Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. Announces Availability of its Serial RapidIO-Based Silicon IP Core

CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY), announced today the availability of its serial RapidIO(R)-based silicon IP (intellectual property) core. The core is fully compliant with the Serial RapidIO Specification 1.2, designed for reuse, and optimized for performance, latency, and reliability in embedded communications and networking applications.

Mercury is co-developer of the RapidIO interconnect architecture, which is designed for compatibility with mainstream integrated communications processors, host processors, and networking digital signal processors. Serial RapidIO is the latest generation, scalable, reliable, low latency transport through switches and between devices that is critical to supporting the demands of embedded computing, wireless, and storage applications.

In 2004, Mercury announced a succession of products incorporating serial RapidIO technology: the implementation in the Mercury Ensemble development system; the multi-chassis functionality in the Mercury ImpactRT(TM) 3200 and PowerStream(R) 7000 systems; and a license agreement with a semiconductor company for the development and deployment of serial RapidIO IP in high-end switching solutions.

"The availability of robust silicon IP cores for RapidIO is an important step in the development of the RapidIO ecosystem," said Mark Skalabrin, vice president and general manager, OEM Solutions Group at Mercury. "The Mercury IP core is fully validated and production ready."

The Mercury IP core is a high-performance solution independent of physical layer (PHY) designs, implementation tools, and target technology. It can be implemented in endpoint and switching applications and is available for both ASIC and FPGA implementations. The Mercury IP core has a well-defined host interface to ease integration into a variety of host interface designs.

Contact Mercury for more information on the Serial RapidIO-based silicon IP core.

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, CT, 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

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 RapidIO-based products. 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, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, and production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components. 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 September 30, 2004. 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.

ImpactRT is a trademark and PowerStream is a registered trademark of Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. RapidIO is a registered trademark of the RapidIO Trade Association. Product and company names mentioned may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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