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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-Q
 
(Mark One)
     
þ   QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended October 2, 2005
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number: 1-10317
 
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   94-2712976
(State of Incorporation)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
1621 Barber Lane
Milpitas, California 95035
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip code)
(408) 433-8000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YES þ NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) YES þ NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
As of November 4, 2005, there were 391,696,760 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock, $.01 par value, outstanding.

 
 

 


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LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
Form 10-Q
For the Quarter Ended September 30, 2005
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 EXHIBIT 31.1
 EXHIBIT 31.2
 EXHIBIT 32.1
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(UNAUDITED)
                 
    September 30,   December 31,
    2005   2004
    (In thousands, except per-share amounts)
Assets
               
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 225,654     $ 218,723  
Short-term investments
    619,380       595,862  
Accounts receivable, less allowances of $11,892 and $12,545
    298,500       272,065  
Inventories
    189,133       218,900  
Deferred tax assets
    5,650       5,661  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    146,060       54,076  
     
Total current assets
    1,484,377       1,365,287  
 
Property and equipment, net
    97,856       311,916  
 
Intangibles, net
    57,539       108,457  
Goodwill
    965,468       973,130  
Deferred tax assets
    4,943       5,044  
Other assets
    108,340       110,167  
     
Total assets
  $ 2,718,523     $ 2,874,001  
     
 
               
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
               
Accounts payable
  $ 129,812     $ 122,422  
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits
    74,560       58,516  
Other accrued liabilities
    142,877       142,278  
Income taxes payable
    82,370       72,935  
Current portion of long-term obligations
          129  
     
Total current liabilities
    429,619       396,280  
 
               
Long-term debt
    624,802       781,846  
Tax related liabilities and other
    77,333       77,570  
     
Total long-term obligations and other liabilities
    702,135       859,416  
 
               
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 11 and 12)
               
 
               
Minority interest in subsidiary
    243       259  
 
               
Stockholders’ equity:
               
Preferred shares; $.01 par value; 2,000 shares authorized, none outstanding
           
Common stock; $.01 par value; 1,300,000 shares authorized; 391,559 and 387,490 shares outstanding, respectively
    3,916       3,875  
Additional paid-in capital
    2,997,184       2,969,478  
Deferred stock compensation
    (13,328 )     (8,936 )
Accumulated deficit
    (1,427,734 )     (1,384,321 )
Accumulated other comprehensive income
    26,488       37,950  
     
Total stockholders’ equity
    1,586,526       1,618,046  
     
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
  $ 2,718,523     $ 2,874,001  
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

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LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2005   2004   2005   2004
    (In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenues
  $ 481,716     $ 380,217     $ 1,413,015     $ 1,280,471  
Cost of revenues
    271,511       228,418       800,782       718,424  
     
Gross profit
    210,205       151,799       612,233       562,047  
 
                               
Research and development
    100,524       108,134       299,420       327,173  
Selling, general and administrative
    58,342       63,460       176,354       188,375  
Restructuring of operations and other items, net
    99,986       228,624       108,675       231,055  
Amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation (*)
    1,313       2,593       3,940       6,422  
Amortization of intangibles
    15,693       19,212       50,919       56,884  
     
 
                               
Loss from operations
    (65,653 )     (270,224 )     (27,075 )     (247,862 )
Interest expense
    (6,058 )     (5,999 )     (19,088 )     (17,978 )
Interest income and other, net
    4,567       (209 )     21,500       17,735  
     
Loss before income taxes
    (67,144 )     (276,432 )     (24,663 )     (248,105 )
 
                               
Provision for income taxes
    6,250       6,000       18,750       18,000  
     
Net loss
  $ (73,394 )   $ (282,432 )   $ (43,413 )   $ (266,105 )
     
 
                               
Net loss per share:
                               
Basic
  $ (0.19 )   $ (0.73 )   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.69 )
     
Diluted
  $ (0.19 )   $ (0.73 )   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.69 )
     
 
                               
Shares used in computing per share amounts:
                               
Basic
    391,017       384,876       389,247       383,355  
     
Diluted
    391,017       384,876       389,247       383,355  
     
 
(*)   Amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation, if not shown separately, would have been included in cost of revenues, research and development and selling, general and administrative expenses as shown below:
                                 
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    September 30,   September 30,
    2005   2004   2005   2004
    (In thousands)
Cost of revenues
  $ 186     $ 52     $ 511     $ 148  
Research and development
    503       2,085       1,908       4,796  
Selling, general and administrative
    624       456       1,521       1,478  
     
Total
  $ 1,313     $ 2,593     $ 3,940     $ 6,422  
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

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LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
                 
    Nine Months Ended
    September 30,
    2005   2004
    (In thousands)
Operating activities:
               
Net loss
  $ (43,413 )   $ (266,105 )
Adjustments:
               
Depreciation and amortization
    120,468       136,407  
Amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation
    3,940       6,422  
Non-cash restructuring and other items
    86,661       214,058  
Gain on sale and exchange of equity securities
    (824 )     (2,113 )
Gain on repurchase of Convertible Subordinated Notes
    (4,123 )     (1,767 )
Gain on sale of property and equipment
    (91 )     (5,881 )
Changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities
    112       238  
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations:
               
Accounts receivable
    (26,468 )     (32,855 )
Inventories
    29,767       (46,032 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets
    (2,090 )     (2,068 )
Accounts payable
    6,118       29,908  
Accrued and other liabilities
    26,627       34,343  
     
Net cash provided by operating activities
    196,684       64,555  
     
 
               
Investing activities:
               
Purchase of debt securities available-for-sale
    (397,240 )     (641,435 )
Maturities and sales of debt securities available-for-sale
    365,228       568,178  
Purchases of equity securities
          (2,250 )
Proceeds from sales of equity securities
    3,871       10,518  
Purchases of property, equipment and software
    (35,326 )     (41,794 )
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
    3,399       8,597  
Adjustment to goodwill acquired in a prior year for resolution of a pre-acquisition income tax contingency
    7,662        
Increase in non-current assets and deposits
          (313,013 )
Decrease in non-current assets and deposits
          369,464  
Acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired
          (32,025 )
     
Net cash used in investing activities
    (52,406 )     (73,760 )
     
 
               
Financing activities:
               
Repurchase of Convertible Subordinated Notes
    (148,126 )     (68,117 )
Issuance of common stock
    20,073       17,864  
Purchase of minority interest in subsidiary
          (7,978 )
Repayment of debt obligations
    (129 )     (297 )
     
Net cash used in financing activities
    (128,182 )     (58,528 )
     
 
               
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
    (9,165 )     678  
     
 
               
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    6,931       (67,055 )
     
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
    218,723       269,682  
     
 
               
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $ 225,654     $ 202,627  
     
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.

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LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 — BASIS OF PRESENTATION
     In the opinion of LSI Logic Corporation (the “Company” or “LSI”), the accompanying unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments and restructuring and other items, net as discussed in Note 4 to the Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, hereafter referred to as the “Notes”), necessary to state fairly the financial information included herein. While the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the information not misleading, it is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
     For financial reporting purposes, the Company reports on a 13 or 14-week quarter with a year ending December 31. The current quarter ended October 2, 2005. For presentation purposes, the consolidated condensed financial statements refer to the calendar quarters for convenience. The results of operations for the quarter ended October 2, 2005, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. The first nine months of 2005 ended on October 2, 2005, and consisted of approximately 39 weeks, while the first nine months of 2004 ended on October 3, 2004, and consisted of approximately 40 weeks. The third quarters of 2005 and 2004 consisted of 13 weeks each.
     The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated condensed financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
     In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment” (“SFAS No. 123R”). This statement eliminates the alternative to use the intrinsic value method of accounting for stock options issued to employees. This statement requires entities to recognize the cost of employee services received in exchange for awards of equity instruments based on the grant date fair value of those awards. This statement applies to all awards granted, modified, repurchased or cancelled after the effective date. In addition, compensation cost will be recognized on or after the effective date for the portion of outstanding awards for which the requisite service has not been rendered, based on the grant date fair value of those awards calculated under SFAS No. 123 for pro forma disclosures. This statement also requires additional disclosures in the notes to the consolidated financial statements. On April 14, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced the adoption of a rule that defers the required effective date of SFAS No. 123R until the beginning of the first fiscal year beginning after June 15, 2005. The Company expects to apply this statement beginning in the first fiscal quarter of 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this statement; however, the Company expects that it will have a significant impact on our consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations. The exact impact on the Company’s financial statements will be dependent on a number of factors including the transition method, the option-pricing model used to compute fair value and the inputs to that model such as volatility and expected life. The pro forma disclosures of the impact of SFAS No. 123 provided in Note 2 may not be representative of the impact of adopting this statement.

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     On March 29, 2005, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 107, “Share-Based Payment.” This statement expresses views of the staff regarding the interaction between SFAS No. 123R and certain SEC rules and regulations and provides the staff’s views regarding the valuation of share-based payment arrangements for public companies. In particular, SAB No. 107 provides guidance related to share-based payment transactions with non-employees, the transition from nonpublic to public entity status, valuation methods (including assumptions such as expected volatility and expected term), the accounting for certain redeemable financial instruments issued under share-based payment arrangements, the classification of compensation expense, non-GAAP financial measures, first-time adoption of SFAS No. 123R in an interim period, capitalization of compensation cost related to share-based payment arrangements, the accounting for income tax effects of share-based payment arrangements upon adoption of SFAS No. 123R, the modification of employee share options prior to adoption of SFAS No. 123R and disclosures in Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) subsequent to adoption of SFAS No. 123R. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting this statement; however, the Company expects that the adoption of SFAS No. 123R and the related interpretations in SAB No. 107 will have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet and statement of operations.
     In May 2005, the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections.” This statement replaces APB Opinion No. 20 and SFAS No. 3. This statement applies to all voluntary changes in accounting principle and applies to changes required by an accounting pronouncement if transition provisions are not provided. This statement requires retrospective application to prior periods’ financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. This statement is effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2005. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet or statement of operations.
     In November 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 151, “Inventory Costs—an amendment of ARB No. 43, Chapter 4.” This statement clarifies the accounting for abnormal amounts of facility expense, freight, handling costs and wasted materials (spoilage) to require them to be recognized as current-period charges. This statement is effective for inventory costs incurred during fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2005. The adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet or statement of operations.
     On October 22, 2004, the President signed the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the “Act”). The Act introduced a special one-time dividends received deduction on the repatriation of certain foreign earnings to a U.S. taxpayer (repatriation provision), provided certain criteria are met. The Company has yet to complete its evaluation of the foreign earnings repatriation provision within the Act. At this time the Company has not been able to reasonably estimate the income tax effect of the foreign earnings repatriation provision. The Company plans to complete its evaluation in the fourth quarter of 2005.
NOTE 2 — STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
     The following table provides pro forma disclosures as if the Company had recorded compensation costs based on the estimated grant date fair value, as defined by SFAS No. 123, for awards granted under its stock option and stock purchase plans. The estimated weighted-average grant date fair value, as defined by SFAS No. 123, was calculated using the Black-Scholes model. The Black-Scholes model was developed to estimate the fair value of freely tradable, fully transferable options without vesting restrictions, which significantly differ from the Company’s stock option awards. These models also require highly subjective assumptions, including future stock price volatility and expected time until exercise, which greatly affect the calculated grant date fair value.

