CHELMSFORD, Mass., March 15, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. announced that Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) selected Open Inventor(R) from Mercury and VolumeViz(TM) LDM (large data management) visualization components, to develop the latest version of its Geocluster(TM) seismic processing software.

CGG, a principal supplier of geophysical products and services to the worldwide oil and gas industry, has integrated the VolumeViz LDM technology into the latest release of Geocluster, its industry-leading seismic processing and interpretation software application. With the incorporation of VolumeViz LDM technology, Geocluster can address the growing need of geophysicists for greater autonomy to run increasingly compute-intensive applications involving the visualization of large data volumes and detailed graphic interpretation.

"One of the most important shifts currently taking place in seismic processing, visualization and interpretation is in the area of interaction," said Pascal Rosset, CGG's vice president of Research, Development & Industrialization for Data Processing & Reservoir Services. "The VolumeViz LDM software from Mercury is a key enabling technology for our application developers working on this shift -- it provides the latest volume-rendering visualization technology in terms of scalability, flexibility and performance, even on desktop platforms. It is very exciting because it enables us to continue bringing our Geocluster end users ever-increasing levels of interaction with continuously growing seismic data volumes."

Today CGG raises the standard by delivering the most cost-effective, high- performance processing services and solutions available to the worldwide oil and gas industry. Mercury technology is integrated as a standard in the geophysicist's desktop and interpretation workstation and will contribute to increased accuracy as well as facilitate decision-making. CGG continues to be closely involved in enhancing the specifications of Open Inventor from Mercury and VolumeViz LDM software.

"Mercury is very proud to have been selected by CGG to provide visualization technologies participating in the interpretation of ever larger seismic data sets," said Jean Bernard Cazeaux, vice president of Geosciences, Imaging and Visualization Solutions, Mercury Computer Systems. "Our VolumeViz LDM technology allows unprecedented access to extremely large data sets, and at the same time provides a remarkably interactive user experience. The user perceives that any portion of the volume can be displayed immediately, the volume can be navigated smoothly at all times, slices and probes are responsive at all times, and image quality is automatically managed to the best possible level."

About Geocluster

With Geocluster, CGG runs parallel cluster computing power to process large-volume modern datasets through intensive workflows (e.g., Pre-SDM) and leverages on the latest generation of PCs. Geocluster runs on major UNIX platforms as well as on economical Intel servers using the Linux operating system. Geocluster is designed to run in true parallel mode on several UNIX and Linux systems. New technologies are incorporated in Geocluster as a network-wide distributed processing and distributed operating environment to ensure optimum workload balancing and flexible hardware management.

About VolumeViz LDM

VolumeViz LDM from Mercury provides a complete solution for rendering volume data using a variety of techniques including slices, skins, direct volume rendering, and much more. VolumeViz LDM takes this visualization capability even further by allowing you to view huge amounts of data on systems ranging from laptops to fully immersive virtual environments.

Today many volume data sets, for example seismic data, commonly exceed 10's or even 100's of gigabytes. The VolumeViz LDM solution is an innovative hierarchical, multi-resolution data manager allowing the rendering of extremely large data sets with reliable interactive navigation even on relatively low-end machines. For best results, the data is pre-processed to create a hierarchy of lower-resolution (sub sampled) "bricks." The bricks at each higher level represent a larger portion of the total volume at a lower resolution. So overall, the top level brick contains a low resolution "overview" of the entire volume, and the lowest level bricks contain the full- resolution data. For more information on Open Inventor from Mercury and VolumeViz, visit Mercury's website at www.mc.com/tgs/volumeviz.

About Compagnie Generale de Geophysique

The Compagnie Generale de Geophysique group is a global participant in the oilfield services industry, providing a wide range of seismic data acquisition, processing and geoscience services and software to clients in the oil and gas exploration and production business. It is also a global manufacturer of geophysical equipment. CGG develops, markets and supports a broad portfolio of advanced geoscience software systems that cover seismic data acquisition and processing, as well as geoscience interpretation and E&P data management. With an installed base exceeding 150 sites and the industrial use of its own software in over 20 processing service centers, CGG is a strategic supplier of geoscience software. More information at www.cgg.com.

About Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRCY) is the leading provider of high-performance embedded, real-time digital signal and image processing computer systems. Mercury's products play a critical role in a wide range of applications, transforming sensor data to information for analysis and interpretation. In military reconnaissance and surveillance platforms the company's systems process real-time radar, sonar, and signals intelligence data. Mercury's systems are also used in state-of-the-art medical diagnostic imaging devices including MRI, CT, PET, and digital X-ray, and in semiconductor imaging applications including photomask generation and wafer inspection. Mercury provides advanced 3D image processing and visualization software and optimized systems to diverse end markets including life sciences, geosciences, and simulation. The Company also provides radio frequency (RF) products for enhanced communications capabilities in military and commercial applications.

Based in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, Mercury serves customers in North America, Europe and Asia through its direct sales force and a network of subsidiaries and distributors. Visit Mercury on the web at www.mc.com.

Forward-Looking Safe Harbor Statement

This news release contains certain forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to Open Inventor from Mercury, VolumeViz, and Mercury's relationship with CGG. You can identify these statements by our use of the words "may," "will," "should," "plans," "expects," "anticipates," "continue," "estimate," "project," "intend," and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, general economic and business conditions in the oil and gas industry, effects of continued geo- political unrest and regional conflicts, competition, changes in technology, delays in completing engineering and manufacturing programs, continued success in technological advances and delivering technological innovations, market acceptance of the Company's products, shortages in components, and production delays due to performance quality issues with outsourced components. These risks and uncertainties also include such additional risk factors as are discussed in the Company's recent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 2004. The Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward- looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made.

Contacts:
Laurent Coureau
Marketing Manager
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
3D Viz Group
TEL : +33 556 13 40 02
FAX : +33 556 13 02 10
lcoureau@mc.com

Kathy Donahue
Public Relations Manager
Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.
TEL: 978-967-1126
FAX: 978-256-0852
kdonahue@mc.com

SOURCE Mercury Computer Systems, Inc.