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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement of 
LSI Logic Inc. on Form S-8 of our report dated January 24, 1998, except for 
Note 21, as to which the date is August 6, 1998, on our audit of the 
consolidated financial statements of Symbios, inc. as of December 31, 1997 and 
for the year then ended which report is included in this Form 8-K/A.


/s/ Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
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Denver, Colorado
March 31, 1999