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Broadcom Expands Channel Partnerships for Its RAIDCore(TM) Family of RAID Controller CardsIRVINE, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom Corporation , a global leader in wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors, today announced that it has entered into sales agreements with D&H Distributing and Partners in Europe (PIE) to sell Broadcom(R) RAIDCore(TM) RAID controller cards. Complementing Broadcom's existing team of RAID storage distributors, these additional channel partners expand sales coverage in the United States and Europe, respectively, and ensure that value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators are provided with excellent service, competitively priced solutions and superior support for Broadcom RAID and storage products. The RAIDCore RC4000 controllers enable businesses to expand or upgrade their storage systems using low-cost, high-capacity SATA or high-performance SAS drives without interrupting operations. These products support all popular RAID levels, online capacity expansion, online RAID-level migration and controller spanning, and provide the ability to create arrays that span multiple controllers without having to bring the system down. The BC4000 RAID controllers are consistently recognized by independent testing labs for their superior performance, high reliability and robust enterprise-class RAID features. "Broadcom RAID controllers reduce reseller/integrator development costs, reduce the qualification effort, accelerate time-to-market and provide tremendous flexibility in meeting customers' price-performance requirements," said Michael Schwab, Vice President of Purchasing for D&H Distributing. "As an example, once Broadcom's recently announced RAID-on-Chip technology is introduced in a controller card format, resellers/integrators will be able to develop single system storage solutions that support both SATA and SAS drives." "After years of representing alternate RAID controller technologies, we will now focus exclusively on RAIDCore BC4000 RAID controller solutions," said Kieran Sheahan, CEO for Partners in Europe. "Broadcom's leadership in high- speed serial communications is critical for such storage interfaces as SATA, SAS and PCI Express(R), and will enable it to continually differentiate itself in quality, performance and integration." "D&H and PIE have demonstrated exceptional prior success in working with storage VARs and system integrators. Their combination of market strength, channel knowledge and vertical expertise will help us to communicate the performance advantages of fully integrated RAID silicon and software solutions," said Michael McDonald, Broadcom's Senior Marketing Director of Storage Channel Products. "Our new partners complement our existing distribution channel which includes Bell Microproducts in the U.S., Ideal Hardware in Europe, and over 30 major reseller partners, allowing the RAIDCore BC4000 RAID controller series to be more accessible to customers throughout the world." For more information on where to buy Broadcom RAID controller card products, visit http://www.broadcom.com/products/raid_sales.php . For recent industry product reviews, visit http://www.broadcom.com/products/raid_prodreviews.php . About Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a global leader in wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors. Our products enable the convergence of high- speed data, high definition video, voice and audio at home, in the office and on the go. Broadcom provides manufacturers of computing and networking equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and mobile devices with the industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on- a-chip and software solutions. These solutions support our core mission: Connecting everything(R). Broadcom is one of the world's largest fabless semiconductor companies, with annual revenue of more than $2 billion. The company is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., with offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe. Broadcom may be contacted at 1-949-450-8700 or at http://www.broadcom.com/. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All statements included or incorporated by reference in this release, other than statements or characterizations of historical fact, are forward- looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements can often be identified by words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "may," "will," "should," "would," "could," "potential," "continue," "ongoing," similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Important factors that may cause such a difference for Broadcom in connection with the RAIDCore RAID controller products include, but are not limited to, general economic and political conditions and specific conditions in the markets we address, including the volatility in the technology sector and semiconductor industry, trends in the broadband communications markets in various geographic regions, and possible disruption in commercial activities related to terrorist activity or armed conflict in the United States and other locations; the rate at which our present and future customers and end-users adopt Broadcom's technologies and products in the markets for enterprise and consumer storage and storage networking applications; delays in the adoption and acceptance of industry standards in those markets; the timing, rescheduling or cancellation of significant customer orders and our ability, as well as the ability of our customers, to manage inventory; our ability to retain, recruit and hire key executives, technical personnel and other employees in the positions and numbers, with the experience and capabilities, and at the compensation levels needed to implement our business and product plans; our ability to scale our operations in response to changes in demand for our products and services; our ability to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a cost-effective and timely manner; the gain or loss of a key customer, design win or order; competitive pressures and other factors such as the qualification, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies and the resulting effects on sales and pricing of our products; the timing of customer-industry qualification and certification of our products and the risks of non-qualification or non-certification; our ability to timely and accurately predict market requirements and evolving industry standards and to identify opportunities in new markets; changes in our product or customer mix; the volume of our product sales and pricing concessions on volume sales; intellectual property disputes and customer indemnification claims and other types of litigation risk; the availability and pricing of third party semiconductor foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials; fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products; the risks of producing products with new suppliers and at new fabrication and assembly facilities; the effects of new and emerging technologies; problems or delays that we may face in shifting our products to smaller geometry process technologies and in achieving higher levels of design integration; the quality of our products and any remediation costs; the effectiveness of our expense and product cost control and reduction efforts; the risks and uncertainties associated with our international operations, particularly in light of recent events; the effects of natural disasters, public health emergencies, international conflicts and other events beyond our control; the level of orders received that can be shipped in a fiscal quarter; and other factors. Our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss the foregoing risks as well as other important risk factors that could contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business, results of operations and financial condition. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of this date. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason. NOTE: Broadcom(R), the pulse logo, Connecting everything(R), the Connecting everything logo, RAIDCore(TM) and XelCore(TM) are among the trademarks of Broadcom Corporation and/or its affiliates in the United States, certain other countries and/or the EU. PCI Express(R) is a trademark of PCI- SIG Corporation. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners. 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