Tempest Computers Announces Support for the AMD Opteron™ Processor

Pittsburgh, PA -- 4/22/2003 -- Tempest Computers, Inc. (www.tempestcomputers.com) is pleased to announce its participation in the product launch of the AMD Opteron™ processor today. Tempest Computers is located in Harmarville at the University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center (UPARC).

Tempest Computers, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based firm which specializes in the design, assembly and integration of high-end, high-availability servers, has been located in UPARC since 1998. The company includes among its customers: Carnegie Mellon University, Seagate Technology, Cisco, Duquesne University, Alcoa, Curtiss-Wright, and numerous other regional corporations and governmental entities.

Recent advances in processor speeds and information storage are substantially changing the server landscape. These two advances alone encourage the use of databases and programs that were not cost-effective just three years ago. The AMD Opteron processor can offer outstanding performance improvements in performance for supercomputing cluster technology.

Visit Tempest Computers, Inc.’s website at www.tempestcomputers.com.

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