LSI Logic Storage Adapters Now Available at Fry's Electronics as Consumer Demand Grows for Market-Leading SATA and SCSI Products

  • Fry's Electronics is now selling selected LSI Logic MegaRAID® SCSI and SATA adapter kits and dual-channel LSI Logic SCSI Host Bus Adapter (HBA) kits
  • Retail acceptance validates strong customer product demand, growing market share and value pricing

 

MILPITAS, Calif. - September 20, 2004 - LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) announced today that its market-leading storage adapters (http://www.lsilogic.com/storage) will now be available at Fry's Electronics stores, a leading electronic retailer providing small and mid-size businesses and high-tech professionals with technology products and solutions.  MegaRAID® SATA and SCSI adapter kits and SCSI Host Bus Adapter kits (HBAs) will be sold.  Fry's Electronics operates 28 stores and Outpost.com (http://www.outpost.com).

"As we expand our product distribution strategy, it's only natural that we look to leaders such as Fry's Electronics as a partner to bring our products to market," said Kerry Reid, LSI Logic senior director for worldwide channel sales. "LSI Logic is shaping the future of storage at every business level and is a brand that's well known at the OEM level.  We're committed to providing retail customers with an opportunity to purchase the products that power enterprise systems worldwide."

LSI Logic is recognized worldwide as the leader in developing storage industry technology standards, and is the only company that delivers first-to-market storage products across all critical interface technologies.  Over 80 percent of OEM Ultra320 SCSI solutions use LSI Logic products, and LSI Logic is the world's leading independent provider of RAID adapters.  The company's Broadband Entertainment Division delivers entertainment into and throughout the Digital Home by providing innovative digital media processing and silicon solutions to industry-leading, worldwide consumer electronics manufacturers.  LSI Logic offers a complete line of cutting-edge products for DVD, DVR, EVD, video peripheral, digital and HDTV, set-top box and professional video production/broadcasting devices.

The LSI Logic storage adapter kits sold by Fry's Electronics will include:

  • MegaRAID® SATA150-6: a SATA RAID adapter with 64MB and six, 1-meter SATA cables. The only SATA RAID adapter on the market that supports a battery backup unit, this scalable, enterprise-level SATA solution features point-to-point configuration, hot pluggable drive support and improved power management.
  • MegaRAID® SCSI 320-1: an Ultra320 SCSI RAID adapter with 64MB and one internal five-drive SCSI cable. Delivering unsurpassed data throughput and fault tolerance for mid-range servers or performance workstations, the MegaRAID SCSI 320-1 is the first choice of OEMs, system integrators and value added resellers (VARs) worldwide.
  • LSI21320-R SCSI HBA: a dual-channel Host Bus Adapter with one cable. Ideal for use in high performance workstations and entry-level to mid-range servers, this adapter has PCI-X throughput of 1056 MBps and capitalizes on maximum system performance for those systems needing it; yet is backward compatible with existing PCI systems.

    • LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) focuses on the design and production of high-performance semiconductors for Consumer, Communications and Storage applications that access, interconnect and store data, voice and video. LSI Logic engineers incorporate reusable, industry-standard intellectual property building blocks that serve as the heart of leading-edge systems. LSI Logic serves its global OEM, channel and distribution customers with Platform ASICs, standard-cell ASICs, standard products, host bus adapters, RAID controllers and software. In addition, the company supplies storage network solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic is headquartered at 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035. http://www.lsilogic.com.