ClearSpeed Partners with Nissho Electronics to Bring the World's Fastest and Most Power-Efficient Multi-Core Co-Processors and Accelerator Boards to Japan

Business Wire, Feb 13, 2006

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Nissho Electronics, One of Japan's Top Distributors, to Resell ClearSpeed's CSX600 Co-Processors and Advance(TM) Accelerator Boards

ClearSpeed Technology (LSE:CSD), a developer of high-performance, low-power, programmable co-processor solutions, today announced a partnership with Nissho Electronics Corporation to deliver the company's chips, boards and software tools to Japan. Under the terms of agreement, Nissho will market and distribute ClearSpeed's CSX600 co-processors and Advance(TM) accelerator boards to Japanese high-performance computing (HPC) customers immediately.

Nissho Electronics -- one of Japan's top distributors with 37 years in the business selling into markets such as the automotive, university, and research labs -- is well positioned to service this growing market. The company focuses on original equipment manufacturer technologies, networking and storage solutions.

ClearSpeed's CSX600 co-processors, the World's fastest and most power-efficient multi-core co-processors, are designed to process large amounts of data in parallel at low power consumption and with ease of programmability. The Advance board, which incorporates two CSX600 chips, addresses the problems of power consumption and heat dissipation common in HPC systems running compute-intensive applications.

"Nissho Electronics closely monitors new technologies in the HPC industry," said Keiichiro Eguchi, general manager, Nissho Electronics. "Power consumption is having an increasingly significant impact on infrastructure and total cost of ownership in HPC systems. ClearSpeed's co-processors and accelerator boards are the next-generation technology for addressing these concerns while maximizing performance."

"As Japan is a leading indicator of global trends for the HPC market and is home to some of the top supercomputers in the world, it is a key market for us moving forward," said Mike Calise, ClearSpeed president. "Nissho Electronics, a leading VAR in Japan with established relationships and a highly regarded reputation, will be a strategic partner for us in providing technology to meet the significant demand in this market."

About Nissho Electronics

Nissho Electronics is one of Japan's leading distributors and system integrators of IT related products and services such as server storage, carrier-class backbone networks, software, system components, and peripherals. Nissho's principal role is to provide the Japanese market with advanced products and services incorporating new technologies, as well as to offer new approaches. Working with its customers, Nissho identifies cutting-edge technologies that best meet their current and future needs, and helps them find ways to utilize the technology. For more information about Nissho, visit www.nissho-ele.co.jp or call 81-3-3544-8448.

About ClearSpeed

Established in 1997, ClearSpeed Technology is a semiconductor company focused on delivering high-performance co-processors to be used alongside general purpose processors in the world's most compute-intensive applications. ClearSpeed's advanced multi-threaded array processing technology provides the ability to significantly accelerate data-intensive applications at extremely low power. Products include chips, boards, software tools, applications and support. ClearSpeed has offices in San Jose, Calif., and Bristol, UK, and has over 67 patents granted and pending. For more information on ClearSpeed, visit www.clearspeed.com.