehensive choice of products and services.
    "We are pleased to partner with Mercury to develop leading-edge computing systems based on the revolutionary Cell architecture," said Raj S. Desai, vice president, IBM Engineering and Technology Services. "IBM and its world-class engineering team is dedicated to collaborating with innovative companies like Mercury to deliver the next generation of computing systems to benefit businesses around the globe."
    About IBM
    IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across IBM and key IBM Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable clients, large and small, to transform their businesses for improved performance and take full advantage of the emerging On Demand environment. For more information about IBM, visit www.ibm.com.
    About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
    Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading provider of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing computer systems. Mercury's products play a critical role in a wide range of applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation. In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the Company's systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic imaging devices including MRI, PET, and digital X-ray, and in semiconductor imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer inspection. Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization software and optimized systems to diverse end markets including life sciences, geosciences, and simulation. The Company also provides radio frequency (RF) products for enhanced communications capabilities in military and commercial applications.
    Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through its direct sales force and a network of subsidiaries and distributors. Visit Mercury on the web at www.mc.com/cell.
    Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement
    This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to Mercury's relationship with IBM Corporation and to products and services that result from such relationship. You can identify these statements by our use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions, effects of continued geo-political unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, continued funding of defense programs and the timing of such funding, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, production and delivery delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components, and as a U.S. Government contractor, the effect of procurement rules and regulations and the possible imposition of fines and penalties or the termination of the Company's contracts if the Company were to violate specific laws or regulations. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2005. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward- looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.
    Contacts:

    Kathy Donahue
    Public Relations Manager
    Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
    978-967-1126
    kdonahue@mc.com
    Lisa Lanspery
    Media Relations
    IBM
    646-263-3678
    lisalans@us.ibm.com

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    SOURCE Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

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