BUSTRONIC ANNOUNCES NEW 32-BIT COMPACTPCI BACKPLANES

FREMONT, California, July 12, 2004 - Bustronic Corporation, an industry leading designer and manufacturer of high performance backplanes has developed a line of 32-bit CompactPCI (cPCI) backplanes that complement the company's 64-bit line.

The new 32-bit version cPCI offers hundreds of I/O pins across the backplane that on the 64-bit version are defined and therefore unavailable. The Bustronic 32-bit backplane line currently includes a 6U 8-slot, a 3U 8-slot, and a 3U 3-slot version. The company plans to continue to expand the product line.

All Bustronic CompactPCI backplanes are compliant to the latest PICMG specifications. Utilizing controlled-impedance stripline design, the Bustronic backplanes have virtually zero crosstalk. The company also offers a wide range of 64-bit cPCI backplanes, one of the largest PICMG 2.16-compliant packet switching lines in the industry, and various other CompactPCI accessories.