Nexar Technologies Receives Patent For Easily Upgradable PC Architecture
Business Wire - October 22, 1997 14:16
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WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 1997--Nexar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXR), a manufacturer
of customizable and upgradable PCs, today announced that the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has awarded the company a
patent for its advanced PC motherboard and chassis design. The patent addresses the Nexar PCs' Inverted Socket Process
Architecture (ISPA) design that places the processor, system memory and cache sockets on the undercarriage of the
motherboard. The patent also covers the Nexar PC's innovative chassis which complements the ISPA motherboard design by
featuring removable panels and easy access openings on the side. This PC board and case design enables users to easily access
and upgrade all key components, including the processor, memory, modem, video, audio and network interface card -- within
minutes -- without opening the chassis cover and with no special tools required. "Nexar's PC architecture technology is the
foundation and underlying premise on which the company was founded," said Albert J. Agbay, chairman and chief executive
officer, Nexar Technologies, Inc. "This patent speaks volumes about Nexar's technology design expertise and of our ability to
innovate and deliver a truly different system that protects users' PC investments through easy and cost-effective upgradabiltiy."
As the company's flagship PC technology, Nexar's flexible, high-quality design also allows both Nexar and its resellers to easily
and cost-effectively provide build-to-order systems, on demand, to meet each customer's specific technical and budgetary
requirements. At the same time, Nexar PCs reduce the users' cost of ownership and provide long term value. The ISPA design
also provided the foundation for Nexar's recently introduced XPA (Cross Processor Architecture) PC. Leveraging the
upgradability concept of ISPA, XPA systems provide seamless migration to the industry's broadest range of microprocessors -
Intel's Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II and Dual Pentium II - all in a single system. As the first 'future-ready' PC, XPA enables
users to easily and affordably adapt to rapidly changing processor technologies without requiring an expensive overhaul of the
system.
Nexar Patent Information
U.S. Patent No. 5,673,174 Issued September 30, 1997
Title: System permitting the external replacement of the CPU and/or DRAM SIMMs microchip boards
About Nexar
Nexar Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NEXR) manufactures and markets a new category of high-quality personal computer
systems that offer consumer and business users the industry's highest level of flexibility and investment protection through
complete customization and upgradability. Headquartered in Westborough, Mass., Nexar sells its systems through national and
regional value-added resellers (VARs), distributors and system integrators. Statements in this release which express the beliefs
and expectations of the Company regarding its future results or performance are forward-looking statements that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties. The Company's actual results could differ significantly from the results discussed in such
forward-looking statement. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include those discussed in the Company's
SEC filings, including its Prospectus dated April 8, 1997, and its Form 10-Q, filed on August 13, 1997, which factors include,
among others, (a) intense competition, (b) dependence on substantial customers, (c) uncertainty of market acceptance of the
Company's products, (d) dependence on third party resellers and distributors, (e) risks associated with international expansion, (f)
risks associated with rapid growth, and (g) reliance on suppliers.
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CONTACT: Nexar Technologies, Inc.
Craig Conrad, 508/836-8700 ext. 233
or
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