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    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2005     2004     2005     2004  
    (In thousands, except per share amounts)  
Net loss, as reported
  $ (73,394 )   $ (282,432 )   $ (43,413 )   $ (266,105 )
Add: Amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation determined under the intrinsic value method as reported *
    44       749       340       2,771  
 
                               
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value method for all awards
    (17,362 )     (27,038 )     (60,876 )     (97,635 )
     
Pro forma net loss
  $ (90,712 )   $ (308,721 )   $ (103,949 )   $ (360,969 )
     
Loss per share:
                               
Basic-as reported
  $ (0.19 )   $ (0.73 )   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.69 )
Basic-pro forma
  $ (0.23 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (0.27 )   $ (0.94 )
 
                               
Diluted-as reported
  $ (0.19 )   $ (0.73 )   $ (0.11 )   $ (0.69 )
Diluted-pro forma
  $ (0.23 )   $ (0.80 )   $ (0.27 )   $ (0.94 )
 
*   This amount excludes amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation on restricted stock awards.
     The pro forma disclosure provided above may not be representative of the effect of applying SFAS No. 123R. See further discussion in “Recent Accounting Pronouncements” in Note 1.
NOTE 3 — ENGENIO STOCK OPTION EXCHANGE PROGRAM
     On September 16, 2005, Engenio stock options outstanding were exchanged for the Company’s options under the 1999 Non Statutory Stock Option Plan. The exchange occurred in accordance with the terms of the Engenio Equity Incentive plan, which provided for the automatic exchange of the options in the event it was determined that the Engenio initial public offering was not likely to occur. The Company exchanged options to purchase an aggregate of 3,011,450 shares of Engenio common stock for options to purchase an aggregate of 2,830,763 shares of the Company’s common stock. The exercise price per share of the new options was equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The exchange program resulted in $3.9 million of deferred stock compensation that will amortize on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the new awards of approximately 3 to 3.5 years. Amortization expense in the third quarter of 2005 was not significant.
NOTE 4 — RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER ITEMS
     The Company recorded charges of $100.0 million and $108.7 million in restructuring of operations and other items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, primarily in the Semiconductor segment. The Company recorded charges of $228.6 million and $231.1 million in restructuring of operations and other items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. For a complete discussion of the 2004 restructuring actions, please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2004.
Restructuring and impairment of long-lived assets:
First quarter of 2005:
     The Company recorded an expense of $0.8 million for the write-down of purchased software that will not be used. An expense of $0.3 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs, net of adjustments for changes in sublease assumptions for certain previously accrued facility lease termination costs.

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Additional non-manufacturing facilities were consolidated during the first quarter of 2005 and an expense of $0.4 million was recorded as the leased facilities ceased being used.
Second quarter of 2005:
     The Company recorded restructuring charges of approximately $1.7 million, which included the following items. An expense of $0.4 million for the write-down of equipment held for sale to reflect a decline in fair market values. An expense of $0.4 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs. An additional non-manufacturing facility was consolidated during the second quarter of 2005 and an expense of $0.3 million was recorded as the leased facility ceased being used. An expense of $0.2 million was recorded for severance and termination benefits for 10 employees. An expense of $0.4 million was recorded for facility closure costs related to the Colorado fabrication facility as the expenses were incurred.
Third quarter of 2005:
     The Company recorded restructuring charges of approximately $100.0 million, which included the following items.
     On September 13, 2005, the Company announced its intention to sell its Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility as part of the Company’s strategy to move to a fabless semiconductor model. Accordingly, the Company recorded $91.1 million in charges directly associated with the decision to sell the manufacturing facility in the third quarter of 2005. The asset impairment charge for the Gresham disposal group was calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” and included a charge of $85.2 million for the Gresham facility and $4.8 million in charges for estimated selling costs. The fair market values for the Gresham facility were thoroughly researched and estimated by management. The impairment charges of $85.2 million are non-cash charges and included as a non-cash restructuring item in the third quarter cash flow statements. In addition, the Company announced workforce reductions for approximately 80 positions in the Gresham facility and recorded a charge of $1.1 million for severance and termination benefits. These actions and related charges are associated with the Semiconductor segment. The Company is actively marketing the Gresham facility and expects to complete a sale of the facility within the next twelve months.
     An expense of $7.7 million was recorded for changes in sublease assumptions for certain previously accrued facility lease termination costs. In addition, an expense of $0.5 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs. An expense of $0.5 million was recorded for severance and termination benefits for approximately 17 employees primarily related to the broad-based reorganization that was announced in August of 2005.
     Assets held for sale of $107.3 million and $11.0 million were included as a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. During the third quarter of 2005, $98.5 million in assets associated with the Gresham facility and surrounding land were reclassified to assets held for sale. Assets classified as held for sale are not depreciated. The fair values of impaired equipment and facilities were estimated by management. Given that current market conditions for the sale of older fabrication facilities and related equipment may fluctuate, there can be no assurance that the Company will realize the current net carrying value of the assets held for sale. The Company reassesses the realizability of the carrying value of these assets at the end of each quarter until the assets are sold or otherwise disposed of and additional adjustments may be necessary.
     The following table sets forth the Company’s restructuring reserves as of September 30, 2005, which are included in other accrued liabilities on the balance sheet:

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            Restructuring   Utilized   Restructuring   Utilized   Restructuring   Utilized   Balance
    Balance at   Expense   during Q1,   Expense   during Q2,   Expense   during Q3,   At
(In thousands)   December 31, 2004   Q1, 2005   2005   Q2, 2005   2005   Q3, 2005   2005   September 30, 2005
     
Write-down of excess assets and decommissioning costs (a)
  $ 1,207     $ 796     $ (1,271 )   $ 429     $ (451 )   $ 89,633     $ (85,311 )   $ 5,032  
 
                                                               
Lease terminations (b)
    20,065       738       (2,691 )     727       (2,674 )     8,207       (2,555 )     21,817  
Facility closure and other exit costs (c)
    543             (476 )     404       (462 )     488       (492 )     5  
Payments to employees for severance (d)
    7,408       (1 )     (4,250 )     160       (1,850 )     1,658       (412 )     2,713  
     
Total
  $ 29,223     $ 1,533     $ (8,688 )   $ 1,720     $ (5,437 )   $ 99,986     $ (88,770 )   $ 29,567  
     
 
(a)   The amounts utilized in 2005 reflect $1.2 million of non-cash write-downs of long-lived assets in the U.S. due to impairment and $0.5 million in cash payments to decommission and sell assets. The write-downs of long-lived assets were accounted for as a reduction of the assets and did not result in a liability. The charge of $89.6 million includes the impairment charge for the Gresham facility of $85.2 million, related estimated Gresham facility selling costs of $4.8 million and a credit of $0.4 million of net of other miscellaneous items. The $5.0 million balance as of September 30, 2005, relates to estimates for selling costs for assets held for sale and is expected to be utilized during 2006.
 
(b)   An expense of $7.7 million was recorded for changes in sublease assumptions for certain previously accrued facility lease termination costs. In addition, an expense of $0.5 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs. Amounts utilized represent cash payments. The balance remaining for real estate lease terminations will be paid during the remaining terms of these contracts, which extend through 2011.
 
(c)   An expense of $0.5 million was recorded for facility closure costs related to the Colorado fabrication facility as the expenses were incurred. Amounts utilized represent cash payments. The balance remaining for facility closure and other exit costs will be paid during 2005.
 
(d)   An expense of $1.1 million was recorded in connection with the Company’s decision to sell the Gresham facility. An expense of $0.5 million was recorded in connection with the Company’s reorganization. Amounts utilized represent cash severance payments to 126 employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 for the action announced in the third quarter of 2004. Amounts utilized also include cash severance payments for 14 employees for the action announced in the third quarter of 2005 during the three months ended September 30, 2005. The balance remaining for severance is expected to be paid by the end of 2005.
Other Items:
Second quarter of 2005:
     On May 23, 2005, Wilfred J. Corrigan’s status as an employee ceased and in connection with this event, the Company recorded a charge of $5.3 million. The amount was paid to Mr. Corrigan in the second quarter of 2005 and was made in accordance with Mr. Corrigan’s employment agreement dated September 20, 2001. Mr. Corrigan was the Company’s former Chief Executive Officer.

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NOTE 5 — INVESTMENTS
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (In thousands)  
Available-for-sale debt securities
               
Asset and mortgage-backed securities
  $ 302,438     $ 292,898  
U.S. government and agency securities
    242,794       234,787  
Corporate and municipal debt securities
    74,148       68,177  
     
 
               
Total short-term investments
  $ 619,380     $ 595,862  
     
 
               
Long-term investments in equity securities
               
Marketable equity securities available-for-sale
  $ 26,241     $ 28,372  
Non-marketable equity securities
    7,820       9,307  
     
 
               
Total long-term investments in equity securities
  $ 34,061     $ 37,679  
     
     Accumulated other comprehensive income included unrealized gains on investments in available-for-sale debt and equity securities of $10 million, net of the related tax effect of $5 million, and $12 million, net of the related tax effect of $6 million, as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004, respectively.
     Realized losses on sales of investments in available-for-sale debt securities were $0.2 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively. Realized gains on sales of investments in available-for-sale debt securities were $0.5 million and $1.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004.
     The Company realized pre-tax gains of $2 million related to the following for the nine months ended September 30, 2005:
• A $1 million pre-tax gain related to the sale of certain marketable available-for-sale equity securities in the second quarter of 2005; and
• A $1 million pre-tax gain associated with marketable available-for-sale equity securities of a certain technology company that was acquired by another technology company in the second quarter of 2005.
     The Company realized pre-tax gains of $8 million related to the following for the nine months ended September 30, 2004:
• A $5 million pre-tax gain related to the sales of certain marketable available-for-sale equity securities in the second quarter of 2004; and
• A $3 million pre-tax gain associated with marketable available-for-sale equity securities of a certain technology company that was acquired by another technology company in the first quarter of 2004.
     The following table includes the details of pre-tax losses related to investments in equity securities that the Company has recorded during the first nine months of 2005 and 2004, respectively. Management believes that the declines in value were other than temporary.

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    Non-marketable   Marketable
    equity   equity
    investments   investments
    (in millions)
Pre-tax loss:
               
Three months ended September 30, 2005
  $ 1.5     $  
Nine months ended September 30, 2005
    1.5        
 
               
Pre-tax loss:
               
Three months ended September 30, 2004
  $ 1.9     $ 4.1  
Nine months ended September 30, 2004
    3.1       4.1  
 
Total carrying value of impaired investments as of September 30, 2005
  $ 2.4     $  
NOTE 6 — BALANCE SHEET DETAIL
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (In thousands)  
Cash and cash equivalents:
               
Cash in financial institutions
  $ 47,188     $ 51,172  
Cash equivalents
    178,466       167,551  
     
 
 
  $ 225,654     $ 218,723  
     
 
               
Inventories:
               
Raw materials
  $ 23,360     $ 20,022  
Work-in-process
    89,099       106,818  
Finished goods
    76,674       92,060  
     
 
               
 
  $ 189,133     $ 218,900  
     
     The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 are as follows (in thousands):
                         
    Semiconductor     Storage Systems        
    Segment*     segment*     Total  
     
Balance as of December 31, 2004*
  $ 801,272     $ 171,858     $ 973,130  
Adjustment to goodwill acquired in a prior year for cash received from the resolution of a pre-acquisition income tax contingency
    (7,662 )           (7,662 )
     
Balance as of September 30, 2005
  $ 793,610     $ 171,858     $ 965,468  
     
 
*   The information provided herein has been recast to include the RAID Storage Adapter (RSA) business as part of the Storage Systems segment from the Semiconductor segment for all periods presented.
     The Company monitors the recoverability of goodwill recorded in connection with acquisitions annually or sooner if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment, if any, would be determined in accordance with SFAS No. 142, which uses a fair value model for determining the carrying value of goodwill. See the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion.

