FREMONT, CALIF.—February 18, 2010—American Portwell Technology, Inc. (www.portwell.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Portwell, Inc., a world-leading innovator in the Network Security market, and a member of the Intel® Embedded Alliance, announced the high performance CAR-5000 network appliance optimized for the new quad-core Intel® Xeon® processor C5500 series paired with the Intel® 3420 chipset. This innovative communication appliance not only provides high CPU computing performance, but also boosts I/O throughput with integrated PCI Express 2.0 solution at a very competitive price.

Portwell’s new CAR-5000 server grade network appliance features a 2U rack mount chassis, dual sockets for the Intel® Xeon® processors – with an integrated PCI Express 2.0 and memory controller, high-speed Intel® QuickPath Interconnect technology between the two processors, as well as Intel® Turbo Boost, Virtualization[] and Hyper-Threading Technologies – and the associated Intel® 3420 chipset to meet high performance computing requirements with up to 32 PCI Express 2.0 lanes and 12 PCI Express 1.0 lanes. Twelve DDR3 memory DIMMs support up to 96 GB system memory.

The CAR-5000 two-socket, 2U rack network appliance provides maximum performance while supplying a variety of Ethernet interfaces and Ethernet ports, helping reduce energy and deployment costs. The high concentration of computing power and redundancy makes the CAR-5000 the perfect choice for high performance networking applications, such as UTM, IPS, IDS, Anti-virus, Firewall, VPN, Content Filtering and much more to enhance our customers’ applications.

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About American Portwell Technology

American Portwell Technology, Inc., is a world-leading innovator in the Network Security market and a member of the Intel Embedded Alliance. American Portwell Technology designs, manufactures and markets a complete range of communication appliances, embedded computer boards and systems, and rackmount systems for both OEMs and ODMs. American Portwell is both an ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 13485:2003 certified company. The company is located in Fremont, California. For more information about American Portwell’s extensive turnkey and private-label branding solutions, call 1-877-APT-8899, email info@portwell.com or visit us at www.portwell.com.

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