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LSI Logic Names Giuseppe Staffaroni Vice President Monday January 5, 8:01 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: LSI Logic Corporation LSI Logic Names Giuseppe Staffaroni Vice President and General Manager of Its Communications Products Division MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Logic (NYSE: LSI - news) today announced the appointment of Giuseppe Staffaroni as vice president and general manager of its Communications Products Division. Staffaroni brings to the post more than 20 years of executive experience, including senior engineering and marketing positions. Based in Milpitas, Staffaroni has global responsibility for accelerating the growth of LSI Logic business in the wireless, networking and public networks markets. Staffaroni, an eight-year veteran at LSI Logic, has served in a number of strategic positions, including director of LSI Logic's Wireless Strategic Business Unit, director of Marketing, LSI Logic Europe, and director of Marketing and Engineering, LSI Logic Italy. Prior to joining LSI Logic, he held key engineering management positions at Texas Instruments(Europe), AT&T (Europe), and Microelectronics (Europe). Staffaroni graduated magna cum laude, obtaining a doctorate in Electronic Engineering at the University of Rome, Italy and is fluent in Italian and English. ''The move to Vice President is a natural progression for Giuseppe,'' said John Daane, LSI Logic's executive vice president of Communications, Computer and ASIC Products. ''His skilled salesmanship, marketing know-how, and intimate knowledge of technology will be put to good use to develop, manage and market LSI Logic's ASIC, ASSP and CoreWare(R) products targeted at the worldwide communications marketplace.'' Staffaroni replaces John Daane, who was recently named executive vice president for LSI Logic's Communications, Computer and ASIC Products, a position he assumed in October, 1997. LSI Logic's Communications Products Division provides leading silicon solutions for customers in the networking, public networks, and wireless communications market places. In 1996, the Communications Products Division made up 28% of the company's revenue. LSI Logic, The System on a Chip Company(R) is a leading supplier of customer high-performance semiconductors, with operations world-wide. The company enables customers to build complete systems on a single chip with its CoreWare(R) design program, which increases performance, lowers system costs and accelerates time to market. LSI Logic develops application-optimized products in partnership with trend setting customers, and operates leading-edge manufacturing facilities to produce submicron geometry chips. The company maintains a high level of quality as demonstrated by its ISO 9000 certifications. LSI Logic Corporation is headquartered at 1551 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, California 95035, www.lsilogic.com. SOURCE: LSI Logic Corporation o~~~ O