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NOTE 7 — DEBT
                                         
                    Conversion   September 30,   December 31,
    Maturity   Interest Rate   Price   2005   2004
                            (In thousands)
2003 Convertible Subordinated Notes
  May 2010     4 %   $ 13.4200     $ 350,000     $ 350,000  
 
                                       
2001 Convertible Subordinated Notes
  November 2006     4 %   $ 26.3390       271,848       421,500  
Deferred gain on terminated swaps
                            2,954       10,346  
Capital lease obligations
                                  129  
                             
 
                                       
 
                            624,802       781,975  
 
                                       
Current portion of long-term obligations
                                  (129 )
                             
 
                                       
Long-term debt
                          $ 624,802     $ 781,846  
                             
     During the second quarter of 2005, the Company repurchased approximately $150 million of the 2001 Convertible Notes. A net pre-tax gain of approximately $4 million was recognized in interest income and other, net for the repurchase. The pre-tax gain is net of the write-off of debt issuance costs and a portion of the deferred gain on the terminated Swaps.
     The 2001 Convertible Subordinate Notes will become current in November 2005, as the maturity date is in November 2006. The Notes will be classified as current debt in the Company’s 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
NOTE 8 — RECONCILIATION OF BASIC AND DILUTED NET LOSS PER SHARE
     A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted net loss per share computations are as follows:
                                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,  
    2005     2004  
                    Per-Share                     Per-Share  
    Net loss*     Shares+     Amount     Net loss*     Shares+     Amount  
    (In thousands except per share amounts)  
Basic :
                                               
Net loss available to common stockholders
  $ (73,394 )     391,017     $ (0.19 )   $ (282,432 )     384,876     $ (0.73 )
 
                                           
Stock options and restricted stock awards
                                   
 
                                               
Diluted :
                                               
Net loss available to common stockholders
  $ (73,394 )     391,017     $ (0.19 )   $ (282,432 )     384,876     $ (0.73 )
 
                                           
                                                 
    Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2005     2004  
                    Per-Share                     Per-Share  
    Net loss*     Shares+     Amount     Net loss*     Shares+     Amount  
    (In thousands except per share amounts)  
Basic :
                                               
Net loss available to common stockholders
  $ (43,413 )     389,247     $ (0.11 )   $ (266,105 )     383,355     $ (0.69 )
 
                                           
 
Stock options and restricted stock awards
                                   
 
                                               
Diluted :
                                               
Net loss available to common stockholders
  $ (43,413 )     389,247     $ (0.11 )   $ (266,105 )     383,355     $ (0.69 )
 
                                           
 
     * Numerator
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     Options to purchase 71,792,901 shares were outstanding as of September 30, 2005, but were not included in the computation of diluted shares because of their antidilutive effect on net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005. The exercise price of these options ranged from $0.10 to $72.25 as of September 30, 2005. Options to purchase 70,078,980 shares were outstanding as of September 30, 2004, but were not included in the computation of diluted shares because of their antidilutive effect on net loss per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004. The exercise price of these options ranged from $0.06 to $72.25 as of September 30, 2004.
     Weighted average restricted common shares of 769,593 and 811,974 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted shares because of their antidilutive effect on net loss per share. Weighted average restricted common shares of 577,257 and 204,352 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted shares because of their antidilutive effect on net loss per share.
     For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, weighted average potentially dilutive shares of 36,401,581 and 39,069,163, respectively, associated with the 2003 and 2001 Convertible Notes were excluded from the calculation of diluted shares because of their antidilutive effect on net loss per share. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, weighted average potentially dilutive shares of 43,413,634 and 44,266,694 shares associated with the 2003 and 2001 Convertible Notes were excluded from the calculation of diluted shares because of their antidilutive effect on net loss per share.
NOTE 9 — COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
     Comprehensive loss is defined as a change in equity of a company during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances, excluding transactions resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Comprehensive loss, net of taxes for the current reporting period and comparable period in the prior year is as follows:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2005     2004     2005     2004  
    (In thousands)  
Net loss
  $ (73,394 )   $ (282,432 )   $ (43,413 )   $ (266,105 )
Change in unrealized gain/loss on derivative instruments designated as and qualifying as cash-flow hedges
    260       (3,473 )     (275 )     (2,003 )
Change in unrealized gain/loss on available-for-sale securities
    2,422       2,687       (1,851 )     (8,725 )
Change in foreign currency translation adjustments
    (2,546 )     (1,109 )     (9,336 )     (5,597 )
     
Comprehensive loss
  $ (73,258 )   $ (284,327 )   $ (54,875 )   $ (282,430 )
     
NOTE 10 — SEGMENT REPORTING
     The Company operates in two reportable segments – Semiconductor and Storage Systems. Within the Semiconductor segment, the Company offers three enabling system-on-a-chip technologies—standard-cell ASICs, Platform ASICs and application specific standard products. Within the Storage Systems segment, the Company focuses on high-performance modular disk storage systems, sub-assemblies, storage management software, RAID storage adapters and related software. Our products are marketed primarily to OEMs that sell products targeted for applications in these markets.
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     The following is a summary of operations by segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004:
                                 
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     September 30,  
    2005     2004     2005     2004  
    (In thousands)  
Revenues:
                               
Semiconductor
  $ 311,739     $ 249,822     $ 940,940     $ 840,937  
Storage Systems
    169,977       130,395       472,075       439,534  
     
 
                               
Total
  $ 481,716     $ 380,217     $ 1,413,015     $ 1,280,471  
     
 
                               
(Loss)/income from operations:
                               
Semiconductor
  $ (78,999 )   $ (266,763 )   $ (50,083 )   $ (273,516 )
Storage Systems
    13,346       (3,461 )     23,008       25,654  
     
 
                               
Total
  $ (65,653 )   $ (270,224 )   $ (27,075 )   $ (247,862 )
     
     Intersegment revenues for the periods presented above were not significant. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, restructuring of operations and other items, net of $100.0 million and $108.7 million, respectively, were primarily included in the Semiconductor segment. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, restructuring of operations and other items, net of $228.6 million and $231.1 million, respectively, were primarily included in the Semiconductor segment.
     Significant Customers. The following table summarizes the number of our significant customers, each of whom accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s revenues, along with the percentage of revenues they individually represent on a consolidated basis and by segment:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2005     2004     2005     2004  
Semiconductor segment:
                               
Number of significant customers
    2       2       1       1  
Percentage of segment revenues
    16%, 12 %     14%, 12 %     17 %     10 %
Storage Systems segment:
                               
Number of significant customers
    2       3       3       3  
Percentage of segment revenues
    46%, 11 %     40%, 14%, 11 %     43%, 13%, 10 %     40%, 16%, 11 %
Consolidated:
                               
Number of significant customers
    2       1       2       1  
Percentage of consolidated revenues
    17%, 11 %     15 %     15%, 11 %     15 %

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     The following is a summary of total assets by segment as of September 30, 2005, and December 31, 2004:
                 
    September 30,     December 31,  
    2005     2004  
    (In thousands)  
Total assets:
               
Semiconductor
  $ 2,254,959     $ 2,408,642  
Storage Systems
    463,564       465,359  
 
           
 
               
Total
  $ 2,718,523     $ 2,874,001  
 
           
     Revenues from domestic operations were $231 million, representing 48% of consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2005 compared to $185 million, representing 49% of consolidated revenues for the same period of 2004.
     Revenues from domestic operations were $666 million, representing 47% of consolidated revenues, for the first nine months of 2005 compared to $644 million, representing 50% of consolidated revenues, for the same period of 2004.
NOTE 11 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
     The Company is a party to a variety of agreements pursuant to which it may be obligated to indemnify the other party with respect to certain matters. Typically, these obligations arise in connection with contracts and license agreements or the sale of assets, under which the Company customarily agrees to hold the other party harmless against losses arising from a breach of warranties, representations and covenants related to such matters as title to assets sold, validity of certain intellectual property rights, non-infringement of third-party rights, and certain income tax-related matters. In each of these circumstances, payment by the Company is typically subject to the other party making a claim to and cooperating with the Company pursuant to the procedures specified in the particular contract. This usually allows the Company to challenge the other party’s claims or, in case of breach of intellectual property representations or covenants, to control the defense or settlement of any third-party claims brought against the other party. Further, the Company’s obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of activity (typically to replace or correct the products or terminate agreement with a refund to the other party), duration and/or amounts. In some instances, the Company may have recourse against third parties and/or insurance covering certain payments made by the Company.
NOTE 12 — LEGAL MATTERS
     In February 1999, a lawsuit alleging patent infringement was filed in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona by the Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership (“Lemelson”) against 88 electronics industry companies, including LSI. The case number is CIV990377PHXRGS. The patents involved in this lawsuit are alleged to relate to semiconductor manufacturing and computer imaging, including the use of bar coding for automatic identification of articles. The plaintiff has sought a judgment of infringement, an injunction, treble damages, attorneys’ fees and further relief as the court may provide. In September 1999, the Company filed an answer denying infringement and raising affirmative defenses. In addition, the Company asserted a counterclaim for declaratory judgment of non-infringement, invalidity and unenforceability of Lemelson’s patents. In October of 2005, the court issued a preliminary ruling on the claim construction following the hearing in December 2004. The court has invited the parties to submit objections to the preliminary ruling. A final ruling on the claim construction is anticipated to be issued sometime thereafter. No trial date has been set. While the Company can give no assurances regarding the final outcome of this lawsuit, the Company believes the allegations made by Lemelson are without merit and is defending the action vigorously.
     The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to other litigation matters and claims that are normal in the course of its operations. The Company aggressively defends all legal matters and does not believe, based on currently available facts and circumstances, that the final outcome of these matters, taken individually or as a whole, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. However, the pending unsettled lawsuits may involve complex questions of fact and law and will likely require the expenditure of significant funds and the diversion of other resources to defend. From time to time the Company may enter into confidential discussions regarding the potential settlement of such lawsuits; however, there can be no assurance that any such discussions will occur or will result in a

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settlement. Moreover, the settlement of any pending litigation could require the Company to incur substantial settlement payments and costs and, in the case of the settlement of any intellectual property proceeding against the Company, may require the Company to obtain a license under a third party’s intellectual property rights that could require royalty payments in the future and the Company to grant a license to certain of its intellectual property rights to a third party under a cross-license agreement. The results of litigation are inherently uncertain, and material adverse outcomes are possible.
NOTE 13 — SUBSEQUENT EVENT
     On November 4, 2005, the Company received $33 million in cash as a result of the conclusion of a pre-acquisition income tax matter. The majority of this amount will reduce goodwill in the Semiconductor segment.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
     This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements. In many cases you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “intend” or “continue,” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. In addition, forward-looking statements in this document include, but are not limited to, the following: projected net income per diluted share in the fourth quarter of 2005, projected revenues in the fourth quarter of 2005, projections of gross profit margins in the fourth quarter of 2005 and projected capital expenditures in 2005. We assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements, and these statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. For a summary of such risks and uncertainties, please see the paragraphs located at the end of this Item 2 entitled “Factors that May Affect Future Operating Results” and please also see the risk factors located in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.
OVERVIEW
     We design, develop, manufacture and market complex, high-performance integrated circuits and storage systems. We operate in two reportable segments – Semiconductor and Storage Systems. Within the Semiconductor segment, we offer three enabling system-on-a-chip technologies—standard-cell ASICs, Platform ASICs and application specific standard products. Within the Storage Systems segment, we focus on high-performance modular disk storage systems, sub-assemblies, storage management software, RAID storage adapters (RSA) and related software. Our products are marketed primarily to OEMs that sell products targeted for applications in these markets.
     On May 23, 2005, Abhijit Y. Talwalkar joined LSI as President and Chief Executive Officer and Wilfred J. Corrigan’s status as an employee of LSI ceased. Since joining LSI, Mr. Talwalkar has been in the process of assessing the strategic foundation and operational effectiveness of our overall business. In the third quarter of 2005, we announced a broad-based reorganization as well as the decision to move to a fabless semiconductor model. The reorganization is expected to better position us to pursue increased growth in our primary markets: custom integrated circuits, consumer products and storage platforms and products. We announced four major business groups — Custom Solutions Group (CSG), Consumer Products Group (CPG), Storage Components Group (SCG) and Engenio or Storage Systems. CSG, CPG and SCG are part of the Semiconductor segment. Our RSA business, formerly part of the Semiconductor segment is now included in the Storage Systems Segment. The combination of RSA and Engenio, our majority owned subsidiary, will allow us to more efficiently deliver a broad portfolio of software, storage products and platforms to meet original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customer needs.
     We had previously announced jointly with Engenio Technologies, Inc. the postponement of the initial public offering of its common stock due to then current market conditions. We have since decided to postpone any plans for an initial public offering indefinitely. On September 16, 2005, Engenio stock options outstanding were exchanged for the LSI’s options under the 1999 Non Statutory Stock Option Plan. The exchange occurred in accordance with the terms of the Engenio Equity Incentive plan, which provided for the automatic exchange of the options in the event it was determined that the Engenio initial public offering was not likely to occur. We exchanged options to purchase an aggregate of 3,011,450 shares of Engenio common stock for options to purchase an aggregate of 2,830,763 shares of LSI’s common stock. The exercise price per share of the new options was equal to the fair market value of our common stock on the grant date. The exchange program resulted in $3.9 million of deferred stock compensation that will amortize on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the new awards of approximately 3 to 3.5 years. Amortization expense in the third quarter of 2005 was not significant.
     On September 13, 2005, we announced that we intend to sell our Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility as part of our strategy to move to a fabless semiconductor manufacturing model. Our new strategy includes the expansion of our working relationships with major foundry partners and the adoption of a roadmap leading to the production of advanced semiconductors utilizing 65-nanometer and below process technology on 300-mm or 12–inch wafers. We recorded $91.1 million in charges directly associated with the decision to sell the manufacturing facility. The details of these charges are included in the discussion on restructuring included under the results of operations section of this MD&A and also in the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements.
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compared to revenues of $380.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004. Revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 were $1,413.0 million representing a 10% increase as compared to $1,280.5 million in revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2004. The increases for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 represent increases in both our Semiconductor and Storage Systems segments.
     We reported a net loss of $73.4 million or $0.19 a diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2005 compared to net income of $25.3 million or $0.06 a diluted share for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and a net loss of $282.4 million or $0.73 a diluted share for the three months ended September 30, 2004. We reported a net loss of $43.4 million or $0.11 a diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to a net loss of $266.1 million or $0.69 cents a diluted share for the nine months ended September 30, 2004.
     In the fourth quarter of 2005, we expect our consolidated revenues to be in the range of $475 million to $500 million.
     Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $845.0 million as of September 30, 2005 compared to $782.0 million as of June 30, 2005 and $814.6 million as of December 31, 2004. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we generated $196.7 million in cash provided by operations compared to $64.6 million in the same period of the previous year.
     Our business is characterized by rapid technological change, competitive pricing pressures and cyclical market patterns. Our financial results are affected by a wide variety of factors, including general economic conditions worldwide, economic conditions specific to the semiconductor and storage systems industries, the timely implementation of new technologies and the ability to safeguard inventions and other intellectual property in a rapidly evolving market. In addition, the semiconductor and storage systems markets have historically been cyclical and subject to significant economic downturns at various times.
     Where more than one significant factor contributed to changes in results from year to year, we have quantified such factors throughout Management’s Discussion & Analysis, where practicable. The information provided herein for the Semiconductor and Storage Systems segments have been recast to reflect the realignment of the RSA group to the Storage Systems segment from the Semiconductor Segment for all periods presented.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
   Revenues:
                                         
