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LSI LOGIC UNVEILS HIGHEST SPEED DDR-2 SDRAM TECHNOLOGY

LSI Logic Corp introduced a physical layer memory interface that can save customers months of development time while improving product performance with the industry's highest speed DDR-2 SDRAM technology. LSI Logic's new DDR-2 ASIC core is the first physical layer interface and I/O buffer to support 333MHz/667Mbps data speeds, enabling manufacturers of data storage, communications, multi-function printers, industrial and medical equipment to take advantage of the memory technology's superior density, bandwidth and lower cost.

LSI Logic's DDR-2 core with SSTL18 I/O interface buffer can be quickly and easily integrated with a customer's own logic for fast system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. The DDR-2 is a pre-verified interface validated in silicon, significantly reducing the turnaround time and risk of chip development.

"LSI Logic has been highly successful with two generations of memory interface cores," said Jean Bou-Farhat, vice president of the CoreWare Division for LSI Logic Corp. "The DDR-2 cores allow our customers to take advantage of the performance and cost benefits offered by DDR-2 SDRAM memory products. This new addition to the CoreWare library, combined with existing connectivity solutions, helps our customers design systems efficiently and quickly while also reducing risk."

LSI Logic's DDR-2 physical layer interface with pre-verified functionality, layout and timing closure combined with silicon validation, significantly reduces the risk and turnaround time of chip development. The SSTL18 I/O buffer, with features including On-Die Termination (ODT), impedance controlled driver, and precision duty cycle matching, provide an electrical interface of superior signal integrity ensuring optimal performance and first pass success. The DDR-2 cores and SSTL18 I/O are immediately available for customer design-ins and are easy to integrate into an ASIC design.

About CoreWare

The LSI Logic CoreWare IP library provides the industry's most comprehensive set of IP solutions that are of proven quality and are designed to work seamlessly with the standard-cell ASIC and RapidChip Platform ASIC design flows. Customers can leverage CoreWare IP solutions to significantly reduce risk and turn-around times with complex SoC designs. A dedicated worldwide IP support organization is available to assist customers in all aspects of CoreWare SoC design.

About LSI Logic Corp

LSI Logic Corp is a designer and manufacturer of communications, consumer and storage semiconductors for applications that access, interconnect and store data, voice and video. In addition, the company supplies storage network solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic is headquartered at 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035, and is online at www.lsilogic.com/.