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Exhibit 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact:
Steve Zivanic
QLogic Corporation
408.667.8039
steve.zivanic@qlogic.com
Steve Zivanic
QLogic Corporation
408.667.8039
steve.zivanic@qlogic.com
Investor Contact:
Simon Biddiscombe
QLogic Corporation
949.389.7533
simon.biddiscombe@qlogic.com
Simon Biddiscombe
QLogic Corporation
949.389.7533
simon.biddiscombe@qlogic.com
QLogic Announces Appointment of Bill Zeitler and Scott Mercer
to Board of Directors
to Board of Directors
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., September 13, 2010—QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq: QLGC), a leading supplier of
high performance network infrastructure solutions, today announced that Bill Zeitler and Scott
Mercer have been appointed to its board of directors, increasing the number of directors to eight.
Zeitler spent over 35 years at IBM in various roles, including his last assignment as Senior Vice
President and Group Executive — Servers, Storage and Semiconductor Groups, prior to his retirement
in 2008. He currently serves on the board of directors of Vette Corporation and is a consultant
for several technology companies.
Mercer currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Conexant Systems, Inc., and also
serves on the board of directors of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Netherlands B.V. and
Polycom, Inc. His prior experience includes serving as a senior executive officer at Western
Digital Corporation (most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Adviser
to the Chief Executive Officer) and as an executive at Dell Computer Corporation. Mercer has over
27 years of management experience at technology companies.
“I am very pleased to welcome Bill and Scott to the QLogic Board of Directors” said H.K. Desai,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of QLogic. “Both Bill and Scott have extensive technology
backgrounds and significant leadership experience having been senior executives of very large
technology companies. I am confident that they will be valuable contributors to QLogic.”
About QLogic
QLogic (Nasdaq: QLGC) is a global leader and technology innovator in high performance networking,
including adapters, switches and ASICs. Leading OEMs and channel partners worldwide rely on
QLogic products for their data, storage and server networking solutions. QLogic is a NASDAQ
Global Select company and is included in the S&P 500. For more information, visit www.qlogic.com.
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