Supermicro Participates in CERN LHC Project Inauguration


GENEVA, Switzerland, October 21 /PRNewswire/ --

- SuperBlade(R) Servers Enable LHC Project with Superior Computational
Performance, Scalability, and Power Efficiency

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: SMCI), a leader in
application-optimized, high performance server solutions, today participated
in the inauguration ceremony for the famous CERN (one of the world's largest
research labs) LHC (Large Hadron Collider) Project in Geneva. Supermicro's
SuperBlade(R) servers enable the LHC Project with superior computational
performance, scalability, and energy efficiency.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081021/AQTU083)

"We are honored to have Supermicro's industry-leading blade server
technology installed at the foundation of this monumental scientific research
project," said Charles Liang, CEO and president of Supermicro. "Our
SuperBlade platforms deliver unsurpassed performance, computing density and
energy efficiency, making them ideal for HPC clusters and data centers."

The LHC Project deploys Supermicro's award-winning SuperBlade servers.
These optimized solutions empower Supermicro customers with the most advanced
green server technology available, including 93%* peak power supply
efficiency, innovative and highly efficient thermal and cooling system
designs, and industry-leading performance-per-watt (290+ GFLOPS/kW*).

Earlier this year, Supermicro's SuperBlade won the Best Green Data Center
Solution award at BladeSystems Insight 2008 held in Tucson, Arizona,

May 12-14. Easy to deploy, easy to use, and offering the best
price-to-performance and profit potential available, the SuperBlade was
ranked number one by CRN over IBM and Dell in its latest blade product
review. Visit http://www.crn.com/hardware/207800358 to read the full CRN
cover story entitled Blades of Glory.

Supermicro Server Building Block Solutions(R) offer exceptional
flexibility and outstanding feature advantages. 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)

Established in 1993, 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, Server Building Block Solutions and SuperBlade are registered
trademarks of Super Micro Computer, Inc. Other names, brands and trademarks
are the property of their respective owners.

* Peak power efficiency and performance ratings based on internal test
results.

Web site: http://www.supermicro.com

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