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LSI OFFERS PCI EXPRESS SOLUTION FOR RapidChip PLATFORM ASIC

LSI Logic Corp announced the availability of a complete PCI Express solution, including Serializer/Deserializer (SerDes), PIPE, Data Link and Transaction Layer cores for RapidChip Platform ASIC designs. The PCI Express family of cores is validated for functionality and interoperability and is compliant to the PCI Express standard. LSI Logic is currently engaged with multiple customers in PCI Express-based RapidChip Xtreme designs in 4, 8 and 16 lane configurations.

LSI Logic's RapidChip PCI Express cores are based on the company's highly successful cell-based ASIC cores that are proven in silicon, flexible and easy-to-implement. Both the RapidChip Platform ASIC and cell-based cores showcase the company's physical layer (PHY) and serial protocols expertise.

"By offering a complete solution, LSI Logic greatly reduces PCI Express- based IC development and allows customers to focus on the value proposition of their architecture," said Jean Bou-Farhat, vice president of LSI Logic. "With PCI Express on our RapidChip Platform ASICs, customers can realize unprecedented time-to-market at a low cost and with a predictable outcome."

LSI Logic's industry proven and PCI Express compliant GigaBlaze SerDes cores are at the heart of the company's PCI Express offering, providing a full-duplex, point-to-point communication channel. When using GigaBlaze cores, customers benefit from five technology generations of SerDes deployment experience. GigaBlaze cores in various RapidChip slices support multiple 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 PCI Express lane configurations.

LSI Logic's link and transaction layer cores provide the physical/logical, data link and transaction functionality of the PCI Express standard. These highly optimized and interoperable cores are architected to operate at 250MHz, offering high performance and low latency while supporting a rich set of features such as lane reversal, power management and flow control. Developed by a team with extensive serial protocol design experience, LSI Logic's PCI Express link cores can save customers many man-years of design and verification time while ensuring right first time silicon.

About LSI Logic Corp

LSI Logic Corp focuses on the design and production of high- performance semiconductors for Consumer, Communications and Storage applications that access, interconnect and store data, voice and video. LSI Logic engineers incorporate reusable, industry-standard intellectual property building blocks that serve as the heart of leading-edge systems. LSI Logic serves its global OEM, channel and distribution customers with Platform ASICs, standard-cell ASICs, standard products, host bus adapters, RAID controllers and software. 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/.