Adaptec CEO Grant Saviers Outlines SCSI Future; Ultra2 64-bit PCI Here Now, Ultra3 On Near Horizon.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 1997--In a telephone press conference held today, Adaptec chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Grant Saviers cemented the continuing importance of SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. to the computing industry as he announced new products and outlined a SCSI-heavy blueprint for the future. "Adaptec is currently in one of the fastest product lifecycles in its 16-year history," said Saviers. "We have designed, spec'd, and have begun manufacturing Ultra2 chips and boards in response to our customers' urgent need for greater bandwidth. Ultra SCSI The designation for various high-speed SCSI interfaces. The original specification was Ultra SCSI, followed by Ultra2, Ultra3, etc. For details, see SCSI. continues to serve the world well, but the demands of high performance applications are affording us a great growth opportunity." Ultra2 SCSI See Ultra SCSI. doubles the throughput performance of Adaptec's best selling UltraSCSI from burst rates of 40 Mb/sec. to burst rates of 80 Mb/sec. The new technology also eases the challenge of building large systems by increasing fully configured cable lengths to 12 meters. First Products Already Shipping First products itemized by the chief executive included an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and evaluation kit for 64-bit PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Ultra2 SCSI, and chips to integrate Ultra2 solutions on the motherboard. These are shipping now. Just-over-the-horizon availabilities included Ultra2 products at the desktop level, in the disk drive controller sectors, and in the target silicon sector. 64-bit PCI: New Standard Emerging for Bandwidth Saviers directed some of his remarks to the PCI bus PCI bus - Peripheral Component Interconnect . "As we look into the near future, with Adaptec shipping dual channel Ultra2 which delivers data at 166 Mb/sec., we will have already arrived at the saturation point for the 32-bit PCI system bus. For server makers, for workstation providers, for all high performance systems, we're at a threshold of needing a faster system bus. The new standard is going to be 64-bit PCI. Adaptec is the only provider today of bandwidth products for 64-bit technology." Compatibility Still the Key Saviers made the point that individual products and chips would not define a winner in the newer and higher performance SCSI ranges. "Legacy investments will always be profoundly important to the buyer of enterprise technology. The I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output winner in the years ahead, just as in years past, will be the company that can deliver a family of products that works together." Adaptec launched a transceiver chip in July of this year that enables Ultra2 SCSI and legacy SCSI peripherals to coexist without any compromise in performance. "This kind of product spells the difference between success in new technology and failure in new technology. Backward compatibility and family compatibility are crucial ingredients of success." SCSI: The Art of Perpetual Reinvention Addressing the question of SCSI's future, Adaptec's chairman described the technology as "perpetually re-inventing itself." "SCSI's growing, it's improving, it's serving high performance applications better than ever. We will see Ultra3 sampling next year and achieving popularity in 1999. SCSI has a great future." About Adaptec Adaptec provides bandwidth management technologies for organizations building the global information infrastructure. Its high performance I/O, connectivity, and network products are incorporated into the systems and products of major computer and peripheral manufacturers. Founded in 1981 and headquartered in Milpitas, Adaptec (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADPT ADPT Automated Data Processing/Telecommunications ADPT Adaptec Corporation (stock symbol) ADPT Adaptive Prediction ADPT Auger Depth Profiling Technique ADPT Automated Data Processing Telecommunications ADPT Adapter ) employs 3500 people worldwide in design, manufacturing, sales, service and distribution. Adaptec's home page is http://www.adaptec.com . CONTACT: Adaptec, Inc. Bruce Frymire, 408/957-4893 bfrymire@corp.adaptec.com |
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