Milestone highlights server OEM demand for the proven, reliable and high
performance LSI SAS1078 SAS ROC
MILPITAS, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation
(NYSE: LSI), the leading provider of solutions for the Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) market, today announced it has shipped more than one million SAS
RAID-on-Chip (ROC) ICs. LSI reached this milestone in just 18 months,
highlighting the popularity of the LSI SAS1078 ROC controller IC with
enterprise server OEMs and reflecting the rapid growth of the SAS market.
"Reaching this volume so quickly validates our strategy of entering the
SAS market from its inception and being one of the first companies to
deliver a solution," said Dan Roehrich, vice president of marketing,
Storage Components Group, LSI. "This milestone is also indicative of the
importance of our end-to-end SAS solutions portfolio and guaranteed
interoperability."
IDC estimates that SAS hard disk drive (HDD) shipments to enterprise
storage and server applications in 2007 will be more than triple 2006
shipments. IDC predicts SAS will achieve 26 percent enterprise market share
in 2007, out-shipping all other drive interfaces.
As the third generation of LSI ROC solutions, the LSI SAS1078 leverages
the company's ROC expertise and SAS leadership, providing OEM customers
with unsurpassed performance and data protection in a single-chip solution.
The LSI SAS1078 integrates several industry-leading technologies, including
the Fusion-MPT(TM) (Message Passing Technology) architecture, PCI
Express(R), SAS, PowerPC, and RAID 6 which provide high value and
performance.
The LSI SAS 1078 powers some of the industry's most robust data
protection software applications including the industry-proven MegaRAID(R)
storage technology from LSI, a professional-grade solution used by many of
the leading server OEMs worldwide. MegaRAID SAS solutions employing the
LSISAS1078 include highly integrated motherboard-based implementations as
well as a cost-effective value line and a highly flexible feature-line of
PCI Express-compliant RAID adapters.
LSI offers the industry's broadest portfolio of SAS storage solutions,
addressing the SAS infrastructure at every level. In addition to the LSI
SAS1078 ROC, LSI is currently shipping SAS products in volume including
controller ICs, high-port count expanders, host bus and MegaRAID adapters,
RAID-on-motherboard (ROMB) solutions and storage systems. By offering
best-in-class SAS technologies, assured interoperability, and single vendor
support, LSI is the silicon-to-systems supplier of choice for OEMs that
want to deliver a broad set of storage solutions.
About LSI Corporation
LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative
silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which
seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. The
company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including
custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are
trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the
Storage, Networking and Mobility markets. More information is available at
http://www.lsi.com.
Editor's Notes
1. Source, IDC Doc. #205612, "HDD Interfaces in the Enterprise: Sorting
Through the Murkiness," February 2007
2. All LSI news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing,
products, technology, etc.) are issued exclusively by PR Newswire and
are immediately thereafter posted on the company's external Web site,
http://www.lsi.com.
3. LSI, the LSI logo design, Fusion-MPT and MegaRAID are trademarks or
registered trademarks of LSI Corporation.
4. PCI Express is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG.
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CONTACT:
Diane Miller of LSI Corporation,
+1-425-282-5153, diane.miller@lsi.com; Jay Russo of LVA
Communications, +1-860-739-5598, jay@lva.com, for LSI Corporation
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