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| Company type | Private [1] |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer |
| Founded | 1977 in Maitland, Florida, United States |
| Founder | Steve Goldman |
| Defunct | December 1999 |
| Fate | Acquired by Adaptec |
| Products | Intelligent storage controllers |
Distributed Processing Technology Corporation (DPT) was an American computer hardware company active from 1977 to 1999. Founded in Maitland, Florida, DPT was an early pioneer in computer storage technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s.
DPT was founded in Maitland, Florida, by Steve Goldman in 1977. [2] The company was the first to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent caching disk controllers to the OEM computer market. Prior to DPT, disk caching technology had been implemented in proprietary hardware in mainframe computing to improve the speed of disk access. [3] [4]
DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s. [3] [2] The company was also a pioneering designer of RAID controller ASICs. [5] According to Bill Brothers, Unix product manager at the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), a computer operating system vendor, "The kind of performance those guys (DPT) produce is phenomenal. It's unlike any other product on the market." [4]
Goldman served as the president and chief executive officer from DPT's inception until the company was acquired by Adaptec in November 1999 for US$236 million. [1] Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999. [6]
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