Adaptec
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History
Larry Boucher, Wayne Higashi, and Bernard Nieman founded Adaptec in 1981.[1] At first, Adaptec focused on devices with Parallel SCSI interfaces. Popular host bus adapters included the 154x/15xx ISA family, the 2940 PCI family, and the 29160/-320 family. Their cross-platform ASPI was an early API for accessing and integrating non-disk devices like tape drives, scanners and optical disks. With advancements in technology, RAID functions were added while interfaces evolved to PCIe and SAS.
Adaptec made a number of acquisitions in the 1990s to expand their reach in the SCSI peripheral market. In March 1993, they acquired Trantor Systems Ltd. of Fremont, California, for $10 million.[2] In July 1995, they acquired Future Domain Corporation of Irvine, California, for $25 million.[3] In 1999, they acquired Distributed Processing Technology for $236 million.[4][5]
On May 10, 2010, PMC-Sierra, Inc. and Adaptec, Inc. announced they had entered into a definitive agreement of PMC-Sierra acquiring Adaptec's channel storage business on May 8, 2010, which included Adaptec's RAID storage product line, the Adaptec brand, a global value added reseller customer base, board logistics capabilities, and SSD cache performance solutions.[6] The transaction was expected to close in approximately 30 days, subject to customary closing conditions.[7] Following the sale, Adaptec would retain its Aristos ASIC technology business, certain real estate assets, more than 200 patents, and approximately $400 million in cash and marketable securities.[8][9]
On June 8, 2010, PMC-Sierra and Adaptec announced the completion of the acquisition.[10][11] PMC-Sierra renamed the channel storage business "Adaptec by PMC". PMC-Sierra was in turn acquired by Microsemi in January 2016.[12]
The old Adaptec, Inc. changed its name to ADPT Corporation,[13] and then again to Steel Excel, Inc.[14] Steel Excel was an investment firm that then merged with Handy & Harman Ltd. to form Steel Partners, a conglomerate.
Products
Adaptec produced interface products involving SCSI, USB, IEEE 1394 (Firewire), iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and video.[15] Adaptec once produced CD- and DVD-burning software under the brand names of Easy CD Creator and Toast, as well as network-attached storage devices such as the Snap Server product line.
The Adaptec brand is used to sell host bus adapters, RAID adapters, SAS expander cards, cables, and accessories.[16]
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