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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the LSI Logic Corporation 1991 Equity
Incentive Plan of our report dated February 18, 2000, which appears in the 1999
Annual Report to Shareholders of LSI Logic Corporation, which is included in LSI
Logic Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999.

                                       /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


August 4, 2000 San Jose, California