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Taiwan Server Leaders Select LSI SAS Solutions for New Intel(R) Xeon(R)Processor E5-2600 Product Family-Based Servers

Acer, ASUS, GIGABYTE, Inventec, MSI, Quanta Computer,TYAN and Wistron integrate LSI 6Gb/s SAS and MegaRAID(R) solutions for new server offerings

TAIPEI, March 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced that Taiwan server industry leaders including Acer, ASUS, GIGABYTE, Inventec, MSI, Quanta Computer, TYAN and Wistron have selected LSI(R) 6Gb/s SAS and MegaRAID(R) solutions for their next-generation server models based on the new Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E5-2600 product family.

"The escalating demands on IT in datacenters and cloud environments are driving the need for an optimal balance of performance, efficiency and costs," said Jim Pappas, Director of Technology Initiatives, Intel Corporation. "As new Intel(R)Xeon(R)processor E5-2600 product family-based platforms roll out with PCI Express(R) 3.0 capability and LSI SAS technology, customers will benefit from systems designed to capitalize on the full performance potential of flash storage and the IT efficiency of virtualization."

"Taiwan plays a critical role in the worldwide server market," said Robin Wagner, senior marketing director, RAID Storage Division, LSI. Through multiple technology generations, LSI has been the leading SAS technology provider to this important market segment. As wide adoption of our 6Gb/s SAS enabling technology continues, LSI will be in a strong position to support these customers at the next critical inflection point, the 12Gb/s SAS rollout."

LSI announced( http://www.lsi.com/about/newsroom/Pages/20110725pr.aspx ) the industry's first sample shipments of 12Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (ROC), controller and expander ICs to server and external storage OEMs in mid-2011, underscoring LSI's leadership in the SAS market segment.

Since the inception of SAS, LSI has delivered a leading portfolio of products including SAS ROC, controller and expander ICs( http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/IntegratedCircuits.aspx ), HBAs( http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/HBAs.aspx ), MegaRAID and 3ware(R) RAID controllers( http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/6GBSATA_SASRAIDCards.aspx ), 6Gb/s SAS switches( http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/LSISAS6160Switch.aspx ), advanced software( http://www.lsi.com/products/storagesw/Pages/MegaRAIDAdvancedOptions.aspx ) options and PCIe(R) flash( http://www.lsi.com/products/storagecomponents/Pages/WarpDriveSLP-300.aspx ) adapters. By offering best-in-class SAS technologies, assured interoperability and single-vendor support, LSI SAS solutions are implemented across the industry's broadest spectrum of server platforms.

More information on the complete LSI SAS portfolio is available at www.lsi.com/sas( http://www.lsi.com/solutions/Pages/SAS.aspx ).

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