LSI Logic
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| Type | Public (NYSE: LSI) |
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| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Milpitas, California, USA |
| Key people | Abhi Talwalkar, President and CEO |
| Industry | Semiconductors, Storage systems |
| Revenue | $1.9 Billion USD (2005) |
| Employees | 4300 (2005) |
| Website | www.lsi.com |
LSI Logic was founded in Milpitas, CA by Wilfred Corrigan in 1981 after he left an executive position with Fairchild Semiconductor. The company was started with $6 million of venture capital and utilized excess capacity at Toshiba for manufacturing, an early example of the fabless semiconductor manufacturing model. In 1998 it bought Symbios Logic from Hyundai. It is often recognized as a pioneer of the ASIC market and in 2006 celebrated its 25th year of business.
[edit] Two High-Growth Target Markets
Consumer: LSI Logic is a provider of highly integrated silicon solutions that enable the delivery of entertainment content into and throughout the home. Key markets for its products include high-volume video game consoles, DVD and personal video recorders, high-definition video and home media servers.
Storage: LSI offers system-on-a-chip standard cell ASICs, Platform ASICs, standard products, host bus adapters, RAID adapters, storage systems, expanders and software.
Their SCSI, Fibre Channel and next generation Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) solutions all use a common architecture called FusionMPT™ or message passing technology, to speed OEM system development. Their standard cell ASIC and standard product solutions target the fast-growing SAN sector with their industry-leading Fibre Channel technology. Their storage systems devision designs and manufactures high performance modular enterprise storage platforms and storage management software that is delivered to end users through strategic partners.
[edit] Merger with Agere Systems
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LSI Logic agreed to a merger with Agere in December,2006 in an all stock transaction [1].
