LSI Life Storage Inc

Focus on acceleration of application-specific workloads to improve price-performance of security and routing systems MILPITAS, Calif., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) today announced that it will present the results of research and benchmarking tests conducted using Intel(R) QuickAssist Technology to couple high-performance Tarari(R) content processing accelerators and Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors at the RSA Conference 2008, held April 7-11 at the Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif. LSI has also created a standard lab environment to conduct performance benchmarking studies that will allow developers to accelerate application-specific workloads when coupling Tarari content processing technology within Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor-based systems. Application-specific workloads will include intrusion prevention, anti-virus, anti-spyware, compliance, QoS, content-based filtering and billing, and technologies for securing XML traffic. Design blueprints, studies, white papers and articles will be published on both the LSI and Intel website for the industry as part of a long-term, on-going program. "These blueprints, research and benchmarks are critical for developers building next-generation storage and networking switches and appliances," said Randy Smerik, senior vice president, Network Components Group, LSI. "We are committed to sharing our thought leadership in this area and make it as easy as possible to best utilize content processing technology alongside multi-core processor platforms." Pranav Mehta, senior principal engineer and chief technical officer, Embedded and Communications Group, Intel, added, "Effective integration of accelerators is an integral part of the Intel QuickAssist technology initiative to deliver market-leading solutions on Intel architecture. We are working with LSI to provide optimization and interoperability between Quad-Core Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors and LSI Tarari content processors which provides customers enhanced performance and improved time-to-market for secure applications." Smerik and Mehta will be discussing the first performance findings on a panel at the conference on Friday, April 11, at 11:10 a.m. titled "Multi-Core Intel Architecture plus Accelerators: A Performance Study." LSI will also demonstrate the benchmarks and lab setup at the RSA Conference Exposition in its booth (#500) during exhibit hours daily. Additional demonstrations will be shown at Interop 2008 in Las Vegas, April 27-May 2, and the Infosecurity Europe conference in London, April 22-24. LSI Corporation is an affiliate member of the Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance, a community of embedded and communications developers and solution providers. For more information, please visit http://www.intel.com/go/eca. About LSI LSI Corporation (NYSE:LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More information is available at http://www.lsi.com/. Editor's Notes: 1. All LSI news releases (financial, acquisitions, manufacturing, products, technology, etc.) are issued exclusively by PR Newswire and are immediately thereafter posted on the company's external website, http://www.lsi.com/. 2. LSI, Tarari, and the LSI logo design are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation or its subsidiaries. 3. All other brand or product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. 4. Intel, Xeon, and the Intel logo may be trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel, Inc. in the United States and other countries DATASOURCE: LSI Corporation CONTACT: Dan Devine of LSI Corporation, +1-610-712-6802, Web site: http://www.lsi.com/ http://www.intel.com/

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