Emulex Demonstrates Industry-Leading Data Center Efficiency With Its 8Gb/s HBAs and Next-Generation Intel Servers At IDF


ADVISORY, Aug. 19, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --


 WHAT:
 This week at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, Emulex is
 showcasing the industry-leading CPU efficiency of its LightPulse(r)
 LPe12000 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (HBA) family. The Emulex 
 8Gb/s HBA demonstration highlights the improved host utilization 
 benefits of its Message-Signaled Interrupts eXtended (MSI-X) feature. 
 Emulex LightPulse 8Gb/s HBAs with MSI-X support, coupled with next- 
 generation Intel(r) PCIe 2.0 servers with QuickPath technology, are ideal
 for virtualized server or transaction intensive environments, especially
 those utilizing multiprocessor and multi-core systems. The demonstration
 is being showcased within Intel's Optimization Lab Community in the
 Emulex booth #316.

 WHEN:
 Tuesday, August 19 - Thursday, August 21, 2008

 WHERE:
 Intel Developer Forum
 Moscone Center West 
 San Francisco, California 
 Emulex Booth #316

 CONTACT:
 Press contact: Katherine Henry, Manager, Public Relations, 714-885-3828
 or katherine.henry@emulex.com

About Emulex

Emulex Corporation creates enterprise-class products that intelligently connect storage, servers and networks. The world's leading server and storage providers rely on Emulex's award-winning HBAs, intelligent storage platforms and embedded storage products, including switches, bridges, routers and I/O controllers, to build reliable, scalable and high-performance storage and server solutions. Emulex is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:ELX) and has corporate headquarters in Costa Mesa, California. News releases and other information about Emulex Corporation are available at http://www.emulex.com.

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