Enterprise PCIe SSD Utilizes OCZ and Marvell Jointly-
      Developed Kilimanjaro Platform to Deliver Unparalleled
   Performance and Versatility for Server and Enterprise Storage
                              Clients

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OCZ Technology
Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:OCZ), a leading provider of high-performance
solid-state drives (SSDs) for computing devices and systems, and
Marvell (Nasdaq:MRVL), a worldwide leader in integrated silicon
solutions, today unveiled the industry's fastest and most versatile PCI
Express (PCIe) storage system, the Z-Drive R5. The increased
performance, reliability, and endurance of the Z-Drive R5 is designed
to take PCIe-based solid state storage to the next level for enterprise
environments.

The Z-Drive R5 features a jointly developed "Kilimanjaro" OCZ and
Marvell native PCIe to NAND flash controller platform, allowing for
completely scalable performance and redundancy while eliminating the
need for a separate storage controller, thus reducing the cost to
deploy high performance solid state storage systems in the data center.

The native PCIe Z-Drive R5 offers an intelligent,
hardware-meets-software managed solution designed to dramatically
accelerate database, enterprise, and virtualization applications.
Combining high-performance architecture with OCZ managed software, the
Z-Drive R5 provides second-to-none performance, flexibility,
durability, and enhanced reliability features, allowing datacenters to
rely on a PCIe-based SSD as their primary Tier 0/1 storage solution and
a viable end-to-end SAN replacement.

The Z-Drive R5 is ideal for demanding computing environments and
features:


  --  Incredible bandwidth capabilities and maximum transactional performance
  --  High capacities up to 12TB
  --  Ideal for all enterprise data types with both compressible and
      non-compressible files as well as large data sets
  --  Complete storage subsystem management with OCZ Virtualized Controller
      Architecture(TM) 3.0 software functions
  --  Compatible with VMware ESXi and ESX, Linux, Windows Server 2008, and OS
      X to support a wide range of systems and servers
  --  Complete power fail protection option for maximum data integrity
  --  Full height and half height sizes, ideal for space constrained 1U
      servers and multi-node rackmount servers
  --  MLC, eMLC, and SLC NAND Flash options




"We are continually pushing the envelope to deliver innovative PCIe
SSDs to address challenges that our clients face when processing and
managing ever growing amounts of complex data sets," said Ryan
Petersen, CEO of OCZ Technology. "The Z-Drive R5, leverages the
powerful Kilimanjaro platform to deliver superior performance, greater
capacity, and an enhanced hardware and software feature-set that is
unmatched in the industry. This best-of-breed next generation native
solution enables clients to eliminate I/O bottlenecks for even the most
data intensive server and enterprise storage applications."

"Marvell is excited to work with OCZ on this native PCIe to NAND flash
controller platform, based on our 88NV9145 silicon," said Alan
Armstrong, vice president of Marketing for the Storage Business Group
at Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. "We believe the PCIe SSD market will
rapidly shift to a native PCIe to NAND architecture, and the
Kilimanjaro platform represents OCZ and Marvell's strong collaboration
in bringing this highly scalable architecture to market."

The Z-Drive R5 will debut at Storage Visions 2012 in the OCZ booth (No.
13) and will also be showcased at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show
(CES) in the Marvell booth (No. 30542) located in the South Hall 3 on
the upper level.

About OCZ Technology Group, Inc.

Founded in 2002, San Jose, CA-based OCZ Technology Group, Inc. (OCZ),
is a leader in the design, manufacturing, and distribution of high
performance and reliable Solid-State Drives (SSDs) and premium computer
components. OCZ has built on its expertise in high-speed memory to
become a leader in the enterprise and consumer SSD markets, a
technology that competes with traditional rotating magnetic hard disk
drives (HDDs). SSDs are faster, more reliable, generate less heat and
use significantly less power than the HDDs used in the majority of
computers today. In addition to SSD technology, OCZ also offers high
performance components for computing devices and systems, including
enterprise-class power management products as well as leading-edge
computer gaming solutions. For more information, please visit:
www.ocztechnology.com.

About Marvell

Marvell (Nasdaq:MRVL) is a world leader in the development of storage,
communications and consumer silicon solutions. Marvell's diverse
product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications
controller, wireless and storage solutions that power the entire
communications infrastructure, including enterprise, metro, home and
storage networking. As used in this release, the term "Marvell" refers
to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries. For more
information, visit Marvell.com.

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expectations and as such constitute forward-looking statements
involving known and unknown factors that may cause actual results of
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differ materially from those described or implied in such
forward-looking statements based on a number of factors and
uncertainties, including, but not limited to, market acceptance of
OCZ's products and OCZ's ability to continually develop enhanced
products; adverse changes both in the general macro-economic
environment as well as in the industries OCZ serves, including computer
manufacturing, traditional and online retailers, information storage,
internet search and content providers and computer system integrators;
OCZ's ability to efficiently manage material and inventory, including
integrated circuit chip costs and freight costs; and OCZ's ability to
generate cash from operations, secure external funding for its
operations and manage its liquidity needs. Other general economic,
business and financing conditions and factors are described in more
detail in "Item 1A -- Risk Factors" in Part I in OCZ's Annual Report on
Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 17, 2011, and amended on May 31,
2011, and statements made in other subsequent filings. The filing is
available both at www.sec.gov as well as via OCZ's website at
www.ocztechnology.com. OCZ does not undertake to update its
forward-looking statements.


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