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Catalyst Signs Syntek as Sales Representative

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 2, 2005

Contact:  Chuck Trefts
Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.
(408) 365-3846 x116
info@getcatalyst.com

Sales and Support to be Provided for Northwest U.S.

San Jose, CA, December 2, 2005- Catalyst Enterprises, Inc., a leading manufacturer of advanced design
verification and test tools for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Advanced Serial ATA (SATA), PCI Express™,
USB 2.0, Wireless USB, and other high performance I/O technologies, today announced an exclusive
arrangement with Syntek (Kirkland, WA) to provide sales and support of Catalyst products in the U.S.
, including Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.

“We’re pleased that our Northwest customers will benefit from the local presence of an experienced,
professional sales firm,” stated Jim Yasueda, vice president of sales & marketing, Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.
“Syntek brings all the right tools to the table, including an experienced sales and support staff and a solid
reputation as a responsive, customer-oriented organization. We look forward to a productive relationship.”

“The Catalyst product lineup nicely complements our existing product lines and will help us to better serve
our customers by broadening our technology offerings,” stated Craig Howland, president, Syntek.
Catalyst’s protocol analysis and emulation products cut across various leading-edge technologies and fit
well with the developer community we serve here in the Northwest.”

About Catalyst Enterprises, Inc.

Founded in 1992 in San Jose, CA, Catalyst Enterprises manufactures data bus analysis and emulation
tools for Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), Serial ATA (SATA), PCI Express, USB 2.0, Wireless USB, and other
data communications protocols. Catalyst’s development tools incorporate a reconfigurable hardware core
architecture, which can be updated in the field with software, keeping the tool current with the latest
standards and updated feature sets. These flexible hardware tools are powered by protocol-specific
software applications, which are made available to customers for the lifetime of the product. Catalyst
products are used by companies in the telecommunications, semiconductor, software, consumer
electronics, defense, and other industries. Catalyst can be found on the web at www.getcatalyst.com.

Founded in 1986, Syntek is a support driven sales organization for various companies involved with
electronic measurement, manufacturing, test, instrumentation, calibration, and semiconductor
development. Syntek is headquartered in Kirkland, WA, and has a satellite sales office in Hillsboro, OR.
Representation is provided to professional providers of leading brands of electronic equipment and
software for test, measurement, instrumentation, quality assurance, manufacturing test, and research.
Syntek can be reach online at www.syntek.com or by e-mail at sales@syntek.com.
 

Catalyst Enterprises, Inc. ● 710 Lakeway Drive, Suite 135 ● Sunnyvale, CA 94085 ● (408) 365-3846
Solutions for SAS, SATA, PCI Express, PCI, PCI-X, and USB

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