Wadekar and QLogic's Chauncey Schwartz Tapped to Head
            Technical and Marketing Committees in 2012

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., March 15, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QLogic Corp.
(Nasdaq:QLGC) today announced that the Ethernet Alliance, a global
consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of
Ethernet technologies, has elected QLogic's Manoj Wadekar as vice
president for the organization's 2012 term. Wadekar will also continue
to serve as Technical Committee Chair and QLogic's Chauncey Schwartz
will continue in his role as Marketing Committee Chair.

The Ethernet Alliance is a global, non-profit, industry consortium of
member organizations that are dedicated to the continued success and
advancement of Ethernet technologies. Members include system and
component vendors, industry experts, and university and government
professionals. Ethernet Alliance members work together to take Ethernet
standards to the marketplace. Dedicated to growing Ethernet technology
in the most rational and cost-effective manner possible, members
support and originate activities that span from incubation of new
Ethernet technologies to interoperability testing to demonstrations to
education.

"The strategic vision of the Ethernet Alliance is to support the
development of Ethernet and expand the Ethernet ecosystem," said John
D'Ambrosia, chairman, Board of Directors for the Ethernet Alliance.
"QLogic has been a key supporter of the Ethernet Alliance and Manoj
Wadekar and Chauncey Schwartz bring invaluable expertise in allowing us
to execute on our vision."

"QLogic is committed to the expansion of Ethernet through convergence
and market adoption of 10Gb Ethernet in data centers globally," said
Chris Humphrey, vice president of corporate marketing, QLogic. "The
Ethernet Alliance provides a necessary forum for industry players to
come together and develop open standards that will advance the Ethernet
ecosystem and best serve customers' requirements. Manoj and Chauncey
are capable QLogic ambassadors who provide us with strong voices in the
consensus-building process for both technical and marketing
initiatives."

Manoj Wadekar, Vice President and Technical Committee Chair

Manoj Wadekar is a fellow and chief technologist at QLogic and is
responsible for driving architecture and technology strategy for
QLogic's adapter products in data centers. He has been driving
cross-industry initiatives in Ethernet and Fibre Channel technologies.

Chauncey Schwartz, Marketing Committee Chair

Schwartz has a successful 25-year career in sales, marketing and
business management. He has a proven ability to position, communicate,
and teach markets and channels about creative, breakthrough solutions,
generating successful business results while leading highly successful
cross-functional teams. Schwartz is currently working with QLogic to
develop strategies for Alliances that are focused on networking
connectivity and to find creative ways to incorporate virtualization
and fabrics into complex application environments.

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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. For more
information, visit www.qlogic.com.

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