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To: Tony Viola who wrote (22054)	5/1/2000 8:06:00 AM
From: Paul Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25814

LSI Logic Supplies High Performance I/O Chips for Compaq's Proliant Servers I/O Chips Enable Increased Bandwidth for High Volume Servers, Driven By the Increasing Demand for Internet Computing MILPITAS, Calif., May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced it is providing high-performance I/O chips for Compaq Computer Corporation's (NYSE: CPQ) ProLiant 8000 and 8500 servers. Compaq, the market leader in the Intel(R) Xeon-based server market, incorporates LSI Logic's I/O chip as part of the ProFusion architecture, the first industry-standard architecture to address eight-way processing. "Our strategy is to partner with leaders like Compaq to offer high-performance solutions that increase the computing power and increase the bandwidth of the Internet," said Bruce Entin, vice president and general manager of LSI Logic's Internet Computing Division. "Applications such as e-commerce require rapid instantaneous computing and communications capabilities, and LSI Logic's I/O chips play a critical role in enabling these tasks." I/O chips are input/output devices that facilitate the flow of voice, video and data into and out of computing equipment such as servers. The Compaq servers, combining the power of eight Intel Pentium(R) Xeon CPUs, provide enterprise customers with scalable performance for the most demanding applications and services such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The servers also enable Internet service providers (ISPs) and application service providers (ASPs) to offer in-demand services such as e-commerce. The architecture of the ProLiant servers is designed to allow the consolidation of multiple smaller servers in large companies, simplifying IT management and reducing cost. "The development of high speed ASICs by our design team is key to our leading-edge ProLiant Server technology. We needed a supplier with strong ASIC and high-speed I/O expertise," said Ken Jansen, director of Compaq's Advanced Server Architecture & Design team. "LSI Logic was able to integrate the complex bus technology in a very short time while providing outstanding design knowledge and support throughout the entire design process." One of LSI Logic's I/O chips functions as a host-to-PCI bridge. The chip has a PCI 64-bit/66-MHz core and features a custom electrically-enhanced BGA package to support the PCI buffers. Compaq's industry-leading servers also include LSI Logic's PCI RAID controller, the Symbios(R) SYM53C1510, which improves CPU utilization, I/O efficiency, and data integrity and recovery. The controller enhances overall system reliability by combining seven to eight discrete components and connections into a single chip using a single memory system. This level of integration enables OEMs to reduce costs by integrating RAID directly onto the motherboard as an every-unit item.