. the brand and many associated assets are currently owned by microsemi . products raid host adapter parent microsemi website http www.microsemi.com contents 1 history 2 products 3 sources 4 references 5 external links history edit 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 . with advancements in technology raid functions were added while interfaces evolved to pcie and sas . 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 . 2 the transaction was expected to close in approximately 30 days subject to customary closing conditions . 3 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 . 4 5 on june 8 2010 pmc sierra inc. and adaptec inc. announced the completion of the acquisition . 6 7 pmc sierra renamed the channel storage business adaptec by pmc . pmc sierra was in turn acquired by microsemi in january 2016 . 8 the old adaptec inc. changed its name to adpt corporation 9 and then again to steel excel inc. 10 steel excel is now an investment firm . products edit adaptec produced interface products involving scsi usb ieee 1394 iscsi fibre channel and video . 11 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 . 12 sources edit the new york times november 2 1999 adaptec looks to strengthen data storage line references edit hunt laura 1999 08 16 . technology flashback 1981 . computerworld . idg enterprise . p. 72 . issn 0010 4841 . retrieved 2014 05 13 . 1981 ... larry boucher founds adaptec inc. pmc sierra completes acquisition of adaptec channel storage business . pmc sierra . 18 june 2010 . retrieved 11 march 2014 . pmc sierra form 8 k current report filing date may 10 2010 pdf . secdatabase.com . retrieved dec 30 2012 . pmc sierra announces agreement to acquire the channel storage business from adaptec adaptec announces 34 million sale of raid storage business to pmc sierra inc. pmc sierra completes acquisition of adaptec channel storage business adaptec announces the completion of the sale of the data storage business http investor.microsemi.com 2016 01 15 microsemi corporation completes acquisition of pmc sierra inc adaptec changes its name to adpt corporation adpt corporation changes name to steel excel inc. and completes reverse forward stock split miller stephen 7 november 2002 . news watch digital recorders ; an afterlife on disc for that fading video . new york times . retrieved 11 march 2014 . adaptec is one of several companies selling kits for converting analog tapes to digital video at affordable prices . http www.adaptec.com en us products external links edit companies portal san francisco bay area portal official website steel excel inc. funding universe history of adaptec retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title adaptec & oldid 727703732 categories technology companies established in 1981computer storage companiescompanies based in sunnyvale californiaelectronics companies of the united states1981 establishments in californiahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersofficial website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages e tinadeutschespa olfran ais italiano portugu s edit links this page was last modified on 30 june 2016 at 18 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view