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CATC Adds Multilane Serial ATA Analysis and Enhanced Triggering to SAS Platform SAS and Serial ATA developers to benefit from true 'bilingual' analyzer platform with native SATA-II recording and 256 levels of sequential trigger events SERIAL ATA PLUGFEST, LONGMONT, Colo., March 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) , a leading communications protocol expert company, begins shipment this week of major enhancements to the feature set of the industry's first Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) 4X analyzer, the CATC SASTracer(TM). This software release, the SASTracer v1.1, adds comprehensive Serial ATA recording and analysis for up to four 1.5 or 3 Gbps SATA links. Other improvements including, the industry's most powerful triggering capabilities, enhanced filtering, STP decoding and a 3 Gbps exerciser option, make the SASTracer equally suited for 4-wide SAS or 4 port SATA verification tasks. Industry leading companies, including Adaptec, LSI Logic, Maxtor and Seagate, have selected the CATC SASTracer analyzer to aid in their advanced SAS product development. With the addition of full SATA and STP capabilities, the SASTracer becomes an even more powerful analysis tool for testing SAS, SATA and mixed SAS/SATA single and multi-link environments. Featuring a new triggering model, version 1.1 can monitor up to 256 levels of conditional trigger logic with up to three "events" per level. Expanded filtering options, data truncation, port naming and other enhancementscomplete offer engineers a far-reaching, mature feature set unmatched in the SAS/SATA verification tools market. An integral part of SASTracer, the intuitive and powerful CATC Trace(TM) expert analysis software processes, decodes and analyzes capturedSAS and SATA traffic. Embedded in this sophisticated application is a deep understanding of the protocol hierarchy and intricacies, enabling engineers to quickly capture and validate their product designs. The SASTracer v1.1 adds superior data viewing capabilities with the new Link Tracker(TM) chronological view. In one screen the Link Tracker view displays a logical image of transactions on the bus along with a time synchronized display of DWORD traffic moving upstream and downstream on each physical link. SASTracer is based on CATC's Universal Protocol Analyzer System(TM) (UPAS(TM) 10K), a high bandwidth, modular hardware platform capable of supporting multi-lane analysis and traffic generation. In addition to SAS and SATA, the UPAS 10K platform supports Fibre Channel, InfiniBand(R) and PCI Express(TM) analysis. "The storage market is very important to CATC and we are committed to providing the expert analysis functionality that our customers need to rapidly bring their systems to market," said Carmine Napolitano, president of CATC. "By quickly delivering the versatile, multi-port 3 Gbps SAS analyzer requested by our customers, CATC continues to set new standards for premier expert analysis tools for the storage industry." Availability SASTracer v1.1 is scheduled for release on March 19, 2004 and offers a bus exerciser option as described in CATC's press release of February 17, 2004. Existing SASTracer customers can obtain the release under their maintenance agreement. For pricing or additional information, please contact CATC or its worldwide network of distribution partners. About CATC Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) is a global communication protocols expert company, providing test and measurement solutions for Computer I/O, Storage and Networking protocols, enhancing productivity and time to market. CATC develops, manufactures and markets advanced protocol analysis expert systems for established and emerging digital communications standards including Bluetooth, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, InfiniBand, PCI Express, SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA and USB. Semiconductor, device, system and software companies use CATC's products during each phase of their products' lifecycles from development through production and market deployment. CATC's expert protocol analysis systems allow customers to monitor communications traffic, diagnose design and operational problems and confirm interoperability and standards compliance. Technicians also use CATC's test and analysis products on production lines and for maintenance of deployed systems and networks. CATC was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information regarding CATC and its products, please visit http://www.catc.com/. Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on CATC's current expectations, such as availability of product, market acceptance and competition, management capability and experience, levels of growth, profitability and shareholder value. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, such as CATC's production of new products, market acceptance of its products, competitive pressures, management performance, success of growth, profitability and increased shareholder value. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in CATC's Annual Report on Form 10K, filed February 20, 2004, Form 10-K/A filed March 3, 2004 and subsequent filings CATC may make with the SEC, as amended, which can be viewed at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov/. CATC, Computer Access Technology Corporation, CATC Trace, Link Tracker, SASTracer, Universal Protocol Analyzer System and UPAS are proprietary trademarks of Computer Access Technology Corporation. All other company names and marks may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. DATASOURCE: Computer Access Technology Corporation CONTACT: Heike Stabenow of CATC, +1-408-727-6600 or Web site: http://www.catc.com/

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