FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATICK, MA August 30, 2007

Cognex Announces PCIe Camera Link Frame Grabbers

MVS-8600e Series of PCI Express Camera Link® frame grabbers boost performance in high-bandwidth applications

Natick, MA, August 30, 2007—Cognex Corporation (NASDAQ - CGNX), the world's leading supplier of industrial machine vision systems, today announced the MVS-8600e family of frame grabbers that connect Camera Link® cameras through the PCI Express (PCIe) interface.

"PCI Express is the best match for higher bandwidth Camera Link cameras,” said Marilyn Matz, Cognex Senior VP, Semiconductor and Electronics. “By combining Cognex’s industry-leading VisionPro machine vision software with Camera Link cameras and PCIe, customers achieve new levels of performance and value when addressing the most challenging automated inspection and quality assurance applications."

The new Cognex® MVS-8600e frame grabbers are available in cost-effective single-channel and dual-channel models that increase throughput even with extremely large images. Like all Cognex frame grabbers, the MVS-8600e models are equipped with the industry’s highest performance machine vision software tools that locate objects or patterns, measure their geometric properties, detect defects, and read characters and codes with reliable, accurate and repeatable results.

The MVS-8600e Series PCIe Camera Link frame grabbers are currently available.

CONTACT:
John Lewis
Public Relations Manager
Cognex Corporation
(508) 650-3140
john.lewis@cognex.com

About Cognex Corporation

Cognex Corporation (“the Company” or “Cognex”) invents and commercializes technologies that address some of the most critical manufacturing and distribution challenges. We are a leading global provider of machine vision products and solutions that improve efficiency and quality in high-growth-potential businesses across attractive industrial end markets. Our solutions blend physical products and software to capture and analyze visual information, allowing for the automation of manufacturing and distribution tasks for customers worldwide. Machine vision products are used to automate the manufacturing or distribution and tracking of discrete items, such as mobile phones, electric vehicle batteries and e-commerce packages, by locating, identifying, inspecting, and measuring them. Machine vision is important for applications in which human vision is inadequate to meet requirements for size, accuracy, or speed, or in instances where substantial cost savings or quality improvements are maintained.

Cognex is the world's leader in the machine vision industry, having shipped more than 4 million image-based products, representing over $10 billion in cumulative revenue, since the company's founding in 1981. Headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, USA, Cognex has offices and distributors located throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. For details, visit cognex.com.

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