LSI Honors Outstanding Strategic Suppliers

MILPITAS, Calif., May 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is honoring 18 world-class suppliers for their exceptional support in helping LSI meet its goal to be a technology leader while remaining cost competitive. STATS ChipPAC Ltd. was named "Strategic Partner of the Year" and was one of three companies designated "Best-in-Class" in recognition of their excellent value as full system suppliers, and for their design capabilities and aggressive pursuit of cost reductions.

"We are honoring these suppliers for the contributions they've made toward our effort to provide customers with the most innovative and price-competitive products," said Don Alvine, vice president and chief procurement officer, LSI. "This award recognizes them and thanks them for helping us give our customers unbeatable solutions."

Suppliers are evaluated on multiple criteria, including technology, responsiveness, cost, quality and supply assurance. This year LSI is honoring the following suppliers:

2011 Best-In-Class Partner Award and Strategic Partner of the Year: STATS ChipPAC Ltd.
2011 Best-In-Class Partner Award: Flextronics International Ltd.
2011 Best-In-Class Partner Award: DHL Express

LSI also introduced a new award, the Distinguished Technology Partner award, which recognizes the achievements of strategic suppliers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of technology and process efficiencies over the past year. The winners are:

2011 Distinguished Technology Partner Award - Systems: Inventec Corporation
2011 Distinguished Technology Partner Award - Semiconductor: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.

The other suppliers recognized for excellence were:

• Amkor Technology, Inc.
• ARM, Ltd.
• Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
• Delta Electronics, Inc.
• GLOBALFOUNDRIES
• Intel Corporation
• International Business Machines Corp.
• King Yuan Electronics Co., Ltd.
• Sanmina-SCI Corporation
• SAP America, Inc.
• Seagate Technology
• Silicon Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
• Synopsys, Inc.

Using state-of-the-art technology, these and other industry leaders work closely with LSI to provide leading-edge storage and networking solutions.

About LSI

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