RICHARDSON, Texas -- SYSTIMAX Solutions™ from CommScope (NYSE: CTV), the worldwide leader in structured connectivity solutions, and Solarflare® Communications, a leading provider of high-performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet silicon, announced today the industry’s first public performance demonstration using Solarflare’s Solarstorm™ 10GBASE-T server adapters and the SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED® X10D cabling solution. The demonstration occurred in a demanding alien crosstalk environment to show the robustness of 10 Gigabit Ethernet to 100 meters on unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling.

SYSTIMAX Solutions and Solarflare Communications are actively collaborating to demonstrate the advances in cabling and electronics that will enable the mass-market adoption of 10GBASE-T. In December 2006, the SYSTIMAX Solutions Technical Bulletin “10G over UTP is Real: a Demonstration of 10GBASE-T Bandwidth and Throughput” described the reliable performance of the Solarflare 10GBASE-T 10Xpress® physical layer devices (PHYs) and the SYSTIMAX GigaSPEED X10D Solution over 100 meters of UTP in a demanding alien crosstalk environment.

“The Solarstorm 10G Ethernet controller delivers the optimal balance of performance, power and price, enabling the widespread implementation of 10 Gigabit Ethernet throughout data centers and enterprise networks,” said Bruce Tolley, Vice President of Marketing at Solarflare. “We believe the combination of Solarflare’s new Solarstorm 10G Ethernet Controller and 10Xpress 10GBASE-T PHY will accelerate deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet.

“Solarflare has been committed to solving the difficult technical problem of supporting the Ethernet standards and the clear requirement from standards and customers for 100-meter reach 10GBASE-T products,” Tolley continued. “The combination of our server adapter reference design with the GigaSPEED X10D 100-meter, 4-connector channel delivered an impressive, reliable performance in a public forum by providing error-free transmission exceeding the error rate requirement in the IEEE 802.3 10GBASE-T standard. We believe this clearly shows that our solution is robust and that solutions for 10 Gigabit Ethernet on UTP copper are available right now.”

Solarflare Communications Inc.