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PCI-SIG Elects Board of Directors; Directors Elect New Chairman, President and Officers

New Representatives from HP and Adaptec Named as Directors; Tony Pierce of Microsoft Named as Chairman; Al Yanes of IBM Named as President

PORTLAND, OR, - June 12, 2002 - The PCI-SIG (PCI Special Interest Group), the industry association responsible for bringing PCI, PCI-X and PCI Express industry-standard I/O technologies to the marketplace, announced today that it has elected a new board of directors at its 2002 Annual Meeting. The new PCI-SIG board of directors also elected Tony Pierce as the PCI-SIG’s chairman and vice president, and elected Al Yanes as the new president.

The PCI-SIG, representing more than 780 member companies worldwide, re-elected the following board members: David W. Smith of AMD, Al Yanes of IBM, Ramin Neshati of Intel, Tony Pierce of Microsoft, Gary Simpson of Phoenix Technologies, David Dorrough of ServerWorks, and Steve Schnier of Texas Instruments. Lawrence J. Lamers of Adaptec and Mike Krause of HP were elected as new additions to the board. The new HP director fulfills the director positions previously held by Roger Tipley of Compaq and Edward Chang of HP, as the PCI-SIG bylaws allow for only one representative from the merger of the two companies. The election of Lawrence J. Lamers marks the return of Adaptec to the PCI-SIG board. The board also named David Dorrough as treasurer and Lawrence J. Lamers as secretary.

PCI-SIG Builds on Industry Excitement for New PCI Technologies
The election of the PCI-SIG board and officers capped an exciting week full of PCI-SIG activities, including the PCI-SIG Spring 2002 Developers Conference and 10th anniversary celebration.

“It is an honor to serve on the PCI-SIG board during this year celebrating the PCI-SIG’s 10th anniversary,” said Tony Pierce, PCI-SIG, chairman and vice president. “We hope to continue the great leadership that Roger Tipley has provided to the SIG during the past several years. And now, with the PCI-X 2.0 and PCI Express specifications becoming available soon, we are looking forward to these new standards enabling exciting new product innovations.”

“The PCI-SIG sets the standard for setting standards, and I am pleased to represent this leading team of companies,” said Al Yanes, PCI-SIG, president. “The increased support from member companies has been driving more PCI innovations this year than any other year, and with 488 attendees last week, the Spring Developers Conference was the most successful event the PCI-SIG has ever held.”

About the New PCI-SIG Chairman and Vice President:
Tony Pierce is technical evangelist for Microsoft’s Hardware Strategy Group and has served on the PCI-SIG board of directors since early 2000. He currently serves as chairman for the PCI-SIG’s PCI firmware workgroup and has been an active member of the PCI Express workgroup, including member of the PCI Express protocol sub-workgroup and chairman of the PCI Express software sub-workgroup. Pierce served as secretary to the PCI-SIG board of directors during the past term from 2001 to 2002. He also served on the Arapahoe workgroup steering committee during the formation of the PCI Express draft specification, and he has been involved with system architecture and firmware design using PCI-related technologies since 1995.

About the New PCI-SIG President:
Al Yanes is a senior engineer for IBM’s eServer Development Group and has served on the PCI-SIG board of directors since 2001. He has served as the PCI-SIG’s PCI Bridge workgroup chairman since 1997 and has been an active member of both the PCI-X and PCI Express workgroups since their inceptions. Yanes has been involved with system design using PCI-related technologies since 1996.

ADDENDUM
Overview of PCI-SIG Board Members:

Previous Term: 2001 – 2002

David Smith, Advanced Micro Devices
Roger Tipley, Compaq Computer Corporation
Edward Chang, Hewlett-Packard Company
Al Yanes, IBM Corporation
Ramin Neshati, Intel Corporation
Tony Pierce, Microsoft Corporation
Gary Simpson, Phoenix Technologies
David Dorrough, ServerWorks Corporation
Steve Schnier, Texas Instruments

Current Term: 2002 – 2003

Lawrence J. Lamers, Adaptec
David Smith, Advanced Micro Devices
Mike Krause, Hewlett-Packard Company
Al Yanes, IBM Corporation
Ramin Neshati, Intel Corporation
Tony Pierce, Microsoft Corporation
Gary Simpson, Phoenix Technologies
David Dorrough, ServerWorks Corporation
Steve Schnier, Texas Instruments

About the PCI-SIG

The PCI-SIG is the industry organization that owns and manages PCI specifications as open industry standards. The organization defines and implements new industry standard I/O (Input/Output) specifications as the industry’s local I/O needs evolve. The PCI Special Interest Group was formed in 1992, and the organization became a nonprofit corporation, officially named "PCI-SIG" in the year 2000. Currently, more than 780 industry-leading companies are active PCI-SIG members. The PCI-SIG's current directors are employed by the following PCI-SIG member companies: Adaptec, AMD, HP, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Phoenix Technologies, ServerWorks and TI. For more information about the PCI-SIG and PCI-SIG membership benefits, contact the PCI-SIG by phone, at (800) 433-5177 (within the United States), or by fax at (503) 297-1090, or visit the PCI-SIG web site at: www.pcisig.com.

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