Interphase Announces Price Reduction on 25.6 Mbps ATM Adapter for PCI
Systems

35% Drop in List Price puts Desktop ATM Pricing in Fast Ethernet Range

DALLAS, MAY 7, 1996 -- Interphase Corporation (NASDAQ/NMS: INPH), a leader
in providing high performance standards-based Asynchronous Transfer Mode
adapters, today announced that it has significantly dropped the list price
of its 5525 Desktop ATM Adapter to $222. The Interphase 5525 PCI ATM
Adapter provides full duplex 25.6 Mbps connectivity for most PCI-compliant
systems, from PC-clones to Power Macintoshes to powerful multiprocessing
desktops.

"When Interphase introduced our 25Mbit ATM line earlier this year, we
stated the company's goal was to drive pricing for desktop ATM to be on
par with that of Fast Ethernet within an aggressive timeframe," said Jim
Gleason, Interphase vice president of sales and operations. "Today's
announcement demonstrates that Interphase is serious about reaching that
goal".

This announcement puts ATM pricing in line with other LAN technologies and
allows users to consider the benefits which only ATM can provide -- at an
attractive market price.

"The Interphase price reduction makes the cost-per-user of desktop ATM
comparable to that of other high speed alternatives," said Kurt Bauer,
vice president of marketing and new business development at Whitetree,
Inc. "With this aggressive pricing from Interphase, Whitetree customers
can now implement an ATM solution with a total connection cost around
$800."

(I)CHIP TECHNOLOGY FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE

Interphase ATM adapters, including the 5525, feature a high performance
architecture based around the custom Interphase (i)chip ASIC. The (i)chip
provides an embedded host interface, segmentation and reassembly (SAR),
128 byte PCI bursts, , enhanced CBR traffic, early packet discard and a
number of other enhancements designed to boost system performance.

The next version of the Interphase ATM ASIC, the (i)chip+, will add true
ABR capability - processing and generating Resource Management (RM) cells
in hardware - providing a quick response time with a low level of cell
loss. This differs from some current "ABR Ready" offerings in the
marketplace where software is utilized to process RM cells. The (i)chip+
will be implemented on Interphase ATM adapters beginning in Q396.

FEATURE-RICH SOFTWARE FOR LEGACY LAN OR NATIVE ATM APPLICATIONS

The 5525 includes support for most popular desktop network operating
systems including Windows 95, Windows NT, Workgroup for Windows, AIX,
NetWare, Solaris X86, MacOS and UnixWare. All Interphase ATM device
drivers are based on a common driver architecture which provides support
for UNI 3.0/3.1, Classical IP, ATM Forum LAN Emulation, and an Application
Programming Interface (API) based on Winsock2. Future implementations will
include support for MPOA.

CELLVIEW CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

In addition, Interphase ATM adapters feature CellView configuration
management software. CellView allows a system administrator to quickly
configure Interphase ATM adapters and collect statistical information
through an intuitive graphical user interface. Among its features,
CellView displays all Interphase ATM boards installed in a system
including hardware version level. CellVeiw facilitates configuration of
signaling parameters, LAN Emulation Client (LEC) interfaces, the LAN
Emulation Server (LES) interface, LAN Emulation Configuration Server
(LECS) interfaces, and emulated LAN mapping information. Further, CellView
provides information on SONET, signaling, and cell level statistics, AAL5
statistics, LEC membership and statistics, and LEC/LECS statistics.

Interphase Corporation is a leading supplier of desktop and server I/O
products for high speed networks. The company is a principal member of The
ATM Forum, a founding member of the Desktop ATM25 Alliance, and steering
committee member of the ATM Consortium at the University of New
Hampshire's Interoperability Lab. Interphase is a leading proponent of
fostering ATM interoperability in the industry and sponsors multi-vendor
interoperability test sessions at its corporate facilities in Dallas,
Texas. Interphase was recently ranked as the #2 supplier of ATM adapters
in North America by Dataquest (June 1995). For more information on
Interphase products call (800) FASTNET, email fastnet@iphase.com, or visit
our web page at www.iphase.com.
 
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