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     June 30,     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
    2005     2005     2004     2005     2004  
    (in millions)  
Semiconductor segment
  $ 311.7     $ 325.2     $ 249.8     $ 940.9     $ 841.0  
Storage Systems segment
    170.0       156.1       130.4       472.1       439.5  
     
Consolidated
  $ 481.7     $ 481.3     $ 380.2     $ 1,413.0     $ 1,280.5  
     
There were no significant intersegment revenues during the periods presented.
     Third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005
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     Semiconductor segment:
     Revenues for the Semiconductor segment decreased $13.5 million or 4% for the three months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2005. The decrease in semiconductor revenues is attributable to the net effect of the following factors:
    Revenues decreased for semiconductors used in storage product applications primarily a result of lower demand for ASICs used in hard disk drives, Host Bus Adapters (HBA) and storage subsystems; and
 
    Revenues decreased for semiconductors used in communications product applications due to declines in demand for enterprise, wireless, military, aerospace and certain older product applications.
          The above noted decreases in revenues were offset in part by increased revenues for semiconductors used in consumer product applications such as DVD-recorders and digital audio players, offset in part by declines in revenues for semiconductors used in consumer product applications such as video games.
     Storage Systems segment:
     Revenues for the Storage Systems segment increased $13.9 million or 9% from the second quarter of 2005. The increase in revenues is primarily attributable to increased demand for our new high-end controller product introduced in the second quarter of 2005.
     Three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period of 2004
     Total consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2005 increased $101.5 million or 27% as compared to the third quarter of 2004. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, revenues increased $132.5 million or 10% as compared to the same period of the prior year.
     Semiconductor segment:
     Revenues for the Semiconductor segment increased $61.9 million or 25% for the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the same period of the previous year. The increase in revenues for the three-month period is attributable to the following factors:
    An increase in revenues for semiconductors used in consumer product applications primarily a result of increased demand for digital audio players, DVD recorders and cable set-top boxes, offset in part by decreases in demand for semiconductors used in video games; and
 
    An increase in revenues for semiconductors used in storage product applications primarily due to higher demand for ASICs used in hard disk drives , HBAs and storage area networking products and ASSPs used in storage product applications such as the Ultra 320 product.
          The above noted increases in revenues were offset in part by decreased demand for semiconductors used in communications product applications such as wireless products.
     Revenues for the Semiconductor segment increased $99.9 million or 12% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the same period in 2004. The increase in revenues is attributable to:
    An increase in revenues for semiconductors used in consumer product applications primarily a result of increased demand for digital audio players, DVD recorders, cable set-top boxes and video games, offset in part by decreases in demand for semiconductors used in DVD playback products; and
 
    An increase in revenues for semiconductors used in storage product applications primarily due to higher demand for ASICs used in hard disk drives.

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     The above noted increases in revenues were offset in part by decreased demand for semiconductors used in communications product applications such as office automation, switch and WAN products.
     Storage Systems segment:
     Revenues for the Storage Systems segment increased $39.6 million or 30% for the third quarter of 2005 and increased $32.6 million or 7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the same periods of 2004. The increase in revenues for the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the same period of 2004 was primarily the result of increased demand for our new high-end controller product introduced in the second quarter of 2005 as well as sales of related enclosures (drive modules).
     The increase in revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same period of 2004 was also primarily driven by increased demand for our high-end controller product as discussed above and increased revenues for command modules sold to one large customer.
     Significant Customers. The following table summarizes the number of our significant customers, each of whom accounted for 10% or more of our revenues, along with the percentage of revenues they individually represent on a consolidated basis and by segment:
                                 
    Three Months Ended September 30,     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
    2005     2004     2005     2004  
Semiconductor segment:
                               
Number of significant customers
    2       2       1       1  
Percentage of segment revenues
    16%, 12 %     14%, 12 %     17 %     10 %
Storage Systems segment:
                               
Number of significant customers
    2       3       3       3  
Percentage of segment revenues
    46%, 11 %     40%, 14%, 11 %     43%, 13%, 10 %     40%, 16%, 11 %
Consolidated:
                               
Number of significant customers
    2       1       2       1  
Percentage of consolidated revenues
    17%, 11 %     15 %     15%, 11 %     15 %
Revenues by geography. The following table summarizes our revenues by geography:
                                         
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     June 30, 2005     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
    2005             2004     2005     2004  
    (in millions)  
Revenues:
                                       
North America *
  $ 230.7     $ 228.1     $ 185.1     $ 666.3     $ 644.2  
Asia, including Japan
    193.1       195.4       156.7       583.8       486.2  
Europe *
    57.9       57.8       38.4       162.9       150.1  
     
Total
  $ 481.7     $ 481.3     $ 380.2     $ 1,413.0     $ 1,280.5  
     
 
*   Revenues by geography are accumulated based on the revenues generated by our subsidiaries located within the three geographic areas noted in the above table. In the second half of 2004, Engenio formed new subsidiaries within Europe. As a result, the amounts in the table above have been restated. All revenues generated by Engenio Europe were previously reported in North America.

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Third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005
     In the third quarter of 2005, revenues increased in North America and Europe and decreased in Asia, including Japan, as compared to the second quarter of 2005. The increase in North America is primarily attributable to higher demand for semiconductors used in consumer product applications and higher revenues in the Storage Systems segment, offset in part by decreased demand for semiconductors used in storage component and communications product applications. The decrease in Asia, including Japan, is primarily the result of decreases in semiconductors used in storage component and communications product applications, offset in part by increases in revenues for semiconductors used in consumer product applications and increases in revenues for the Storage Systems segment.
Three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same periods of 2004
     In the third quarter of 2005, revenues increased in North America, Asia, including Japan, and Europe as compared to the third quarter of 2004. The increase in North America is attributable to increases for semiconductors used in consumer product applications and ASICs used in storage component applications and increases in revenues for the Storage Systems segment, offset in part by decreases in demand for semiconductors used in storage components and communications product applications. The increase in Asia, including Japan, is attributable to increased demand for semiconductors used in storage component and communications product applications and increases in revenues in the Storage Systems segment. These increases were offset in part by decreased demand for semiconductors used in consumer product applications. The increase in Europe is primarily attributable to increases in revenues in both the Semiconductor and Storage Systems segments.
     During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, revenues increased in North America, Asia, including Japan and Europe as compared to the same period of 2004. The increase in North America is primarily attributable to an increase in demand for semiconductors used in consumer product applications and increases in revenues in the Storage Systems segment. These increases were offset in part by decreases in semiconductors used in storage component and communications product applications in the Semiconductor segment. The increase in Asia, including Japan, is a result of a higher demand for semiconductors used in storage component and consumer product applications and increases in revenues in the Storage Systems segment, offset in part by decreased demand for semiconductors used in communications product applications. The increase in Europe is primarily a result of increases in semiconductors used in storage ASIC, storage components and consumer product applications coupled with increases in revenues in the Storage Systems segment. These increases were offset in part by decreases in semiconductors used in communications product applications.
     Operating costs and expenses. Key elements of the consolidated statements of operations for the respective segments are as follows:
Gross profit margin:
                                         
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     June 30, 2005     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
    2005             2004     2005     2004  
    (in millions)  
Semiconductor segment
  $ 147.5     $ 158.1     $ 107.0     $ 448.4     $ 395.4  
Percentage of revenues
    47%       49%       43%       48%       47%  
Storage Systems segment
  $ 62.7     $ 53.6     $ 44.8     $ 163.8     $ 166.6  
Percentage of revenues
    37%       34%       34%       35%       38%
     
Consolidated
  $ 210.2     $ 211.7     $ 151.8     $ 612.2     $ 562.0  
     
Percentage of revenues
    44%       44%       40%       43%       44%  
     Third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005
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     Semiconductor segment:
     The gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues for the Semiconductor segment decreased to 47% in the third quarter of 2005 from 49% in the second quarter of 2005. The decrease in gross profit margin for the semiconductor segment was primarily attributable to unfavorable changes in product mix for semiconductors used in consumer product applications such as video games, offset in part by increases in gross profit margins stemming from lower inventory charges. The lower inventory charges are associated with favorable manufacturing variances as a result of higher utilization of our Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility.
     Storage Systems segment:
     The gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues for the Storage Systems segment increased to 37% in the third quarter of 2005 from 34% in the second quarter of 2005. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily attributable to a favorable shift in product mix which began in the second quarter of 2005 with the introduction of our new high-end controller product and material cost reductions in the quarter.
     We expect our consolidated gross profit margin to be in the range of 43% to 44% in the fourth quarter of 2005. We expect future depreciation savings associated with the decision to sell the Gresham facility to be fully offset by unfavorable manufacturing variances related to decreased future loading of the Gresham facility.
     Three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same periods of 2004
     The consolidated gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues increased to 44% in the third quarter of 2005 from 40% in the third quarter of 2004. The consolidated gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues decreased to 43% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to 44% in the same period of 2004.
     Semiconductor segment:
     The gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues for the Semiconductor segment increased to 47% in the third quarter of 2005 from 43% in the third quarter of 2004. The increases in gross profit margin for the Semiconductor segment were primarily attributable to improved operating efficiencies and cost savings in 2005 associated with the restructuring actions undertaken in the latter part of 2004, offset in part by the following factors:
    Lower average selling prices for semiconductors used in some consumer product applications and in storage applications such as hard disk drives; and
 
    An unfavorable shift in product mix which included selling fewer semiconductors used in consumer product applications such as video games in 2005.
The gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues for the Semiconductor segment increased to 48% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to 47% for the same period of 2004. The increase was primarily attributable to the following factors:
    Improved operating efficiencies and cost savings in 2005 associated with the restructuring actions undertaken in the latter part of 2004; and
 
    A favorable shift in product mix for semiconductors used in consumer product applications such as video games.
     The above noted increases were partially offset by the following factors:
    Lower average selling prices for semiconductors used in some consumer product applications and storage applications such as hard disk drives; and

