[yellowdog-announce] Mercury, Terra Soft Offer Linux for Cell-based Products: Press Release 15 November 2005

[yellowdog-announce at lists.terrasoftsolutions.com]

Mercury Computer Systems and Terra Soft Solutions to Offer First Commercially 
Available Linux Support Package for Cell Processor-Based Products

SEATTLE, Wash. - 15 November 2005 - Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: 
MRCY), announced its collaboration with Terra Soft Solutions to deliver a 
complete Linux distribution for the Mercury Dual Cell-Based Blade, at 
Supercomputing 2005. The Dual Cell-Based Blade, announced on October 6, is 
Mercury's first product based on the IBM(R) Cell BE (Broadband Engine) 
processor.

Terra Soft Solutions, the leading developer of integrated Power Architecture 
Linux solutions and a value-added reseller for Mercury, will provide a Board 
Support Package for the Mercury Dual Cell-Based Blade by January 2006.

"Terra Soft Solutions has a strong track record for providing quality board 
support packages to IBM, Freescale, and Mercury," said Randy Dean, vice 
president of Business and Product Development at Mercury. "We are pleased to 
work with this trusted team."

Terra Soft Solution's Board Support Package will enable a simple, rapid 
installation and netboot-capable Linux environment for the Mercury Dual 
Cell-Based Blade.

In 2006, Terra Soft Solutions will continue its work with Mercury to integrate 
the Board Support Package into its Y-HPC cluster construction and management 
suite, enabling effective and efficient build-out of Mercury Cell 
processor-based clusters.

Kai Staats, co-founder & CEO of Terra Soft Solutions, said: "In line with our 
seven years of dedication to Power(TM), our work with Mercury and their 
Cell-processor based products is perfectly timed for an historic industry 
transition. At a time when individual processor frequencies no longer define 
the leading product, the Cell processor's 1+8 processor architecture 
introduces an entirely new way of designing for computationally intensive 
applications. Mercury's in-depth knowledge and experience with high-density, 
mission-critical systems, combined with our expertise in Power Architecture 
Linux, can only result in a performance advantage for our customers."

The Mercury Dual Cell-Based Blade conforms to the IBM BladeCenter(R) form 
factor, integrating server, storage, networking; scalability, and 
high-performance computing for a variety of applications. Scalable to seven 
blades in a 7U configuration, the Dual Cell-Based Blade is expected to 
provide up to 2.8 TeraFLOPS per 7U chassis, and up to 16 TeraFLOPS in a 
six-foot rack. The Dual Cell-Based Blade is slated for release in early 2006.

For more information on the Board Support Package, visit Terra Soft and 
Mercury staff in booth 1664 at Supercomputing 2005, Seattle, November 14-18, 
or visit www.terrasoftsolutions.com. For more information on Mercury's Cell 
processor-based products, visit www.mc.com/cell/. 


About Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Terra Soft is a leading Integrated Solutions Provider with proven expertise in 
the Power Architecture and Linux OS platform. As a Mercury, Apple, and Genesi 
VAR, and IBM Business Partner, Terra Soft provides turnkey and build-to-order 
portables, desktop workstations, HA servers, and HPC clusters. Terra Soft's 
Y-HPC 64-bit OS and cluster construction suite is widely accepted as a 
preferred platform for Xserve clusters. 

 For more information, visit www.terrasoftsolutions.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 
solutions. Mercury's solutions 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 solutions 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. 


Contacts: 
Kathy Donahue, Public Relations Manager
 Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
 978-967-1126 / kdonahue at mc dot com
 
Kai Staats, Co-founder & CEO
 Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
 970-278-9243 / kstaats at terrasoftsolutions dot com


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