PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLXT), a leading global supplier of software-enriched silicon for the enterprise and consumer markets, today announced that its NAS7800 family of network-attached storage (NAS) controllers has been named one of EDN magazine's ?Hot 100? products for 2010. The PLX® NAS7820, NAS7821 and NAS7825, each a complete NAS system on a chip (SoC), provide advanced networking and storage control functionality for OEMs developing leading consumer-storage devices. PLX's latest NAS family was selected by EDN editors and readers from among thousands of candidates, citing the devices' innovation and significance to the market.

In addition to being honored as a Hot 100 product, EDN featured the NAS7800 family in a special Prying Eyes article, which applauded the devices' array of features that enable fast, efficient consumer-storage control. Among those features noted are processing power; software acceleration; SATA, PCI Express® (PCIe®) and USB interfaces; networking capabilities; and intelligent memory usage. Additional EDN coverage of the 7800 family was also published.

EDN, the acclaimed technology publication read by design engineers worldwide for more than half a century, has previously selected PLX for accolades; the magazine named PLX ExpressLane? PCIe switches as finalists in the annual EDN Innovation Awards in three different years.

?Our engineers have set the highest of standards for PLX storage products' and the subsequent technical achievements include cutting-edge features, high reliability, data security, and breakthrough performance, all of which they've successfully built into the NAS7800 family,? said James Tout, PLX vice president of engineering, consumer storage. ?We're pleased these efforts have delivered a family of innovative devices that have been well received in the market, widely used by storage-system makers around the world, and now recognized for their significance by EDN editors and readers.?

Third-Generation PLX Architecture Optimizes NAS Designs

PLX is the industry leader in high-performance consumer-storage silicon. The company's storage SoC devices help manage the large – and exponentially growing -- amounts of consumers' digital content, including music, video, photographs, software applications, and personal data.

The PLX NAS7800 family is PLX's third generation of consumer NAS SoC solutions. It combines a dual-core ARM 11 multiprocessor with multiple NAS application-specific hardware engines and software acceleration modules. The devices' architecture provides exceptional multi-client NAS performance, while simultaneously running multiple software applications.

For more information on the NAS7800 family, as well as PLX's entire line of consumer-storage products, please visit www.plxtech.com/nas.

About PLX Technology

PLX Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLXT), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., USA, is an industry-leading global provider of semiconductor-based connectivity solutions primarily targeting the enterprise and consumer markets. The Company develops innovative software-enriched silicon that enables product differentiation, reliable interoperability and superior performance. www.plxtech.com.

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