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    Higher inventory charges in 2005 for consumer product applications such as DVD products.
     Storage Systems segment:
     The gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues for the Storage Systems segment increased to 37% in the third quarter of 2005 from 34% in the third quarter of 2004. The increase in gross profit margins is attributable to improved product mix associated with the introduction of our new high-end controller product in the second quarter of 2005 and material cost reductions. These increases were offset in part by lower selling prices on RSA products.
     The gross profit margin as a percentage of revenues for the Storage Systems segment decreased to 35% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 from 38% for the same period in 2004. The decline in gross profit margin in the Storage Systems segment for both periods is mainly attributable to changes in product mix reflecting lower sales volumes for some of our higher-end storage products and lower selling prices for RSA products and some of our older products. These declines were only partially offset by margin improvements since the introduction of our new high-end controller product introduced in the second quarter of 2005.
     Factors that may affect gross profit margins
     We have wafer-manufacturing operations in Gresham, Oregon, which is our primary manufacturing site in our Semiconductor segment. On September 13, 2005, we announced that we intend to sell our Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility as part of our strategy to move to a fabless semiconductor manufacturing model. Our new strategy includes the expansion of our working relationships with major foundry partners and the adoption of a roadmap leading to the production of advanced semiconductors utilizing 65-nanometer and below process technology on 300-mm or 12–inch wafers. As a result of our decision to hold the manufacturing facility for sale, depreciation of the operating assets of the facility ceased as of September 13, 2005. See the restructuring discussion contained herein and Note 4 to the Notes for further discussion.
          We also own our Storage Systems segment manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas. In addition, we acquire wafers, assembly and test services from vendors in Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Korea and China and outsource a portion of our Storage Systems segment manufacturing to facilities in Ireland, Mexico, Singapore and Thailand. Utilizing diverse manufacturing locations allows us to better manage potential disruption in the manufacturing process due to economic and geographic risks associated with each location.
     Our operating environment, combined with the resources required to operate in the Semiconductor and Storage Systems industries, requires that we manage a variety of factors. These factors include, among other things:
  Competitive pricing pressures;
 
  Product mix;
 
  Factory capacity and utilization;
 
  Geographic location of manufacturing;
 
  Manufacturing yields;
 
  Availability of certain raw materials;
 
  Implementation of new process technologies;
 
  Adoption of new industry standards;
 
  Terms negotiated with third-party subcontractors; and
 
  Foreign currency fluctuations.
     These and other factors could have a significant effect on our gross profit margin in future periods.

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Research and development:
                                         
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     June 30, 2005     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
    2005           2004     2005     2004  
    (in millions)  
Semiconductor segment
  $ 75.4     $ 77.1     $ 87.5     $ 230.8     $ 266.2  
Percentage of revenues
    24%       24%       35%       25%       32%  
Storage Systems segment
  $ 25.1     $ 22.6     $ 20.6     $ 68.6     $ 61.0  
Percentage of revenues
    15%       14%       16%       15%       14%  
     
Consolidated
  $ 100.5     $ 99.7     $ 108.1     $ 299.4     $ 327.2  
     
Percentage of revenues
    21%       21%       28%       21%       26%  
     Third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005
     Research and development (“R&D”) expenses remained relatively flat in the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the second quarter of 2005 on a consolidated basis.
     Semiconductor segment:
          R&D expenses in the Semiconductor segment decreased by $1.7 million or 2% in the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the second quarter of 2005. R&D expenses as a percentage of Semiconductor segment revenues remained flat at 24% when comparing the third quarter of 2005 with the second quarter of 2005.
          We develop advanced sub-micron product technologies for our ASIC and standard product portfolios. We continued the build-out of the RapidChip Platform ASIC infrastructure in the third quarter of 2005. Products utilizing RapidChip technology combine the high-density, high-performance and proven intellectual property benefits of cell-based ASICs with the advantages of lower development costs and faster time to market.
     Storage Systems segment:
     R&D expenses in the Storage Systems segment increased $2.5 million or 11% in the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the second quarter of 2005. The increase is primarily due to increased compensation-related expenditures that are based upon performance metrics and increased material spending for future R&D projects. R&D expenses as a percentage of Storage Systems segment revenues were 15% for the third quarter of 2005 compared to 14% for the second quarter of 2005.
     Three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same periods of 2004
     R&D expenses, on a consolidated basis, decreased $7.6 million or 7% during the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the third quarter of 2004. R&D expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 decreased by $27.8 million or 8% as compared to the same period of 2004.
     Semiconductor segment:
     R&D expenses for the Semiconductor segment decreased $12.1 million or 14% in the third quarter of 2005 and $35.4 million or 13% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the same periods of 2004. The decrease in 2005 R&D expenses for the Semiconductor segment is primarily the result of cost-cutting measures implemented as part of the restructuring actions taken during 2004, including lower compensation-related expenses as well as lower equipment and software expenses. In addition, we spent less on design engineering programs during the first nine months of 2005 as compared to the same period of 2004.

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     Storage Systems segment:
     R&D expenses for the Storage Systems segment increased by $4.5 million or 22% in the third quarter of 2005 and $7.6 million or 12% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the same periods of 2004. As noted above, these increases are primarily due to increased compensation-related expenditures that are based upon performance metrics and increased material spending for future R&D projects.
     Selling, general and administrative:
                                         
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    September 30,     June 30, 2005     September 30,     September 30,     September 30,  
    2005             2004     2005     2004  
    (in millions)  
Semiconductor segment
  $ 36.3     $ 37.9     $ 38.6     $ 111.1     $ 117.6  
Percentage of revenue
    12%       12%       15%       12%       14%  
Storage Systems segment
  $ 22.0     $ 22.0     $ 24.8     $ 65.2     $ 70.8  
Percentage of revenue
    13%       14%       19%       14%       16%  
     
Consolidated
  $ 58.3     $ 59.9     $ 63.4     $ 176.3     $ 188.4  
     
Percentage of revenue
    12%       12%       17%       12%       15%  
     Third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005
     Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses decreased $1.6 million or 3% during the third quarter of 2005 from the second quarter of 2005 on a consolidated basis.
     Semiconductor segment:
     SG&A expenses for the Semiconductor segment decreased $1.6 million or 4% in the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the second quarter of 2005. SG&A expenses as a percentage of Semiconductor revenues in the third quarter of 2005 compared to the second quarter of 2005 were flat at 12%.
     Storage Systems segment:
     SG&A expenses for the Storage Systems segment remained relatively flat in the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the second quarter of 2005. SG&A expenses as a percentage of Storage Systems revenues in the third quarter of 2005 and the second quarter of 2005 were 13% and 14%, respectively. The decrease in SG&A expenses as a percentage of Storage Systems revenues in the third quarter of 2005 from the second quarter of 2005 is attributable to higher revenues in the third quarter of 2005.
     Three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 compared to the same periods of 2004
     Consolidated SG&A expenses decreased $5.1 million or 8% during the third quarter of 2005 and $12.1 million or 6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the same periods of 2004.
     Semiconductor segment:
     SG&A expenses for the Semiconductor segment decreased $2.3 million or 6% for the third quarter of 2005 and $6.5 million or 6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the same periods of 2004. The decrease in the Semiconductor segment was primarily attributable to benefits from the cost-cutting measures implemented as part of the restructuring actions taken during 2004, including lower compensation-related expenses and benefits from the consolidation of our non-manufacturing facilities. In addition, outside professional services declined in 2005 as compared to the prior year. These decreases were offset in part by higher expenses from commissions for sales representatives.

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     Storage Systems segment:
     SG&A expenses for the Storage Systems segment decreased by $2.8 million or 11% in the third quarter of 2005 and $5.6 million or 8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the same periods of 2004. The decrease in SG&A expenses for the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the third quarter of 2004 is primarily attributable to spending in 2004 related to Engenio’s proposed initial public offering that was not present in 2005.
     The decrease in SG&A expenses from the nine months ended September 30, 2005 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2004 is primarily attributable to spending in 2004 related to Engenio’s proposed initial public offering, separation from LSI and set-up cost of experience centers that was not present in 2005.
     Restructuring of operations and other items: We recorded charges of $100.0 million and $108.7 million in restructuring of operations and other items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively. We recorded charges of $228.6 million and $231.1 million in restructuring of operations and other items for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, respectively. These charges were primarily associated with the Semiconductor segment. For a complete discussion of the 2004 restructuring actions, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2004.
Restructuring and impairment of long-lived assets:
First quarter of 2005:
     We recorded an expense of $0.8 million for the write-down of purchased software that will not be used. An expense of $0.3 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs, net of adjustments for changes in sublease assumptions for certain previously accrued facility lease termination costs. Additional non-manufacturing facilities were consolidated during the first quarter of 2005 and an expense of $0.4 million was recorded as the leased facilities ceased being used.
Second quarter of 2005:
     We recorded restructuring charges of approximately $1.7 million, which included the following items. An expense of $0.4 million for the write-down of equipment held for sale to reflect a decline in fair market values. An expense of $0.4 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs. An additional non-manufacturing facility was consolidated during the second quarter of 2005 and an expense of $0.3 million was recorded as the leased facility ceased being used. An expense of $0.2 million was recorded for severance and termination benefits for 10 employees. An expense of $0.4 million was recorded for facility closure costs related to the Colorado fabrication facility as the expenses were incurred.
Third quarter of 2005:
     We recorded restructuring charges of approximately $100.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005 as follows:
     On September 13, 2005, we announced our intention to sell our Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility as part of our strategy to move to a fabless semiconductor manufacturing model. Accordingly, we recorded $91.1 million in charges directly associated with the decision to sell the manufacturing facility in the third quarter of 2005. The asset impairment charge for the Gresham disposal group was calculated in accordance with SFAS No. 144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” and included a charge of $85.2 million for the Gresham facility and $4.8 million in charges for estimated selling costs. The fair market values for the Gresham facility were thoroughly researched and estimated by management. The impairment charges of $85.2 million are non-cash charges and included as a non-cash restructuring item in the third quarter cash flow statements. In addition, we announced workforce reductions for approximately 80 positions in the Gresham facility and recorded a charge of $1.1 million for severance and termination benefits. These actions and related charges are associated with the Semiconductor segment. We are actively marketing the Gresham facility and expect to complete a sale of the facility within the next twelve months.

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     An expense of $7.7 million was recorded for changes in sublease assumptions for certain previously accrued facility lease termination costs. In addition, an expense of $0.5 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs. An expense of $0.5 million was recorded for severance and termination benefits for approximately 17 employees primarily related to the broad-based reorganization that was announced in August of 2005.
     Assets held for sale of $107.3 million and $11.0 million were included as a component of prepaid expenses and other current assets as of September 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004, respectively. During the third quarter of 2005, $98.5 million in assets associated with the Gresham facility and surrounding land were reclassified to assets held for sale. Assets classified as held for sale are not depreciated. The fair values of impaired equipment and facilities were estimated by management. Given that current market conditions for the sale of older fabrication facilities and related equipment may fluctuate, there can be no assurance that we will realize the current net carrying value of the assets held for sale. We reassess the realizability of the carrying value of these assets at the end of each quarter until the assets are sold or otherwise disposed of and additional adjustments may be necessary.
     The following table sets forth our restructuring reserves as of September 30, 2005, which are included in other accrued liabilities on the balance sheet:
                                                                 
            Restructuring   Utilized   Restructuring   Utilized   Restructuring   Utilized   Balance
    Balance at   Expense   during Q1,   Expense   during Q2,   Expense   during Q3,   at
(In thousands)   December 31, 2004   Q1, 2005   2005   Q2, 2005   2005   Q3, 2005   2005   September 30, 2005
     
Write-down of excess assets and decommissioning costs (a)
  $ 1,207     $ 796     $ (1,271 )   $ 429     $ (451 )   $ 89,633     $ (85,311 )   $ 5,032  
 
                                                               
Lease terminations (b)
    20,065       738       (2,691 )     727       (2,674 )     8,207       (2,555 )     21,817  
Facility closure and other exit costs (c)
    543             (476 )     404       (462 )     488       (492 )     5  
Payments to employees for severance (d)
    7,408       (1 )     (4,250 )     160       (1,850 )     1,658       (412 )     2,713  
     
Total
  $ 29,223     $ 1,533     $ (8,688 )   $ 1,720     $ (5,437 )   $ 99,986     $ (88,770 )   $ (29,567 )
     
 
(a)   The amounts utilized in 2005 reflect $1.2 million of non-cash write-downs of long-lived assets in the U.S. due to impairment and $0.5 million in cash payments to decommission and sell assets. The write-downs of long-lived assets were accounted for as a reduction of the assets and did not result in a liability. The charge of $89.6 million includes the impairment charge for the Gresham facility of $85.2 million, related estimated Gresham facility selling costs of $4.8 million and a credit of $0.4 million of net of other miscellaneous items. The $5.0 million balance as of September 30, 2005, relates to estimates for selling costs for assets held for sale and is expected to be utilized during 2006.
 
