Quellan Announces Q:ACTIVE(TM) Intelligent Cable Technology for Today's Mega Data Centers

Quellan Announces Q:ACTIVE(TM) Intelligent Cable Technology for Today's Mega Data Centers

September 18, 2006

-- Quellan Collaborates with Gore Industries to Integrate Smart Silicon into GORE(TM) EYE-OPENER(R) Cable to Improve Reach, Speed, Airflow and Latency

    NEW YORK, Sept. 18 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Quellan, a
leader in analog signal integrity devices, today announced
its ability to transform data center cable interconnects
from passive, non-active devices to intelligent
"roadways" for use in today's mega data centers.

    In collaboration with W. L. Gore & Associates
(Gore), a world leading cable supplier, Quellan will insert
ultra-small, low power analog semiconductors inside
interconnects used by GORE(TM) EYE-OPENER(R) Cable to
achieve unsurpassed improvements in reach, power
consumption, latency, and airflow.  This series of dramatic
improvements yields lower operating expenses and capital
expenditures for expanding data centers. 

    Quellan announced its Active Cable Q:ACTIVE(TM)
Semiconductor Technology today at the High Performance on
Wall Street Conference using GORE(TM) EYE-OPENER(R) Cable
to install a new found intelligence between mega data
center clusters. 

    "Our Data Center partners have expressed the need
for increased airflow, lower power, low latency and greater
cluster reach in their mega data centers," said Tony
Stelliga, Chairman and CEO of Quellan, Inc.  "We are
delighted to deliver a solution with the industry's leading
high performance cable vendor, Gore." 

    "The integration of Quellan's low power technology
into Gore product portfolio is another example of Gore's
Technology Innovation in cable development.  These new
intelligent cable assemblies will enable our datacenter
customers to reach longer lengths, with significant cable
size and weight reductions, without adding power or
latency," said Kris Mitchell, Product Specialist at
Gore. 

    ABOUT W. L. GORE & ASSOCIATES 

    Founded in 1958, W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. has
parlayed its unique technical capabilities into hundreds of
diverse products and is world-renowned for its expertise in
configuring the remarkably versatile polymer PTFE. This has
resulted in numerous products for electronic signal
transmission; fabric laminates; medical implants; as well
as membrane, filtration, sealant, and fiber technologies
for diverse industries.  With nearly $2 billion in sales,
the company is headquartered in Delaware in the US and
employs approximately 7,000 associates at 45 facilities
throughout the world.  Gore is one of only five companies
included in every selection of Fortune Magazine's "100
Best Companies to Work For" since the list began in
1984.  Gore has also been cited among the "Best Places
to Work" in Germany, Italy and Scotland. For further
information, please visit http://gore.com . 

    About Quellan Incorporated

    Quellan specializes in analog components that improve
the performance and functionality of electronic equipment
by removing channel impairments and noise.  Quellan serves
the Enterprise, Telecom, Broadcast, Automotive and Consumer
Electronics markets.  Privately held, Quellan's investors
include Menlo Ventures, Cordova Ventures and Samsung
Ventures Investment Corporation.  For more information,
please contact Quellan at 408-774-0084 or
http://www.quellan.com .

    For more information, please contact:

     Melissa Kallos 
     Quellan, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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