Gore Announces Strategic Alliance With Quellan, Inc.

Gore Announces Strategic Alliance With Quellan, Inc.

September 27, 2007

    ELKTON, Md., Sept. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore), a global leader in
providing high technology solutions for the electronics
industry, announced today it has entered into a strategic
alliance that includes an equity investment in Quellan,
Inc., a leader in low power analog noise cancellation ICs. 
 

    Quellan brings to Gore their patented Q:Active(TM)
analog noise cancellation technology. When combined with
Gore's unique dielectric materials and GORE(TM) EYE-OPENER
+(R) Conductor Technologies, together they provide today's
mega data centers with one of the thinnest and lightest
active copper cables in the market to deliver exceptional
signal fidelity over longer distances in the smallest
cross-sectional area. The GORE(TM) Extended Reach DDR Cable
Assemblies more than triple the reach of double data rate
InfiniBand(TM) cables as well as reduce the size and weight
for enhanced flexibility and ease of routing.

    "We are excited to invest in Quellan," states
Eric Gaver, business unit leader for Gore's commercial high
data rate cabling products. "Our roadmaps are well
aligned. Through our collaboration with Quellan, we'll
continue to yield an innovative family of products that
offer a low risk approach for minimizing cable bundle size
and power consumption, while bridging the reach gap for
massively clustered HPC systems for generations to come.
Due to the high degree of similarity that exists between
our legacy passive assemblies and newer "Active"
InfiniBand assemblies, we leverage our existing supply
chain and our established manufacturing base in China and
Mexico to meet the demands of our customers."

    "In addition to the benefits that we expect to
gain in the commercial markets, I'm very excited about the
provision in our agreement that enables us to assess and
leverage Quellan's unique noise cancellation technology
into other Gore products targeting a broader range of
segments within the electronics market," says Russell
Shaller, global division leader for Gore's Electronic
Products Division. "I believe that through technical
collaboration, combinatorial effects of Gore's electronic
materials expertise coupled with Quellan's technology, we
can add significant value to the broad range segments in
which Gore participates."

    Gore is a world leader in electronic signal
transmission, and noise inhibits the speed and distance of
electronic signal transmission", said Tony Stelliga,
CEO of Quellan.  "By combining Quellan noise
cancellation with Gore's transmission products, computing
equipment will run faster, cooler and consume less power --
all winning factors for their customers."

    About W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

    Founded in 1958, W. L. Gore & Associates (Gore) has
parlayed its unique technical capabilities into hundreds of
diverse products and is world-renowned for its expertise in
configuring the remarkably versatile polymer PTFE. This has
resulted in numerous products for electronic signal
transmission; fabric laminates; medical implants; as well
as membrane, filtration, sealant, and fiber technologies
for diverse industries. With over $2 billion in sales, the
company is headquartered in Delaware in the US and employs
more than 7,000 associates at 45 facilities throughout the
world. Gore is one of only five companies included in every
selection of Fortune Magazine's "100 Best Companies to
Work For" since the list began in 1984. Gore has also
been cited among the "Best Places to Work" in
Germany, Italy and Scotland. For more information, please
call 800-445-4673, [phone], [phone], or
visit http://www.gore.com .

    About Quellan, Inc.

    Quellan specializes in analog components that improve
the performance and functionality of electronic equipment
by removing channel impairments and noise. Quellan serves
the Enterprise, Telecom, Broadcast, Automotive and Consumer
Electronics markets. Privately held, Quellan's investors
include Menlo Ventures, Cordova Ventures and Samsung
Ventures Investment Corporation. For more information, call
408-774-0084 or visit http://www.quellan.com.

    GORE(TM) and EYE-OPENER+(R) are trademarks of W. L.
Gore & Associates, Inc.

    InfiniBand(TM) is a trademark of the InfiniBand Trade
Association.

    Q:Active(TM) is a trademark of Quellan, Inc.


    For more information, please contact: 

     Kathryn R. Vogel
     EPD Marketing Leader
     W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]