(b)   An expense of $7.7 million was recorded for changes in sublease assumptions for certain previously accrued facility lease termination costs. In addition, an expense of $0.5 million was recorded to reflect the change in time value of accruals for facility lease termination costs. Amounts utilized represent cash payments. The balance remaining for real estate lease terminations will be paid during the remaining terms of these contracts, which extend through 2011.
 
(c)   An expense of $0.5 million was recorded for facility closure costs related to the Colorado fabrication facility as the expenses were incurred. Amounts utilized represent cash payments. The balance remaining for facility closure and other exit costs will be paid during 2005.
 
(d)   An expense of $1.1 million was recorded in connection with our decision to sell Gresham facility. An expense of $0.5 million was recorded in connection with our reorganization. Amounts utilized represent cash severance payments to 126 employees during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 for the action announced in the third quarter of 2004.

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Amounts utilized also include cash severance payments for 14 employees for the action announced in the third quarter of 2005 during the three months ended September 30, 2005. The balance remaining for severance is expected to be paid by the end of 2005.
     We realized depreciation savings of approximately $0.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 as a result of our decision to sell the Gresham facility. We expect future depreciation savings associated with the decision to sell the Gresham facility to be fully offset by unfavorable manufacturing variances related to decreased future loading of the Gresham facility.
Other Items:
Second quarter of 2005:
     On May 23, 2005, Wilfred J. Corrigan’s status as an employee ceased and in connection with this event, we recorded a charge of $5.3 million. The amount was paid to Mr. Corrigan in the second quarter of 2005 and was made in accordance with Mr. Corrigan’s employment agreement dated September 20, 2001. Mr. Corrigan was our former Chief Executive Officer.
     Amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation: Amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation was $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005, $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2005 and $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2004. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, the amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation was $4.0 million and $6.4 million, respectively. The acquisitions for which deferred stock compensation and related amortization were recorded consisted primarily of the Accerant transaction in the second quarter of 2004, the Velio transaction in the first quarter of 2004, an acquisition in the fourth quarter of 2002, the acquisition of C-Cube and the RAID business from AMI in 2001 and the acquisition of DataPath in 2000. We have also recorded non-cash deferred stock compensation for restricted common shares issued to our employees, Engenio employees and the non-employee directors of Engenio. We amortize deferred stock compensation ratably over the related vesting periods. Deferred stock compensation is adjusted to reflect forfeitures prior to vesting. At September 30, 2005, the deferred stock compensation that remained was $13.3 million, and is expected to be amortized over the next four years.
     On September 16, 2005, Engenio stock options outstanding were exchanged for LSI’s options under the 1999 Non Statutory Stock Option Plan. The exchange occurred in accordance with the terms of the Engenio Equity Incentive plan, which provided for the automatic exchange of the options in the event it was determined that the Engenio initial public offering was not likely to occur. The Company exchanged options to purchase an aggregate of 3,011,450 shares of Engenio common stock for options to purchase an aggregate of 2,830,763 shares of LSI’s common stock. The exercise price per share of the new options was equal to the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date. The exchange program resulted in $3.9 million of deferred stock compensation that will amortize on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the new awards of approximately 3 to 3.5 years. Amortization expense in the third quarter of 2005 was not significant.
     Amortization of intangibles: Amortization of intangible assets was $15.7 million for the third quarter of 2005 as compared to $17.6 million for the second quarter of 2005. The decrease is primarily a result of the certain intangible assets becoming fully amortized during the third quarter of 2005.
     Amortization of intangible assets for the third quarter of 2005 decreased by $3.5 million from $19.2 million for the same period in 2004. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, amortization of intangible assets was $50.9 million and $56.9 million, respectively. Amortization decreased as a result of the write-down during the fourth quarter of 2004 and certain intangible assets becoming fully amortized, offset in part by amortization of intangible assets acquired during the first and second quarters of 2004. As of September 30, 2005, we had approximately $57.5 million of intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization that will continue to amortize.
     Interest expense: Interest expense decreased slightly to $6.1 million in the third quarter of 2005 from $6.3 million in the second quarter of 2005 due to lower average debt balance from the repurchase of $149.7 million of the 2001 Convertible Notes during the second quarter of 2005. Interest expense increased slightly in the third quarter of 2005 from $6.0 million during the same period in 2004. Interest expense increased by $1.1 million to $19.1 million in the first nine months of 2005 from $18.0 million in the same period of 2004. The increase is due to a lower benefit from the amortization of the deferred gain on the previously terminated interest rate swaps, offset in part by a decrease in interest expense due to the repurchase of

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$68.5 million of Convertible Notes during the third quarter of 2004 and the additional repurchase during the second quarter of 2005 discussed above.
     Interest income and other, net: Interest income and other, net, was $4.6 million in the third quarter of 2005 as compared to $11.5 million in the second quarter of 2005. Interest income increased to $6.3 million in the third quarter of 2005 from $5.5 million in the second quarter of 2005. The increase in interest income is mainly due to higher returns and higher average cash and short-term investment balances during the third quarter. Other expense, net of $1.7 million in the third quarter of 2005 included a pre-tax loss of $1.5 million on impairment of certain non-marketable available-for-sale equity securities (see Note 5 of the Notes) and other miscellaneous items.
     In the third quarter of 2004, interest income and other, net, was an expense of $0.2 million. Interest income increased by $1.7 million in the third quarter of 2005 from $4.6 million in the same period of 2004. The increase is due to higher returns on our cash and short-term investments. Other expense, net of $4.8 million in the third quarter of 2004 included a net pre-tax gain of $1.8 million on the repurchase of 2001 Convertible Notes, a pre-tax loss of $6.0 million for the impairment of certain marketable and non-marketable available-for-sale equity securities determined by management to be other than temporary and other miscellaneous items.
     Interest income and other, net increased to $21.5 million during the first nine months of 2005 from $17.7 million in the same period of 2004. Interest income increased by $4.3 million to $17.9 million during the first nine months of 2005 from $13.6 million in the same period of 2004. The increase in interest income is mainly due to higher returns on our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments. Other income, net of $3.6 million in the first nine months of 2005 included a pre-tax gain of $4.1 million on the repurchase of the 2001 Convertible Notes, a pre-tax gain of $2.9 million on sales of certain marketable available-for-sale equity securities in the second quarter of 2005, a pre-tax loss of $1.5 million for the impairment of certain non-marketable available-for-sale equity securities in the third quarter of 2005 as discussed above and other miscellaneous items. Other income, net of $4.1 million in the first nine months of 2004 included a pre-tax gain of $3.0 million associated with our investment in marketable available-for-sale equity securities of a certain technology company that was acquired by another publicly traded technology company during the first quarter of 2004, a pre-tax gain of $5.1 million on sales of certain marketable available-for-sale equity securities in the second quarter of 2004, a pre-tax gain of $1.8 million associated with the repurchase of the 2001 Convertible Notes, a pre-tax loss of $6.0 million on the impairment of certain marketable and non-marketable available-for-sale equity securities and other miscellaneous items.
     Provision for income taxes: During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 we recorded income tax expense of $6.3 million and $18.8 million respectively. The expense primarily relates to foreign income taxes. During the three months ended September 30, 2005, we concluded an audit with the Internal Revenue Service for the year ended December 31, 2001, which resulted in an increase to income tax expense of approximately $3.6 million. The increase in expense was partially offset by a $2.5 million release of previously reserved foreign withholding taxes based upon a favorable ruling received from a European country. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2004, we recorded an income tax expense of $6.0 million and $18.0 million, respectively. The expense primarily relates to foreign income taxes.
     Excluding certain foreign jurisdictions, the future benefit of temporary differences, including operating losses, is not being recognized.
FINANCIAL CONDITION, CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
     Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments increased to $845.0 million as of September 30, 2005, from $814.6 million at December 31, 2004. As described below, the increase is mainly due to net cash inflows from operating activities and net cash outflows from investing and financing activities.
     Working capital. Working capital increased by $85.8 million to $1.1 billion at September 30, 2005, from $969.0 million at December 31, 2004. Working capital for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was impacted by the following activities:
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets increased by $92.0 million. The increase is primarily attributable to a $96.2 million increase in other current assets as a result of the reclassification of the Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility

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      and excess land from Property and Equipment, net to other current assets. We announced our intention to sell the Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility on September 13, 2005. (See Note 4 of the Notes).
    Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments increased by $30.4 million.
 
    Accounts receivable increased by $26.4 million. The increase is mainly attributable to higher revenues in the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the fourth quarter of 2004 and the timing of sales in the last month of the third quarter of 2005 as compared to the last month of the fourth quarter of 2004.
     The increase in working capital was offset, in part, by the following:
    Inventories decreased by $29.8 million to $189.1 million as of September 30, 2005, from $218.9 million as of December 31, 2004. The decline in inventory levels reflects our continued focus on supply chain management.
 
    Accrued salaries, wages and benefits increased by $16.0 million primarily due to timing differences in payment of salaries, benefits and performance based compensation.
 
    Income taxes payable increased by $9.4 million due to the timing of tax payments made and the income tax provision recorded in the first nine months of 2005.
 
    Accounts payable increased by $7.4 million primarily due to the timing of invoice receipt and payments.
     Cash and cash equivalents generated from operating activities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we generated $196.7 million of net cash and cash equivalents from operating activities compared to $64.6 million generated in the same period of 2004. Cash and cash equivalents generated by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, were the result of the following:
    Income before depreciation and amortization, non-cash restructuring and other items, amortization of non-cash deferred stock compensation, loss on write-down of equity securities, gain on sale and exchange of equity securities, gain on repurchase of convertible subordinated notes and gain on sale of property and equipment. The non-cash items and other non-operating adjustments are quantified in our Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows included in this Form 10-Q; and
 
    A net increase in liabilities, offset in part by a net increase in assets including changes in working capital components from December 31, 2004 to September 30, 2005, as discussed above.
     Cash and cash equivalents used in investing activities. Cash and cash equivalents used in investing activities were $52.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared to $73.8 million for the same period of 2004. The investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 were as follows:
    Purchases of debt and equity securities available for sale, net of sales and maturities;
 
    Purchases of property, equipment and software;
 
    Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment; and
 
    The receipt of an income tax refund for pre-acquisition tax matters associated with C-Cube Microsystems Inc. C-Cube Microsystems was acquired in May of 2001.
     We expect capital expenditures to be approximately $60 million in 2005. In recent years we have reduced our level of capital expenditures as a result of our focus on establishing strategic supplier alliances with foundry semiconductor manufacturers, which enables us to have access to advanced manufacturing capacity, and reduces our capital spending requirements.

