DESIGN SERVICES

  ARROW

"Since RapidChip's inception, Arrow recognized how RapidChip addressed our customer's growing demand for a solution between FPGA and ASICs," said David West, vice president of Field Marketing and Engineering Services at Arrow. "We want to utilize our 20+ year partnership and over 1,000 ASICs' experience with LSI Logic to introduce the RapidChip technology to hundreds of Arrow customers in the coming years. With Arrow Design Teams located in LSI Logic's RapidChip Design Centers and the experience we've gained by working on their first 0.11 um RapidChip engagement in North America, Arrow is positioned to offer fast time-to-market while delivering a complex system solution at a competitive price point."

MEMEC

"RapidChip technology is proving an excellent fit for the needs of Memec Insight's customer base and enables us to demonstrate its added value from design services to production," said Bill Walker, president of MEMEC Insight Europe. "Our working relationship with LSI Logic in Europe can be traced back the best part of 20 years and allows Memec Insight to embed and support both LSI Logic's uProcessor CoreWare(R) and related complex IPs for SoC class designs. RapidChip's combination of time-to-market, ASIC class performance and low NRE enables Memec Insight to leverage its experience and track record to craft SoC solutions with multiple RapidChip customers worldwide."

PINPOINT SOLUTIONS INC.

"Pinpoint Solutions has been performing leading edge design services for ASIC designers, high end FPGA designers, and LSI Logic clients since 1992," said Peter Parsons, president of PSI. "In joining the RapidChip Partner Program, we are focusing all this experience and expertise on high-quality design services for RapidChip customers. LSI Logic's RapidChip technology is key to cost-effective, short turn-around digital design. Partnering with LSI Logic is allowing us to expand our customer base, while providing cutting edge products and services to designers. Our motto of 'Fast. Accurate. Pinpoint Solutions! applies perfectly to the RapidChip world!"

SILICON INFUSION

"For a company like Silicon Infusion, whose primary focus is on improving design productivity, Platform ASIC technologies such as RapidChip are having a significant impact on the types of systems we can jointly architect with our clients. They are enabling specialist communications needs to be met, and give designers both the performance and the fast time to market that they need for today's applications, said Tirumal Parvataneni, director of Silicon Infusion. "With a track record of right-first-time RapidChip design success to our name, we are well positioned to help companies take their first steps in Platform ASIC design and are pleased to be a member of the RapidChip partner program."

INNOTECH CORPORATION

"Leveraging solid RapidChip Platform ASIC technology, LSI Logic and Innotech will bring high quality solutions and faster design services that our customers expect," says Kouji Hirata, general manager of Product Solution Business Unit, Innotech Corporation.

CONTACT: Diana Hodges of LSI Logic Corporation, +1-408-433-4245, or
Email Contact; or Linda Capcara of Brodeur Worldwide, +1-602-758-9283, or
Email Contact, for LSI Logic Corporation

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