SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2006--Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN - News) announced today that it has introduced the Illumina AutoLoader to stage up to 40 high-density Sentrix® BeadChips for scanning on a BeadStation - sufficient for 15 hours of unattended, automated operation. Combined with a new software release for BeadStation that increases scan speed, system operators can now achieve scanning throughput 400% greater than previously possible.