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     Cash and cash equivalents used in financing activities. Cash and cash equivalents used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, were $128.2 million as compared to $58.5 million for the same period of 2004. The primary financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 were as follows:
    The repurchase of a portion of the Convertible Notes due in 2006;
 
    The issuance of common stock under our employee stock option and purchase plans; and
 
    The repayment of debt obligations.
     We may seek additional equity or debt financing from time to time. We believe that our existing liquid resources and funds generated from operations, combined with funds from such financing and our ability to borrow funds, will be adequate to meet our operating and capital requirements and obligations for the foreseeable future. However, we cannot be certain that additional financing will be available on favorable terms. Moreover, any future equity or convertible debt financing will decrease the percentage of equity ownership of existing stockholders and may result in dilution, depending on the price at which the equity is sold or the debt is converted.
Contractual Obligations
     The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at September 30, 2005, and the effect these obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in future periods.
                                         
    Payments due by period  
                            After 5        
Contractual Obligations   Less than 1 year     1 - 3 years     4 - 5 years     years     Total  
    (in millions)  
Convertible Subordinated Notes
  $     $ 271.8     $ 350.0     $     $ 621.8  
Operating lease obligations
    58.2       54.2       36.1       25.6       174.1  
Purchase commitments
    275.1       9.9       0.8             285.8  
     
Total
  $ 333.3     $ 335.9     $ 386.9     $ 25.6     $ 1,081.7  
     
Convertible Subordinated Notes
     As of September 30, 2005, we had $271.8 million of Convertible Subordinated Notes due in November 2006 (“2001 Convertible Notes”) and $350.0 million of Convertible Subordinated Notes due in May 2010 (“2003 Convertible Notes”). All of the Convertible Notes are subordinated to all existing and future senior debt and are convertible at the holder’s option, at any time prior to the maturity date of the Convertible Notes, into shares of our common stock. The 2001 and 2003 Convertible Notes have conversion prices of approximately $26.34 per share and $13.42 per share, respectively. The 2001 Convertible Notes are redeemable at our option, in whole or in part, on at least 30 days notice at any time on or after the call date, which is two years before the due date. We cannot elect to redeem the 2003 Convertible Notes prior to maturity. Each holder of the 2001 and 2003 Convertible Notes has the right to cause us to repurchase all of such holder’s convertible notes at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest upon the occurrence of any fundamental change to us, which includes a transaction or event such as an exchange offer, liquidation, tender offer, consolidation, merger or combination. Interest is payable semiannually.
     The 2001 Convertible Subordinate Notes will become current in November 2005, as the maturity date is in November 2006. The Notes will be classified as current debt in the Company’s 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
     Fluctuations in our stock price impact the prices of our outstanding convertible securities and the likelihood of the convertible securities being converted into cash or equity. If we are required to redeem any of the Convertible Notes for cash, it may affect our liquidity position. In the event they do not convert to equity, we believe that our current cash position and

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expected future operating cash flows will be adequate to meet these obligations as they mature. From time to time, we redeem or repurchase Convertible Notes.
     Operating Lease Obligations
     We lease real estate, certain non-manufacturing equipment and software under non-cancelable operating leases.
     Purchase Commitments
     We maintain certain purchase commitments, primarily for raw materials, with suppliers and for some non-production items. Purchase commitments for inventory materials are generally restricted to a forecasted time-horizon as mutually agreed upon between the parties. This forecasted time-horizon can vary among our different suppliers.
Critical Accounting Policies
     The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on the consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures. For a detailed discussion of our critical accounting policies, please see the Critical Accounting Policies contained in Part II, Item 7 of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
     We monitor the recoverability of goodwill recorded in connection with acquisitions annually, or sooner if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. Impairment, if any, would be determined in accordance with SFAS No. 142, which uses a fair value model for determining the carrying value of goodwill. We plan to perform our next annual impairment review in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
     The information contained in Item 1 in Note 1 of the Notes under the heading “Recent Accounting Pronouncements” is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.
FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT FUTURE OPERATING RESULTS
     You are advised to keep the following risk factors, as well as other risk factors mentioned in this report, in mind when you read “forward-looking” statements contained in this Form 10-Q and in the documents incorporated herein by reference. These are statements that relate to our expectations for future events and time periods. Generally, the words, “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements.
     We believe that our future operating results will continue to be subject to quarterly variations based upon a wide variety of factors. Our actual results in future periods may be significantly different from any future performance suggested in this report. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. While management believes that the discussion and analysis in this report is adequate for a fair presentation of the information, we recommend that you read this discussion and analysis in conjunction with the Annual Report on Form 10-K. Risks and uncertainties that may affect our results include, among others:
     General economic weakness and geopolitical factors may harm our operating results and financial condition. The semiconductor industry is cyclical in nature and is characterized by wide fluctuations in product supply and demand. In the past, the industry has experienced periods of rapid expansion of production capacity followed by periods of significant downturn. Even when the demand for our products remains constant, the availability of additional excess production capacity in the industry created competitive pressures that can degrade pricing levels, which can reduce revenues. In addition, our results of operations are dependent on the global economy. Any geopolitical factors such as terrorist activities, armed conflict or global health conditions, which adversely affect the global economy, may adversely impact our operating

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results and financial condition. In addition, goodwill and other long-lived assets could be impacted by a further decline in revenues because impairment is measured based upon estimates of future cash flows. These estimates include assumptions about future conditions within our company and industry.
     Our target markets are characterized by rapid technological change. The Semiconductor and Storage Systems segments in which we conduct business are characterized by rapid technological change, short product cycles and evolving industry standards. We believe our future success depends, in part, on our ability to improve on existing technologies and to develop and implement new ones in order to continue to reduce semiconductor chip size and improve product performance and manufacturing yields. We must also be able to adopt and implement emerging industry standards in a timely manner and to adapt products and processes to technological changes. If we are not able to implement new process technologies successfully or to achieve volume production of new products at acceptable yields, our operating results and financial condition may be adversely impacted.
     We operate in highly competitive markets. Our competitors include many large domestic and foreign companies that have substantially greater financial, technical and management resources than we do. Several major diversified electronics companies offer ASIC products and/or other standard products that are competitive with our product lines. Other competitors are specialized, rapidly growing companies that sell products into the same markets that we target. Some of our large customers may develop internal design and production capabilities to manufacture their own products, thereby displacing our products. There is no assurance that the price and performance of our products will be superior relative to the products of our competitors. As a result, we may experience a loss of competitive position that could result in lower prices, fewer customer orders, reduced revenues, reduced gross profit margins and loss of market share.
     We are dependent on a limited number of customers. Our concentrated customer base accounts for a substantial portion of our revenues. For the nine months ended September 30, 2005, IBM and Seagate represented 15% and 11% of our total consolidated revenues, respectively.
     Our operating results and financial condition could be significantly affected if:
    we do not win new product designs from major existing customers;
 
    major customers reduce or cancel their existing business with us;
 
    major customers make significant changes in scheduled deliveries; or
 
    there are declines in the prices of products that we sell to these customers.
     Our new products may not achieve market acceptance. We introduce many new products each year. We must continue to develop and introduce new products that compete effectively on the basis of price and performance and that satisfy customer requirements. We continue to emphasize engineering development and acquisition of CoreWare building blocks and integration of our CoreWare libraries into our design capabilities. Our cores and standard products are intended to be based upon industry standard functions, interfaces, and protocols so that they are useful in a wide variety of systems applications. Development of new products and cores often requires long-term forecasting of market trends, development and implementation of new or changing technologies and a substantial capital commitment. We cannot provide assurance that the cores or standard products that we select for investment of our financial and engineering resources will be developed or acquired in a timely manner or will enjoy market acceptance.
     The manufacturing facilities we operate are highly complex and require high fixed costs. Our wafer fabrication site is located in Gresham, Oregon. On September 13, 2005 we announced our intention to adopt a fabless manufacturing strategy and to sell the Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility. We also own our Storage Systems segment manufacturing facility in Wichita, Kansas. The manufacture and introduction of our products is a complicated process. We continually strive to implement the latest process technologies and manufacture products in a clean and tightly controlled environment. We confront challenges in the manufacturing process that require us to:
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    implement the latest process technologies required to manufacture new products;
 
    exercise stringent quality control measures to ensure high yields;
 
    effectively manage the subcontractors engaged in the wafer fabrication, test and assembly of products; and
 
    update equipment and facilities as required for leading edge production capabilities.
     We procure parts and raw materials from limited domestic and foreign sources. We do not maintain an extensive inventory of parts and materials for manufacturing. We purchase a portion of our requirements for parts and raw materials from a limited number of sources, primarily from suppliers in Japan and their U.S. subsidiaries, and we obtain other material inputs on a local basis. There is no assurance that, if we have difficulty in obtaining parts or materials in the future, alternative suppliers will be available, or that these suppliers will provide parts and materials in a timely manner or on favorable terms. As a result, we may be adversely affected by delays in product shipments. If we cannot obtain adequate materials for manufacture of our products or if such materials are not available at reasonable prices, there could be a material adverse impact on our operating results and financial condition.
     We utilize indirect channels of distribution over which we have limited control. Our financial results could be adversely affected if our relationship with resellers or distributors were to deteriorate or if the financial condition of these resellers or distributors were to decline. In addition, as our business grows, we may have an increased reliance on indirect channels of distribution. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in maintaining or expanding these indirect channels of distribution. This could result in the loss of certain sales opportunities. Furthermore, the partial reliance on indirect channels of distribution may reduce our visibility with respect to future business, thereby making it more difficult to accurately forecast orders.
     We engage in acquisitions and alliances giving rise to economic and technological risks. We are continually exploring strategic acquisitions that build upon our existing library of intellectual property, human capital and engineering talent, and increase our leadership position in the markets where we operate. We did not complete any material acquisitions or alliances in the first nine months of 2005. We completed two acquisitions in 2004. Mergers and acquisitions of high-technology companies bear inherent risks. No assurance can be given that our previous or future acquisitions will be successful and will not materially adversely affect our business, operating results or financial condition. We must continue manage any growth effectively. Failure to manage growth effectively and to integrate acquisitions could adversely affect our operating results and financial condition.
     In addition, we intend to continue to make investments in companies, products and technologies through strategic alliances. Investment activities often involve risks, including the need to acquire timely access to needed capital for investments related to alliances and to invest in companies and technologies that contribute to the growth of our business.
     The price of our securities may be subject to wide fluctuations. Our stock has experienced substantial price volatility, particularly as a result of quarterly variations in results, the published expectations of analysts and announcements by our competitors and us. In addition, the stock market has experienced price and volume fluctuations that have affected the market price of many technology companies and that have often been unrelated to the operating performance of such companies. The price of our securities may also be affected by general global, economic and market conditions. While we cannot predict the individual effect that these and other factors may have on the price of our securities, these factors, either individually or in the aggregate, could result in significant variations in price during any given period of time. These fluctuations in our stock price also impact the price of our outstanding convertible securities and the likelihood of the convertible securities being converted into cash or equity.
     If our stock price is below the conversion price of our convertible bonds on the date of maturity, they may not convert into equity and we may be required to redeem our outstanding convertible securities for cash. However, in the event they do not convert to equity, we believe that our current cash position and expected future operating cash flows will be adequate to meet these obligations as they mature.
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liquidity. As of September 30, 2005, we had convertible notes outstanding of approximately $ 621.8 million. We may need to seek additional equity or debt financing from time to time. Historically, we have been able to access capital and bank markets, but this does not necessarily guarantee that we will be able to access these markets in the future or at terms that are acceptable to us. The availability of capital in these markets is affected by several factors, including geopolitical risk, the interest rate environment and the condition of the economy as a whole. Moreover, any future equity or equity-linked financing may dilute the equity ownership of existing stockholders. In addition, our own operating performance, capital structure and expected future performance impact our ability to raise capital. We believe that our current cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and future cash provided by operations will be sufficient to fund our needs in the foreseeable future. This includes repaying our existing convertible debt when due. However, if our operating performance falls below expectations, we may need additional funds.
     We design and develop highly complex cell-based ASICs. As technology advances to 0.13 micron and smaller geometries, there are increases in the complexity, time and expense associated with the design, development and manufacture of ASICs. We must incur substantial research and development costs to confirm the technical feasibility and commercial viability of any ASIC products that in the end may not be successful. Therefore, we cannot guarantee that any new ASIC products will result in market acceptance.
     The high technology industry in which we operate is prone to intellectual property litigation. Our success is dependent in part on our technology and other proprietary rights, and we believe that there is value in the protection afforded by our patents, copyright rights and trademarks, or other intellectual property rights. We have a program whereby we actively protect our intellectual property by acquiring patent and other intellectual property rights. However, the industry is characterized by rapidly changing technology and our future success depends primarily on the technical competence and creative skills of our personnel.
     As is typical in the high technology industry, from time to time we have received communications from other parties asserting that certain of our products, processes, technologies or information infringe upon their patent rights, copyrights, trademark rights or other intellectual property rights. We regularly evaluate such assertions. In light of industry practice, we believe, with respect to existing or future claims that any licenses or other rights that may be necessary may generally be obtained on commercially reasonable terms. Nevertheless, there is no assurance that licenses will be obtainable on acceptable terms or that a claim will not result in litigation or other administrative proceedings. Resolution of whether our product or intellectual property has infringed on valid rights held by others could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial position and may require material changes in production processes and products.
     See “Legal Matters” in Note 12 (“Legal Matters”) of the Notes regarding current patent litigation.
     Our manufacturing facilities are subject to disruption. Operations at any of our primary manufacturing facilities may be disrupted for reasons beyond our control, including work stoppages, fire, earthquake, tornado, floods or other natural disasters, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operation or financial position.
     We depend on independent foundry subcontractors to manufacture a portion of our current products, and any failure to secure and maintain sufficient foundry capacity could materially and adversely affect our business. Outside foundry subcontractors, located in Asia, manufacture a portion of our semiconductor devices in current production. On September 13, 2005, we announced our intention to adopt a fabless manufacturing strategy and to sell the Gresham, Oregon manufacturing facility, which would increase our reliance on foundry subcontractors in the future. In order to minimize the impact of the sale of this facility on our customers, we will expand our relationship with our foundry subcontractors.
     Availability of foundry capacity has in the recent past been reduced due to strong demand. In addition, the occurrence of a public health emergency could further affect the production capabilities of our manufacturers by resulting in quarantines or closures. If we are unable to secure sufficient capacity at our existing foundries, or in the event of a quarantine or closure at any of these foundries, our revenues, cost of revenues and results of operations would be negatively impacted. If any of our foundries experiences a shortage in capacity, or suffers any damage to its facilities due to earthquakes or other natural disasters, experiences power outages, encounters financial difficulties or any other disruption of foundry capacity, we may need to qualify an alternative foundry in a timely manner. Even our current foundries need to have new manufacturing processes qualified if there is a disruption in an existing process. We typically require several months to qualify a new

