Contents.History Larry Boucher, Wayne Higashi, and Bernard Nieman founded Adaptec in 1981. At first, Adaptec focused on devices with interfaces. Popular included the 154x/15xx family, the 2940 family, and the 29160/-320 family. With advancements in technology, functions were added while interfaces evolved to and.On May 10, 2010, 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 storage product line, the Adaptec brand, a global value added reseller customer base, board logistics capabilities, and SSD cache performance solutions. The transaction was expected to close in approximately 30 days, subject to customary closing conditions.
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.On June 8, 2010, PMC-Sierra and Adaptec announced the completion of the acquisition. PMC-Sierra renamed the channel storage business 'Adaptec by PMC'. PMC-Sierra was in turn acquired by in January 2016.The old Adaptec, Inc. Changed its name to ADPT Corporation, and then again to Steel Excel, Inc. Steel Excel is now an.Products Adaptec produced interface products involving, and video. Adaptec once produced CD- and DVD-burning software under the brand names of and, as well as devices such as the product line.The Adaptec brand is used to sell host bus adapters, RAID adapters, SAS expander cards, cables, and accessories.
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Retrieved March 11, 2014. Adaptec is one of several companies selling kits for converting analog tapes to digital video at affordable prices.External links.
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