TYAN Tiger K8WE (S2877) nForce Pro Motherboard Released

Small but powerful TYAN Server/WSMotherboard Unleashed — Tyan Tiger K8WE (S2877) Delivers Server and Workstation Power in a Small Scale Package

FREMONT, CA, November 2nd, 2005 - Many system builders prefer to use a single design in order to expedite builds and leverage from established learning curves. Tyan has taken this fact to heart in the development and release of the Tiger K8WE (S2877), a motherboard that offers both server and workstation flavors in a compact-sized ATX form factor. Features of the Tiger K8WE include the following:

* Dual AMD Opteron™ 200 Series Processor support; Single & Dual Core capability
* NVIDIA nForce™ Professional 2200 core-logic
* Supports up to 24GB of DDR400/333/266 Registered memory w/ ECC & ChipKill
* Up to two (2) Gigabit Ethernet ports for fast network connectivity
* Dual PCI Express x16 slots (one with x16, one with x4)
* Serial ATA-II (3Gb/s) with NVIDIA RAID and built-in 8MB ATI® server graphics
* ATX form (12" x 9.75"): fits many industry-standard tower & rackmount chassis
* Available in server and workstation flavors
* . . . and much more!

"Tyan and AMD believe in customer-centric innovation, and our continued collaborations are yielding the latest advancements that will help benefit end-users worldwide," said Pat Patla, director, server/workstation marketing, Microprocessor Solutions Sector, AMD (NYSE: AMD). "The AMD Opteron processor with Direct Connect Architecture is designed for system stability and outstanding performance and – along with the latest motherboard from Tyan – helps provide improved system reliability for our customers."

"Many customers across the industry want to realize the power of extremely-scalable, flexible system motherboards, but not at the cost of space or higher-priced system components," stated Danny Hsu, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Tyan. "By introducing the Tiger K8WE (S2877), Tyan has effectively provided a platform with the performance to meet demanding applications both in the server and workstation fields, but with a total cost of ownership that makes dual-core, dual-processing performance widely available to customers in multiple markets."

The Tiger K8WE (S2877) is currently sampling to select customers and will be shipping in volume worldwide by end of Q4′05.