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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



EDITOR'S CONTACT:
Thomas R. Anderson                          Michael R. Manning
Vice President, CFO                         Secretary & Treasurer
QLogic Corporation                          QLogic Corporation
Phone:  714/668-5092                        Phone:  714/668-5344
Fax:  714/668-5090                          Fax:  714/668-5090

                QLOGIC CORPORATION ANNOUNCES 2-FOR-1 STOCK SPLIT

         Costa Mesa, Calif., February 3, 1999 -- QLogic Corporation
(Nasdaq:QLGC), a leader in the Input/Output (I/O) industry, announced today that
its Board of Directors ratified a proposed two-for-one stock split of the
Company's issued and outstanding common stock. As announced in November 1998,
the stock split was subject to holders of at least a majority of the outstanding
common stock approving an increase in the total number of the Company's
authorized shares of common stock. The Company announced today that such consent
has been obtained. Consequently, the Board of Directors announced that the stock
split will be effective on February 15, 1999, at which time it will file an
amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of
State, effecting the increase in the number of authorized shares of common stock
and the concurrent two-for-one stock split. Stockholders of record on February
15, 1999 will be entitled to receive post-split shares of common stock. QLogic
anticipates that stock certificates representing each stockholder's post-split
additional shares will be mailed to stockholders on February 22, 1999. 

         On January 29, 1999, QLogic had 8,869,570 shares of common stock
outstanding. After the stock split, the Company will have approximately 17.7
million common shares outstanding. 

         H.K. Desai, president and chief executive officer of the Company, said
"The stock split is designed to attract additional individual stockholders,
increase the liquidity of the stock and diversify the stockholder base."

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         QLogic Corporation is a leading designer and supplier of semiconductor
and board-level I/O products. The Company's products provide a high performance
connection between computer systems and their attached data storage peripherals,
such as hard disk and tape drives, and RAID subsystems. QLogic provides I/O
technology solutions by designing and marketing single chip controller and
adapter board products for both sides of the computer/peripheral device
interlink, or "bus." Historically, the Company has targeted the high performance
sector of the I/O market, focusing primarily on the small computer system
interface (SCSI) standard. The Company is utilizing its I/O expertise to develop
products for emerging I/O standards such as fibre channel. Fibre channel is
experiencing early industry acceptance as a higher performance solution that
maintains signal integrity while allowing for increased connectivity between a
computer system and its data storage peripherals.

         With the exception of historical information, the statements set forth
above include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
The Company wishes to advise readers that a number of important factors could
cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. Those factors include new and changing technologies and customer
acceptance of those technologies; a change in semiconductor foundry capacity or
conditions; fluctuations in the growth of I/O markets; fluctuations or
cancellations in orders from OEM customers; the Company's ability to compete
effectively with other companies; cancellation of OEM products associated with
design wins; and reductions in the need for space and increased costs of
operations due to facility relocation. Carrying additional expansion space may
increase costs and adversely impact future earnings. Cancellation of OEM
products associated with design wins; and increased costs of operations due to
facility relocation and expansion.

         These and other factors which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements are also discussed in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its
recent filings on Form 10-K and 10-Q. More information on QLogic is available
from the Company's SEC filings. Contact QLogic Corporation, 3545 Harbor Blvd.,
Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Sales 800/662-4471. Corporate 714/438-2200. World Wide Web
http://www.qlc.com.

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