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CATC Offers New Compliance Reporting Application from Expert Analytical Systems CATC to Distribute EAS Auditor(TM) Software Applications as an Option for CATC's Fibre Channel and Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Analysis Platforms SANTA CLARA, Calif. and FLORENCE, Texas, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) (NASDAQ:CATZ), a global communications protocol expert company and leading provider of advanced verification systems and connectivity products for digital communications standards, today announced that it would sell and support customized versions of Expert Analytical Systems' Auditor family of protocol compliance reporting software products. The Auditor software is a post-processing application suite of tools. Its analysis engines check and verify captured traces against every relevant rule of the published protocol standards for compliance to the specifications. In addition to this rules-based evaluation, the Auditor software provides a number of protocol specific threshold and timeout tests based on user-defined parameters. An evaluation against a 'best practices' rules-set is also included. The Auditor software provides a variety of reports on each trace including verification, architectural compliance, identified issues, and performance. "The work we have done to integrate the Auditor family of software products work with CATC's FCTracer(TM) and SASTracer(TM) analyzers provides engineers with an unparalleled protocol analysis tool," stated Joseph Mathis, CEO of EAS. "When our Auditor application identifies an error or negative event, not only can we provide information about that violation, such as the specification document and clause that was violated, but we can seamlessly direct users back to the CATC analysis application to see the complete context." "The Auditor software is the perfect companion product for our protocol analyzers. It gives our market the advanced evaluation and compliance tools they need," said James Wright, marketing director at CATC. "Joe was a key pioneer of Fibre Channel technology and has proven he can deliver quality products and services to the market as the founder of Medusa Labs. We are excited to offer the Auditor software to our customers." CATC is now accepting orders for the Auditor software for use with its award-winning FCTracer and SASTracer Fibre Channel and SAS protocol analyzers. The basic Auditor software for Fibre Channel provides complete analysis of FC-FS v1.7, layers FC1 and FC2 in addition to limited review of FCAL and FCP. Add-on modules offer full analysis of FCAL and FCP. The basic Auditor software for SAS analyzes all SSP bus traffic. An optional module reports on STP protocol and another on SMP and SAS expander traffic. About EAS Expert Analytical Systems is a leading provider of protocol analysis tools for established and emerging communications and storage markets. The Auditor family of software products provides analysis solutions targeting test and debug, performance analysis, and compliance assessment activities. The Auditor software is designed to be used throughout the product life cycle of a product from initial test and debug, to standards compliance assessment, and finally through problem determination for deployed systems. Currently the Auditor software provides analysis of Fibre Channel and Serial Attached SCSI protocols. EAS was founded in 2003 and has it headquarters in Florence, Texas. For more information regarding EAS and its products, please visit http://www.expertanalyticalsystems.com/. About CATC Computer Access Technology Corporation (CATC) is a global communication protocols expert company, providing test and measurement solutions for Computer I/O, Storage and Networking protocols, enhancing productivity and time-to-market. CATC develops, manufactures and markets advanced protocol analysis expert systems for established and emerging digital communications standards including Bluetooth, Fibre Channel, IEEE 1394, InfiniBand, PCI Express, SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA and USB. Semiconductor, device, system and software companies use CATC's products during each phase of their products' lifecycles from development through production and market deployment. CATC's expert protocol analysis systems allow customers to monitor communications traffic, diagnose design and operational problems and confirm interoperability and standards compliance. Technicians also use CATC's test and analysis products on production lines and for maintenance of deployed systems and networks. CATC was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. For more information regarding CATC and its products, please visit http://www.catc.com/. Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on CATC's current expectations, such as availability of product, market acceptance and competition, management capability and experience, levels of growth, profitability and shareholder value. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, such as CATC's production of new products, market acceptance of its products, competitive pressures, management performance, success of growth, profitability and increased shareholder value. These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, are discussed in more detail in CATC's Annual Report on Form 10K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2004, Form 10-K/A filed March 3, 2004, Form 10-Q filed August 13, 2004, and subsequent filings CATC may make with the SEC, as amended, which can be viewed at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/. NOTE: CATC, Computer Access Technology Corporation, FCTracer and SASTracer are proprietary marks of Computer Access Technology Corporation. Auditor is the proprietary mark of Expert Analytical Systems. All other company names and marks may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. DATASOURCE: Computer Access Technology Corporation CONTACT: James Wright of Computer Access Technology Corporation, +1-408-727-6600, or Web site: http://www.expertanalyticalsystems.com/ Web site: http://www.catc.com/

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