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LSI Logic Corporation announced today that the company has been chosen by Lenovo, the largest hi-tech enterprise in China, to be the primary supplier of Ultra320 SCSI RAID adapters. Lenovo will implement the complete family of LSI Logic's MegaRAID(R) Ultra320 SCSI RAID adapters into its servers. "LSI Logic's commitment to providing the industry with first-to-market storage adapters provides Lenovo and its customers with cutting-edge technology, required today to meet the high-performance computing demands," said Liang Jun, General Manager of Lenovo Server and Storage Division. "Lenovo's commitment to a long-term partnership with LSI Logic secures our position in the market as a leading server provider. With the addition of its MegaRAID adapters to our line of servers, we are able to ensure optimal performance and data protection for our customers." This new agreement builds upon the existing relationship between LSI Logic and Lenovo. In addition to LSI Logic Ultra320 SCSI RAID adapters, Lenovo has implemented LSI Logic's dual-channel 53C1030 and single-channel 53C1020 PCI-X to Ultra320 SCSI controller silicon for use in Lenovo's servers. As part of its continuing initiative to penetrate the storage market in China, LSI Logic is committed to building relationships with key OEMs; increasing its presence in the channel through VARs, integrators and distributors; providing time-to-market (TTM) products and technology; strengthening its local resources for training and support and localizing products to meet specific market requirements. "LSI Logic sees the China market as a key growth area for its RAID storage adapter products. Our relationship with Lenovo allows us to build and grow our customer base, meet the growing demand for RAID in the China market and equip Lenovo customers with leading-edge storage technology, essential for companies to meet today's high-performance computing and data demands," said Siamak Iranpour, Director of Marketing for LSI Logic's RAID Storage Adapter Division. "Our broad scale of adapters allows us to supply Lenovo with Ultra320 SCSI RAID for its full range of servers." LSI Logic's MegaRAID Ultra320 SCSI PCI and PCI-X adapters, range in configurations from zero-channel for 1U and 2U servers, single-channel for entry-level servers and performance workstations, dual channel for mid-range servers and four-channel for storage subsystems. LSI Logic's MegaRAID family, which has supplied the market with the leading Ultra320 PCI SCSI RAID storage adapters, continues to raise the bar by offering the highest levels of fault tolerant data protection. With 64-bit addressing support, a robust RAID feature set, advanced memory and caching policies, LSI Logic MegaRAID Ultra320 SCSI adapters deliver enterprise-class data throughput, fault tolerant capabilities and easy-to-use management utilities that are essential in both high-end servers and workstations where performance, reliability and availability are essential. LSI Logic has captured over 80 percent OEM server market share with its Ultra320 SCSI products, based on server market sockets available for design win, and is a leading provider of host-based RAID storage adapter boards. The company also provides Fibre Channel, Serial Attached SCSI, iSCSI, ATA and Serial ATA component solutions. 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. From controller and expander ICs, from RAID storage adapters to host bus adapters and management software...LSI Logic is shaping the future of storage at every business level. LSI Logic supplies products to the channel through distribution partners such as Arrow Electronics, Avnet, Bell Microproducts, Insight Electronics, Ingram-Micro, Microland and Tech Data. Resellers interested in LSI Logic, as a partner, should visit: http://lsilogic.com/reseller.