Cabletron SmartSwitch Wins Prestigious Best of Show Award at Atlanta
Networld+Interop

ATLANTA -- Networld+Interop -- September 29, 1995 -- In an awards ceremony
yesterday at Atlanta Networld+Interop, Cabletron Systems (NYSE:CS) was
presented with a prestigious Best of Show Award for its newly announced
MMAC SmartSwitch family of products. The new switches were recognized as
products that significantly advanced the state of the art of distributed
computing and networking.

For the 1995 Best of Show awards, the editors of McGraw-Hill's Data
Communications and LAN Times chose Cabletron's MMAC SmartSwitch family
because of significant improvements in performance and management
capabilities.

Cabletron's MMACR SmartSwitch family, unveiled at Atlanta Networld+Interop
are the industry's most highly reliable and manageable switches.

Based on new SmartSwitch application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
technology developed in conjunction with California-based LSI Logic
Corporation, Cabletron's new switches boast a forwarding rate of 750,000
packets-per-second (pps).

Implementing the SmartSwitch ASIC in the MMAC-Plus raises the aggregate
switching performance of the 14 slot chassis by a factor of 10, to 10.5
million pps. Previously announced two-slot versions of the products for
the MMAC-Plus handle 150,000 pps., with already announced modules for the
MMAC supporting 50,000 pps.

Headquartered in Rochester, NH, Cabletron employs more than 5,300 people in
over 80 offices around the world. The worldwide modular hub market leader
(Dataquest Incorporated; February 1995), Cabletron is ISO-9001 certified.
Cabletron develops, manufactures and markets Ethernet, FDDI, Token Ring,
ATM internetworking and Enterprise Management software products based on
its Synthesis product framework.

Cabletron directly services more than 80,000 customer sites around the
globe and provides 7 x 24 support coverage, with free phone support during
normal business hours. A component of the S&P 500 index, Cabletron's
common stock is traded over the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
CS. Over the last four quarters the company has reported record revenue of
$934 million and earnings of $188 million.
 
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