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1981 - LSI Logic founded / company specializing in ASIC technology
  • 1998, Jun - acquired Symbios Logic (Symbios Products 1999) / maker of SCSI HBAs and ICs
  • 2000, Jun - announced Fusion-MPT architecture (press release)
  • 2000, Jun - introduced SYM53C1030
  • 2001, Mar - announced integrated mirroring on Fusion-MPT (press release) / IM firmware (IR predecessor) for Fusion-MPT based fibre channel FC929 controller
  • 2001, Jun - commercial availability of LSI53C1030 (press release) / first SCSI Ultra320 IoC built on Fusion-MPT architecture; based on ARM 9
  • 2001, Sep - acquired AMI's MegaRAID software IP + RAID division (press release)
  • 2003 - released LSI53C1035 RoC / first RoC built on Fusion-MPT architecture; based on ARM 9; MegaRAID controllers and HBAs start using "same" silicone
  • 2004, Jan - delivered first SAS controller SAS1064 (press release) / first generation SAS/SATA controller; based on ARM 9
  • 2005, Apr - demonstrated SAS RoC SAS1078 / first SAS/SATA RoC; moving from ARM 9 to PowerPC 440
  • 2006, Feb - introduced first SAS HBAs running Integrated RAID (press release) / IR firmware
  • 2008, Sep - sample shipments of SAS2008, SAS2108 (press release) / second generation SAS/SATA controller, based on PowerPC 440
  • 2009, Apr - acquired 3ware RAID adapter business of AMCC (press release)
  • 2013, Dec - LSI acquired by Avago Technologies (press release)
  • 2016, Feb - Avago acquired Broadcom Corporation and renamed itself to Broadcom Inc.
  • 2017, Apr - shipped SAS3408, SAS3508 based Tri-Mode HBAs and RAID adapters (press release) / first controllers to support SAS/SATA/NVMe; moving from PowerPC to ARM A15