Milestones
A Brief History of LSI Corporation: 1981-2009
November
LSI High-Performance Storage Featured in U.S. Department of Energy Research Center’s New Cray Supercomputer
LSI High-Performance Storage System Receives Honors in 2009 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards
LSI 6Gb/s SAS MegaRAID Products Enable New Levels of RAID Performance for IBM System x Servers
October
LSI Collaborates with Supermicro to Enable End-to-End 6Gb/s SAS Solutions for the Channel
LSI and Accton Announce Platform for Delivering IPTV and Rich Media Services Over Broadband Networks
LSI Launches High-Performance 6Gb/s SAS Host Bus Adapters
September
LSI Introduces Industry’s First 40nm Serial PHY for Notebook, Desktop and Enterprise Hard Disk Drives
LSI Named to Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index
LSI, Intel and Red Hat Demonstrate Industry's First Single-Root I/O Virtualization Solution
ZTE Selects LSI StarPro Media Processor Solution for Wireless Portfolio
LSI and Aricent Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Deployment of Next-Generation Networks
August
LSI Ranked No. 1 in Worldwide Host Bus RAID Controller Unit Shipments for Second Consecutive Year
LSI Introduces Affordable, High-Performance Storage System for Midrange Customers
Huawei Integrates LSI SP2600 StarPro Media Processors into Next-Generation Networking Products
July
LSI Launches New Generation of High-Performance RAID Controller Cards Based on 6Gb/s SAS Technology
LSI Announces Agreement To Acquire ONStor, Inc.
LSI 6Gb/s SAS Products Selected by Leading Storage Providers to Enable Next-Generation External Storage Platforms
LSI StoreAge SVM Wins 2009 Storage Magazine UK Award for Storage Virtualization Product of the Year
June
LSI Delivers Industry’s First 40nm Read Channel to Hard Disk Drive Manufacturers
May
LSI Multicore Media Processor Wins Network Products Guide Reader Trust Award for Best in Integrated Circuits Category
LSI Announces First Milestone to Build Ecosystem of World-Class Networking Providers
LSI Named One of America’s Most Adoption-Friendly Workplaces
April
LSI Named Info Security Products Guide Winner of 2009 Tomorrow’s Technology Today Award
LSI to Purchase AMCC 3ware RAID Adapter Business
LSI First to Demonstrate 1 Million I/Os per Second Using 6Gb/s SAS Technology
March
LSI Storage Included in $40 Million DoD Contract
February
LSI to Supply 6Gb/s SAS Technology to Taiwan Server Industry Leaders
LSI SP2600 StarPro Wins EN-Genius Network 2008 Media Processor of the Year Award
LSI Facility in Wichita Achieves ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certifications
January
LSI to Supply Dial-Up Modems to Hewlett-Packard
LSI to Supply SAS Drive Enclosures to Fujitsu
LSI to Supply 6Gb/s SAS Technology to Supermicro
LSI No. 1 in Host Bus RAID Controllers Based on SAS Unit Shipments
2008 Milestones
November
LSI Joins Hyperion Project at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LSI Storage Selected to Upgrade Sandia National Labs "Red Storm" Supercomputer
October
LSI Ships 4 Millionth Multi-service Port
LSI and Seagate Extend Strategic Relationship
LSI Delivers Industry-First 6Gb/s SAS Solution for External Storage
September
LSI to Supply SAS Controller ICs to Dot Hill
LSI Tarari T2000 10G Content Processor Breaks 1 Watt per Gb/s Barrier
LSI Delivers World’s Fastest Read Channel
June
LSI Introduces First 12 Gb/s Content Processing Board
May
LSI Named Strategic Supplier of the Year by Brocade
April
LSI Completes Purchase of Infineon Hard Drive Semiconductor Business
LSI and Intel Redefine RAID for Intel-Based Server and Workstation Platforms
March
LSI Introduces Industry’s First Single-Chip Solution for Content Inspection
2007 Milestones
December
LSI Celebrates 60th Anniversary of Transistor
LSI Announces Expanded SAS/SATA RAID Agreement with Intel
November
LSI Surpasses 150 Million IEEE1394 “FireWire” Port Shipments
LSI Named 2007 Sun StorageTek Ready Partner of the Year
October
LSI Completes Sale of Mobility Business to Infineon
LSI Ships Over 1 Billion Read Channels for Hard Disk Drive Market
LSI Named 2007 Sun Best-in-Class Supplier
September
LSI, Intel and Microsoft Demonstrate Benefits of SAS in Windows Virtualization Environments
LSI Announces Agreement to Acquire Tarari, Inc.
August
LSI Joins The Green Grid Consortium
LSI to Sell Mobility Products Business to Infineon for $450 Million
July
LSI Completes Sale of Consumer Products Business to Magnum Semiconductor
LSI Announces Global Transition to Contract Manufacturing
LSI First to Ship More Than One Million SAS ROC ICs
June
Magnum Semiconductor Agrees to Acquire LSI Consumer Products Business
Teradata Selects LSI for Next-Generation Enterprise Data Warehouse Backup-to-Disk
LSI Ships Industry's First 65nm Iterative Decoding Read Channels
May
LSI Delivers New Line of Embedded Products for Modem Market
Nortel Selects LSI Advanced PayloadPlus Technology for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
LSI Introduces Industry's First Small Form Factor SATA Interposer Solution
April
LSI, Emulex, Oracle and Seagate Collaborate on Groundbreaking Data Integrity Initiative
LSI Ships Two Million SAS ICs
LSI HBAs Enable New SAS Solution from SUN
LSI Completes Merger with Agere Systems
March
LSI Shareholders Approve Agere Merger
LSI StoreAge Virtualization Products Earn Editor's Choice Award from China Information World
February
LSI Introduces Newest Line of MegaRAID SAS/SATA Adapters
Past Milestones
2006: LSI first to demo Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) switch
2005: Abhi Talwalkar named LSI president and CEO
2004: LSI introduces industry’s first single-chip 3 Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controller IC
2003: LSI introduces industry’s first single-chip hard disk drive (HDD) and DVD recorder processor
2002: LSI introduces 90-nanometer ASIC process technology
2001: LSI acquires consumer market leader C-Cube Microsystems Inc.
2000: LSI announces 0.13-micron ASIC process technology
1999: Sony Computer Entertainment selects LSI to supply key I/O processor for its next generation PlayStation video game system
1998: LSI introduces 0.18-micron ASIC process technology
1997: LSI wins Emmy Award for developing real-time estimation encoder for General Instruments Corporation (now Next Level Systems)
1996: LSI announces industry’s first 1.25-billion bit-per-second CMOS serial transceiver
1995: LSI introduces new generation of ASIC process technology, offering up to 5 million usable gates
1994: LSI system-on-a-chip capability and CoreWare design program selected for Sony Computer Entertainment PlayStation® video game system
1993: LSI introduces 0.5-micron ASIC technology
1992: LSI delivers industry’s first RISC microcontroller with on-chip floating-point capability
1991: LSI develops JPEG (still picture), MPEG (full-motion video), and video-teleconferencing products for digital video markets
1989: LSI listed on New York Stock Exchange
1988: LSI ASIC becomes industry’s first cell-based custom ASIC capable of integrating 200,000 gates on a single chip
1986: LSI introduces its first standard product line of 32-bit and 16-bit multipliers, 16-bit multiplier accumulators and 32-bit floating-point processors
1985: LSI announces LCA10000 Compacted Array Family, with 50,000 available gates
1984: LSI introduces LL8000 Series 2-micron gate array product family
1983: LSI becomes public company
1981: LSI Logic Corporation founded
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