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foundry or process before we can begin shipping products from it. If we cannot accomplish this qualification in a timely manner, we may experience a significant interruption in supply of the affected products.
     Because we rely on outside foundries with limited capacity, we face several significant risks, including:
    a lack of guaranteed wafer supply and potential wafer shortages and higher wafer prices;
 
    limited control over delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing yields and production costs; and
 
    the unavailability of, or potential delays in obtaining access to, key process technologies.
     In addition, the manufacture of integrated circuits is a highly complex and technologically demanding process. Although we work closely with our foundries to minimize the likelihood of reduced manufacturing yields, our foundries have from time to time experienced lower than anticipated manufacturing yields. This often occurs during the production of new products or the installation and start-up of new process technologies. Poor yields from our foundries could result in product shortages or delays in product shipments, which could seriously harm our relationships with our customers and materially and adversely affect our results of operations.
     The ability of each foundry to provide us with semiconductor devices is limited by its available capacity and existing obligations. Although we have entered into contractual commitments to supply specified levels of products to some of our customers, we do not have a long-term volume purchase agreement or a significant guaranteed level of production capacity with any of our foundries. Foundry capacity may not be available when we need it or at reasonable prices. Availability of foundry capacity has in the recent past been reduced from time to time due to strong demand. We place our orders on the basis of our customers’ purchase orders or our forecast of customer demand, and the foundries can allocate capacity to the production of other companies’ products and reduce deliveries to us on short notice. It is possible that foundry customers that are larger and better financed than we are, or that have long-term agreements with our main foundries, may induce our foundries to reallocate capacity to them. This reallocation could impair our ability to secure the supply of components that we need. Although we use a number of independent foundries to manufacture our semiconductor products, most of our components are not manufactured at more than one foundry at any given time, and our products typically are designed to be manufactured in a specific process at only one of these foundries. Accordingly, if one of our foundries is unable to provide us with components as needed, we could experience significant delays in securing sufficient supplies of those components. Also, our third party foundries typically migrate capacity to newer, state-of-the-art manufacturing processes on a regular basis, which may create capacity shortages for our products designed to be manufactured on an older process. We cannot assure you that any of our existing or new foundries will be able to produce integrated circuits with acceptable manufacturing yields, or that our foundries will be able to deliver enough semiconductor devices to us on a timely basis, or at reasonable prices. These and other related factors could impair our ability to meet our customers’ needs and have a material and adverse effect on our operating results.
     Although we may utilize new foundries for other products in the future, in using new foundries we will be subject to all of the risks described in the foregoing paragraphs with respect to our current foundries.
     We depend on third party subcontractors to assemble, obtain packaging materials for, and test substantially all of our current products. If we lose the services of any of our subcontractors or if these subcontractors are unable to attain sufficient packaging materials, shipments of our products may be disrupted, which could harm our customer relationships and adversely affect our net sales. Third-party subcontractors located in Asia assemble, obtain packaging materials for, and test substantially all of our current products. Because we rely on third-party subcontractors to perform these functions, we cannot directly control our product delivery schedules and quality assurance. This lack of control has in the past resulted, and could in the future result, in product shortages or quality assurance problems that could delay shipments of our products or increase our manufacturing, assembly or testing costs.
     If our third party subcontractors are unable to obtain sufficient packaging materials for our products in a timely manner, we may experience a significant product shortage or delay in product shipments, which could seriously harm our customer relationships and materially and adversely affect our net sales. If any of these subcontractors experiences capacity constraints or financial difficulties, suffers any damage to its facilities, experiences power outages or any other disruption of assembly or testing capacity, we may not be able to obtain alternative assembly and testing services in a timely manner. Due to the amount of time that it usually takes us to qualify assemblers and testers, we could experience significant delays in product shipments if we are required to find alternative assemblers or testers for our components. Any problems that we may encounter with the delivery, quality or cost of our products could damage our customer relationships and materially and

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adversely affect our results of operations. We are continuing to develop relationships with additional third-party subcontractors to assemble and test our products. However, even if we use these new subcontractors, we will continue to be subject to all of the risks described above.
     We are increasingly exposed to various legal, business, political and economic risks associated with our international operations. We currently obtain a substantial portion all of our manufacturing, and all of our assembly and testing services from suppliers located outside the United States. We also frequently ship products to our domestic customers’ international manufacturing divisions and subcontractors. We also undertake design and development activities in Canada, China, India, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. We intend to continue to expand our international business activities and to open other design and operational centers abroad. The recent war in Iraq and the lingering effects of terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad, the resulting heightened security and the increasing risk of extended international military conflicts may adversely impact our international sales and could make our international operations more expensive. International operations are subject to many other inherent risks, including but not limited to:
    political, social and economic instability;
 
    exposure to different legal standards, particularly with respect to intellectual property;
 
    natural disasters and public health emergencies;
 
    nationalization of business and blocking of cash flows;
 
    trade and travel restrictions;
 
    the imposition of governmental controls and restrictions;
 
    burdens of complying with a variety of foreign laws;
 
    import and export license requirements and restrictions of the United States and each other country in which we operate;
 
    unexpected changes in regulatory requirements;
 
    foreign technical standards;
 
    changes in tariffs;
 
    difficulties in staffing and managing international operations;
 
    fluctuations in currency exchange rates;
 
    difficulties in collecting receivables from foreign entities or delayed revenue recognition; and
 
    potentially adverse tax consequences.
     Any of the factors described above may have a material adverse effect on our ability to increase or maintain our foreign sales.
     Additionally, public health emergencies may impact our operations, including, but not limited to, disruptions at our third-party manufacturers that are primarily located in Asia, reduced sales and increased supply chain costs. For example, if SARS recurs, or other similar public health emergencies arise, our international sales and operations could be harmed.
     We are exposed to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We have some exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. We have international subsidiaries and distributors that operate and sell our products globally. We routinely hedge these exposures in an effort to minimize the impact of currency fluctuations. However, we may still be adversely affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates or declining economic conditions in these countries.
     We must attract and retain key employees in a highly competitive environment. Our employees are vital to our success and our key management, engineering and other employees are difficult to replace. We do not generally have employment contracts with our key employees. Despite the economic slowdown of the last few years, competition for certain key technical and engineering personnel remains intense. Our continued growth and future operating results will depend upon our ability to attract, hire and retain significant numbers of qualified employees.
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when adopted. Once implemented, these changes could result in material fluctuations in our financial results of operations and/or the way in which such results of operations are reported. Similarly, we are subject to taxation in the United States and a number of foreign jurisdictions. Rates of taxation, definitions of income, exclusions from income, and other tax policies are subject to change over time. Changes in tax laws in a jurisdiction in which we have reporting obligations could have a material impact on our results of operations.
     We expect that the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (“SFAS”) No. 123 (Revised 2004), entitled “Share-Based Payment,” effective for the beginning in the first quarter of 2006, will have a significant impact on our reported results as described under “Recent Accounting Pronouncements.” Because the factors that will affect compensation expense we incur due to the adoption of SFAS No. 123 (Revised 2004) are unknown, the impact on our operating results at the point of adoption, or in the future, cannot be determined. Changes in these or other rules, or modifications to our current practices, may have a significant adverse effect on our reported operating results or in the way in which we conduct our business in the future.
     We face uncertainties related to the effectiveness of internal controls. Public companies in the United States are required to review their internal controls over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. It should be noted that any system of controls, however well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the system are met. In addition, the design of any control system is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events. Because of these and other inherent limitations of control systems, there can be no assurance that any design will achieve its stated goal under all potential future conditions, regardless of how remote.
     Internal control deficiencies or weaknesses that are not yet identified could emerge. Over time we may identify and correct deficiencies or weaknesses in our internal controls and, where and when appropriate, report on the identification and correction of these deficiencies or weaknesses. However, the internal control procedures can provide only reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that deficiencies or weaknesses are identified. Deficiencies or weaknesses that are not yet identified could emerge and the identification and corrections of these deficiencies or weaknesses could have a material impact on the results of operations for the Company.
     Internal control issues that appear minor now may later become reportable conditions. We are required to publicly report on deficiencies or weaknesses in our internal controls that meet a materiality standard as required by law. While the Company meets its statutory obligations, management may, at a point in time, accurately categorize a deficiency or weakness as immaterial or minor and therefore not be required to publicly report such deficiency or weakness. Such determination, however, does not preclude a change in circumstances such that the deficiency or weakness could, at a later time, become a reportable condition that could have a material impact on our results of operations.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
     There have been no significant changes in the market risk disclosures during the nine months ended September 30, 2005, as compared to the discussion in Part II, Item 7a of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
     Our management evaluated, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures pursuant to Rule 13a-15 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of September 30, 2005. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information we are required to disclose in reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms.
     In May of 2005, we completed the upgrade of the information systems that we use to accumulate stand-alone financial data used in financial reporting for our majority-owned subsidiary, Engenio. We utilized this new system upgrade to generate financial statements for our fiscal quarter ended September 30 and June 30, 2005. This system upgrade served to enhance our system of internal controls. We believe there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably

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likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We are aware that any system of control, however well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable, and not absolute, assurance that the objectives of this system are met, and that maintenance of disclosure controls and procedures is an ongoing process that may change over time.
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
     This information is included in Note 12 (“Legal Matters”) of the Notes to the Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements, which information is incorporated herein by reference from Item 1 of Part I hereof.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
     On July 28, 2000, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new stock repurchase program in which up to 5 million shares of the Company’s common stock may be repurchased in the open market from time to time. There is no expiration date for the plan. No shares were repurchased under this plan during the first nine months of 2005. There are 3.5 million shares available for repurchase under this plan as of September 30, 2005. The Company did not repurchase shares during the three months ended September 30, 2005.
Item 6. Exhibits
31.1   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-1(e), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbarnes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
31.2   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-1(e), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
 
32.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
 
**   Furnished not filed.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
    LSI LOGIC CORPORATION
(Registrant)
 
       
Date: November 14, 2005
  By   /s/ Bryon Look
 
       
 
      Bryon Look
Executive Vice President &
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
31.1   Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-1(e), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
31.2   Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities and Exchange Act Rules 13-15(e) and 15d-1(e), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
32.1   Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
 
32.2   Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.**
 
**   Furnished not filed.

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