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SMC to Offer Home Entertainment Networking Bundle With New Intel Desktop Boards (3/11/2003)

Special pricing on SMC EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver and desktop wireless PCI adapter to be offered with new, high-performance Intel(R) desktop boards

SMC(R) Networks, leading provider of networking solutions for the Enterprise, the SMB and all the way home, today announced that it is teaming with Intel to offer special discounts to integrators who purchase a home entertainment computing bundle consisting of a new high-performance Intel(R) Desktop Board, the new EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver (SMCWMR-AG) and the SMC2802W EZ Connect(TM) g 802.11g Wireless PCI adapter.

The EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver is a high-end networked entertainment receiver that streams, plays and shares audio (including MP3 and Internet radio), pictures and video from the networked PC to the Home Entertainment Center. Connected to the wired or wireless network for access to Internet resources, music, photos and videos stored on a computer's hard drive; it links to entertainment devices, including televisions and stereo receivers, via standard A/V connectors. Employing the latest in high-end wireless 802.11a/b/g technology for universal compatibility, speed and bandwidth that optimizes demanding wireless applications like streaming video, SMC's EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver is at the center of the best performing home entertainment networking solution available.

"The new Intel desktop boards, which support the Intel Pentium(R) 4 Processor with Hyper-Threading Technology, are ideally-suited to the demanding applications of home entertainment computing, so they're a great fit for SMC's EZ-Stream home entertainment networking products," said Tom Rizol, SMC's Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Two discounted bundles will be offered: one including an Intel Desktop Board (select SKUs of D875PBZ, D865PERL or D865GLC) with SMC's 2802W EZ Connect g 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter and SMC's EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver (SMCWMR-AG), and one including just the Intel Desktop Board and the SMC EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver. Discounted bundles represent a savings of 10% from the cost of purchasing the products separately. The bundles will be available from participating distributors beginning November 1, 2003 through January 31, 2004.

"Our latest generation Intel Desktop Boards are designed to support a broad range of uses, like gaming, digital music and video," said Joel Christensen, Intel's Director of Marketing for the Platform Architecture Solutions Division. "The SMC EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Multimedia Receiver provides a means for extending the capabilities of these powerful PCs by distributing and sharing the entertainment media that the PCs are optimized to process, edit and store."

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