Adaptec Introduces External RAID Controllers for the Mac.MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 6, 1998--Adaptec, Inc. today announced new hardware RAID controllers for the Macintosh platform that will provide a simple and cost-effective way to implement high performance and fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. storage. Hardware RAID uses a dedicated CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and memory which allows for much higher performance than software RAID which relies on the Macintosh processor. This is especially significant to Mac publishing, prepress, digital video, and multimedia professionals who are searching for an 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 solution to meet their high performance and scalability requirween the Macintosh and the external storage subsystem's I/O. The AEC-4412BS connects a single-ended 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. sign that fits into any standard 5.25" half hed upgradeable. The host interface can be chanomain SCSI accelerators for the Mac platform, users can implement a robust storage I/O connection that is fully tested to be optimal on both ends of the wire." Pricncisco booth no. 3656 North Hall. Information ons building the global information infrastructure. Its high performance I/O, connectivity and network products are incorporated into the systems and products of major ered in Milpitas, Calif., 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 :ADPTtephanie Simpson 408/957-6638 with Hyperlinks to your home page. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com a major contract by Borealis AB for an expansion of the company's ethylene plant in Stenungsund, Sweden. oil Furnace Technology. Foster Wheeler France will be responsible for project engineering, including detailed design of two 100,000-metric-tons-per-year ethylene heaters and related hot section, procurement of equipment and materials, and construction management. Work on the project, which is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1999, is presently underway at Foster Wheeler's petrochemicals site." In announcing the international client like Borealis. We will noies in Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Portugal and Sweden. Borealis has a network of sales coion--a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Foster Wheeler Wheeler, visit our World-Wide Web site at w http://www.businesswire.com |
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