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IRVINE, Calif. and SAN JOSE, Calif., Mar 15, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, today announced that Bell Microproducts (Nasdaq: BELM), one of the world's largest storage-centric, value-added distributors has signed an agreement to distribute Broadcom® RAIDCore™ serial ATA RAID controllers internationally. The RAID controllers employ Broadcom's proprietary Fulcrum™ architecture software that is designed to bring the data integrity and high-performance of enterprise-class RAID solutions to small-to-medium sized businesses (SMBs) without the associated complexity and cost. The distribution agreement allows Bell Microproducts to distribute Broadcom's RAIDCore RC4000 SATA RAID controllers to resellers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Europe.
The RAIDCore RC4000 products enable businesses to expand or upgrade their storage using low-cost, high-capacity SATA drives without interrupting operations. These products support all popular RAID levels, online capacity expansion, online RAID-level migration and controller spanning, and provide the ability to create arrays that span multiple controllers without having to bring the system down. The RC4000 family features up to 4-zettabyte storage capacity, enhanced security and disaster recovery through N-way mirroring and distributed sparing capabilities. This agreement to distribute Broadcom RAID solutions is the result of the demand that such RAID features have generated from Bell Microproducts' storage integrator and VAR customers.
"Bell Microproducts is one of the most respected distributors of storage solutions and understands that the storage needs of small-to-medium sized businesses today are escalating and require cost-effective solutions," said Tom Marmen, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom's Storage Line of Business. "With our leadership in RAID performance and product features, coupled with our aggressive pricing structure, we believe that our RAID solutions are ideal for a leading distributor like Bell Microproducts."
"By the end of the first month following the launch of RAIDCore controllers, requests for these products were significant, and the move to bring enterprise-level data integrity and performance to SMBs became a prime objective of Bell Microproducts," said Jerry Kagele, Executive Vice President, Commercial Products Sales and Marketing of Bell Microproducts. "As we continue to see growth in the SMB market, partly fueled by more and more storage hungry applications, the potential for Broadcom's RAIDCore solutions is easy to see and we are very excited to be partnering with them."
About Bell Microproducts
Bell Microproducts is an international, value-added provider of a wide range of high technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial markets. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types including desktop, high-end computer and storage subsystems, fibre channel connectivity products, RAID, NAS and SAN storage systems, back-up products, storage management software, and extensive support, integration and installation services. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products and is one of the world's largest storage-centric, value-added distributors. More information can be found in the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the Bell Microproducts Web site at http://www.bellmicro.com/.
About Broadcom
Broadcom Corporation is a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions that enable broadband communications and networking of voice, video and data services. We design, develop and supply complete system- on-a-chip (SoC) solutions incorporating digital, analog and radio frequency (RF) technologies, as well as related hardware and software system-level applications. Our diverse product portfolio addresses every major broadband communications market and includes solutions for digital cable and satellite set-top boxes; high definition television (HDTV); cable and DSL modems and residential gateways; high-speed transmission and switching for local, metropolitan, wide area and storage networking; home and wireless networking; cellular and terrestrial wireless communications; Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) gateway and telephony systems; broadband network and security processors; and SystemI/O ™ server solutions. These technologies and products support our core mission: Connecting everything®.
Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at www.broadcom.com.
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Broadcom Trade Press Contact
Scott Harlin
Sr. Communications Specialist
949-926-5226
sharlin@broadcom.com
Broadcom Business Press Contact
Bill Blanning
Sr. Director, Corporate Communications
949-926-5555
blanning@broadcom.com
Bell Microproducts Press Contact
Rob Watson
Director of Marketing Communications
408-501-3315
rob@bellmicro.com
Broadcom Technical Contact
Steve McIntosh
Product Marketing Manager, RAIDCore
603-324-1519
mcintosh@broadcom.com
Broadcom Investor Relations Contact
T. Peter Andrew Sr. Director, Investor Relations
949-926-5663
andrewtp@broadcom.com
SOURCE Broadcom Corporation
Press: Scott Harlin, Sr. Communications Specialist, Trade, +1-949-926-5226, sharlin@broadcom.com, or Bill Blanning, Sr. Director, Corporate Communications, Business, +1-949-926-5555, blanning@broadcom.com, or Steve McIntosh, Product Marketing Manager, RAIDCore, Technical, +1-603-324- 1519, mcintosh@broadcom.com, or T. Peter Andrew, Sr. Director, Investor Relations, +1-949-926-5663, andrewtp@broadcom.com, all of Broadcom Corporation; or Rob Watson, Director of Marketing Communications of Bell Microproducts, +1-408-501-3315, rob@bellmicro.com
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