LSI Corporation · Milpitas, CA United States ·(NYSE: LSI)

LSI doesn't stand for Lotta Semiconductors International. The fabless semiconductor developer provides standard integrated circuits (ICs) and custom-designed application-specific ICs (ASICs), focusing on broadband and wireless communications, data storage, and networking markets. LSI was a pioneer of system-on-a-chip (SoC) devices, which combine elements of an electronic system -- especially a microprocessor, memory, and logic -- onto a single chip. LSI's top customers include Hewlett-Packard, IBM (16% of sales), and Seagate (17%). LSI also provides hardware and software for storage area networks. The Asia/Pacific region accounts for more than half of the company's sales. To read the full description, subscribe now.