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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
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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
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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
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its Aristos ASIC technology business, certain real estate assets, more than 200 patents, and approximately $ 400 million in cash and marketable securities.
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company and remains a brand for computer storage products. The company was an independent firm from 1981 to 2010, at which point it was acquired by
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Adaptec made a number of acquisitions in the 1990s to expand their reach in the SCSI peripheral market. In March 1993, they acquired
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The old Adaptec, Inc. changed its name to ADPT Corporation, and then again to Steel Excel, Inc. Steel Excel is now an
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Larry Boucher, Wayne Higashi, and Bernard Nieman founded Adaptec in 1981. At first, Adaptec focused on devices with
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Adaptec is one of several companies selling kits for converting analog tapes to digital video at affordable prices.
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The Adaptec brand is used to sell host bus adapters, RAID adapters, SAS expander cards, cables, and accessories.
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family, and the 29160/-320 family. Their cross-platform
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Traded as
Nasdaq
ADPT
PMC-Sierra
Milpitas, California
United States
RAID
host adapter
computer storage
PMC-Sierra
Microsemi
Microchip Technology

SASI
Parallel SCSI
host bus adapters
ISA
PCI
ASPI
API
disk devices
tape drives
scanners
optical disks
RAID
PCIe
SAS
Fremont, California

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