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To: signist who wrote (10055)	8/17/1998 9:27:00 AM
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Thirsty for recognition... Nbase at the bottom of page. Hanging around good company Galileo Technology Announces Low-Cost GalNet-II Family Members Business Wire - August 17, 1998 09:18 SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 17, 1998-- Newest Members of the GalNet-II Family Extend Galileo's Price/Performance Leadership in 10/100Mbps Ethernet Switch Devices Galileo Technology, (Nasdaq: GALTF) the industry leader in merchant Fast Ethernet switching silicon, today announced two new devices aimed at providing the lowest bill-of-materials costs for unmanaged Fast Ethernet switch products. The GT-48301, a GalNet-II(TM) crossbar switch offers almost 10Gbps of "backplane" switching performance at $35; the GT-48313 supports development of 8-port unmanaged Ethernet switches at costs approaching $10/port for silicon components. "Less than a month ago we introduced our GalNet-II family of switched Ethernet Controllers providing the industry's most modular and scalable solution for Ethernet switching applications," said Barry Gray, Galileo's director of marketing. "Our announcement today of the GT-48301 and GT-48313 represent the second chapter of our GalNet-II product roll-out. You can expect to see regular announcements of new GalNet-II products through the coming year supporting further improvements in performance and reductions in per-port pricing." "The key to winning in today's market is to have a complete set of core building blocks available to combine into the right end product, with incredibly short time-to-market to capture early market share," Gray continued. "GalNet-II fully supports this concept by providing the industry's widest array of product offerings in Ethernet switches. The GT-48301 and GT-48313 extend this lead by directly addressing the low-cost unmanaged Fast Ethernet switch market segment." Fast Ethernet Switch Solution Approaching $10/Port for Major Silicon Components Galileo's new GT-48313 Fast Ethernet Switch Controller integrates eight 10/100 Ethernet ports and a full wire-speed switching engine into a single, low-cost device. Priced at just $50 in 10,000 unit quantities, this device combined with external physical layer devices and memory support the industry's lowest cost bill-of-materials for 8-port unmanaged Fast Ethernet switches. "Based on the GT-48313, an OEM can quickly create a wire-speed Fast Ethernet switch selling for less than $75/port," stated Mr. Gray. "This new price/performance point will further accelerate the shift away from shared Ethernet hubs to desktop Ethernet switching." Low-Cost Crossbar for Higher Port Count Switches The new GT-48301 G.Link Crossbar is a cost-reduced crossbar device for use with Galileo's recently announced GT-48312 8-port Fast Ethernet Switch Controller. The GT-48301 provides four G.Link ports for 9.6 gigabits/sec of crossbar switching between GalNet-II switch controllers. The GT-48301 is aimed at unmanaged 24- and 32-port Fast/Gigabit Ethernet switches. Priced at $35 in 10,000 unit quantities, the GT-48301 is approximately 2/3 the cost of the GT-48300. The combination of the GT-48301 crossbar and four GT-48312 Unmanaged Fast Ethernet Switch Controllers enables OEMs to build high-performance 24-port unmanaged Fast Ethernet switches at switch-silicon costs below $9 per port. "Customers are able to get into volume production in only 3-6 months using GalNet-II," continued Mr. Gray. "Combined with our GT-48320 Gigabit Ethernet controller they will be able to quickly build and market 24+1, 16+2, and high-performance 4-port pure Gigabit Ethernet switches in these same time frames." Product Availability Production quantities of the GT-48313 are available now. The GT-48301 crossbar device will be sampling in August with production in November. About Galileo Technology Galileo Technology, a market leader in complex data communications systems on silicon, is one of the semiconductor industry's fastest growing suppliers of complex, high-performance, integrated circuit devices. Galileo's products include single-chip Ethernet switches, high-performance system controllers for RISC processors and WAN coprocessors. Galileo's products form the heart of many advanced data communications systems built by leading OEMs, such as Cisco Systems, Hewlett Packard, Bay Networks, D-Link, NBase Communications and Intel. Galileo employs more than 130 people worldwide with business headquarters in San Jose, California and R&D headquarters in Manof, Israel. For more information on Galileo, call 1-888-GALTEK-1 or visit our website at galileot.com. GalNet and GalNet-II are trademarks of Galileo Technology.