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MILPITAS, Calif. -- LSI Logic Storage Systems, a leader in delivering technology that enables high performance, highly scalable storage for the open enterprise, today announced that Compagnie Generale de Geophysique (CGG) will use the company's technology to store up to 1.7 petabytes of critical seismic data this year. As one of the largest seismic data processing companies worldwide, CGG supplies seismic information to oil companies that rely on the data for oil exploration activities. CGG chose LSI Logic Storage Systems after the company's technology performed best during extensive comparative product evaluations and testing. CGG initiated the testing because it expects to reach a level of 1.7 petabytes of stored data in 2003 and needed storage technology that could accommodate the increased storage capacity and deliver data rapidly. "Storing and accessing data as quickly and reliably as possible is critical to our day-to-day business," said Guillaume Cambois, Executive VP of Data Processing & Reservoir Services at CGG. "Following rigorous product evaluations and testing, LSI Logic Storage Systems came out on top. We have a great deal of confidence in LSI Logic Storage Systems as a result of the evaluation process and because of the strong working relationship we have forged since 1999 when they first began providing our standard storage platform." Cambois also pointed out that LSI Logic Storage Systems' technology is engineered to be one of the most scalable and robust storage solutions on the market today so customers can buy what is needed at the time and expand their storage capacity as they grow. The six categories that LSI Logic Storage Systems and its competitors were evaluated on included: price, performance, reliability, support, ease of use and corporate strength. "We are pleased to have been selected to continue our relationship with CGG as they move into the storage of multiple petabytes of data," said Tom Georgens, president, LSI Logic Storage Systems. "Our dominance during CGG's testing of the competitive products confirms once again that LSI Logic Storage Systems is indeed the leader in reliable, high performing storage technology."