SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Affymetrix Inc. (NASDAQ: AFFX) today announced the commercial launch of its GeneChip® HT Array Plate System, a full microarray processing platform that analyzes up to 96 samples at a time. The HT Array Plates offer the same comprehensive, validated content as the traditional cartridges in a format designed for larger-scale studies. The complete system increases productivity for large-scale gene expression studies by decreasing processing time, improving data consistency and reducing overall costs.