Friday, May 09, 2008

Technology: Supermicro surpasses $2 billion in cumulative revenue since founding

Application-Optimized Server Leader Celebrates Over 14 Consecutive Years of Profitability and Consistent Growth

San Jose, Calif. (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) - Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today announced that the company has surpassed the $2 billion milestone in cumulative sales revenue since it was founded in 1993. Supermicro's annual growth rate during the last five fiscal years was several times faster than the server industry growth rate, as the company has consistently posted double-digit growth figures year after year.

"With our annual run rate now over $0.5 billion, we are squarely focused on our next milestone of $1 billion in annual revenue," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "As the technology leader in performance-per-watt (up to 290GFLOPS/kW*) server solutions, Supermicro has never been stronger than it is today. With a 57% growth in R&D manpower over the last 12 months now in place, we are offering the
strongest product lineup in our history. As a result of this worldwide infrastructure growth, Supermicro is quickly increasing its business with Fortune Global 100 companies."

The company's impressive track record of 14 consecutive years of profitability and consistent growth can be attributed to Supermicro's Server Building Block Solutions(R), its dedicated and talented engineering teams, the visionary leadership of Supermicro management as well as the close customer and partner relationships that the company continues to build and nurture.

Furthermore, as the chair of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative (CSCI) APAC region, Supermicro is strongly committed to the CSCI mission to reduce worldwide computer power consumption by 50 percent by 2010. As a leader in green server technology, Supermicro offers up to 93%* efficiency power supplies, high-efficiency cooling designs, low-voltage memory support, and high-efficiency voltage regulator modules (VRMs) to help customers minimize their total cost of ownership (TCO).

Supermicro's current portfolio of Server Building Block Solutions(R) includes over 570 server boards, over 1300 chassis SKUs, hundreds of servers, power supplies and accessories, as well as an attractive selection of user-friendly server management solutions. With superior performance-per-watt, these solutions deliver exceptional performance, cost savings and energy savings for the ultimate in Earth-Friendly Computing(TM). For more information on Supermicro's complete line of server and workstation solutions go to http://www.supermicro.com.

About Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI)

Supermicro emphasizes superior product design and uncompromising quality control to produce industry-leading serverboards, chassis and server systems. These Server Building Block Solutions provide benefits across many environments, including data center deployment, high-performance computing, high-end workstations, storage networks and standalone server installations. For more information on Supermicro's complete line of advanced motherboards, SuperServers, and optimized chassis, visit http://www.Supermicro.com, email Marketing@Supermicro.com or call the San Jose, CA headquarters at +1-408-503-8000.

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Supermicro and Server Building Block Solutions are registered trademarks and Earth-Friendly Computing is a trademark of Super Micro Computer, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

* GFLOPS/kW leadership, a measure of performance efficiency, and power efficiency figures are based on internal test results using Supermicro blade servers.

SOURCE Super Micro Computer, Inc.

/CONTACT: Michael Kalodrich of Super Micro Computer, Inc.,
+1-408-503-8063, michaelk@supermicro.com /
/Web site: http://www.supermicro.com /

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