Adaptec also is unable to bear loneliness it seems that, its board of directors has agreed to buy Aristos Logic of company of processor newly established, the Aristos Logic before this is in only the Series F 2006 annulus venture capital is obtained in financing 15 million dollar, and this annulus financing takes the lead by a new faceless investor.

Adaptec expressed a few days ago, its had been reached buy an agreement, buy the price to be 41 million dollar, in bringing into the technology Aristos Logic and product its OEM business in order to weigh Zhen Xiongfeng.

The RAID ASIC product of “Aristos Logic is in we are current have not the fractionize market of sortie, bought our brand-new opportunity this, cooperate to our OEM especially for the manufacturer, obtained the capability of immanent ASIC. Suresh Panikar of chief inspector of sale of market of ”Adaptec company whole world expresses.

Current, the 3-Gbit/s SAS controller that Adaptec is facing what server market sells he is based on Intel technology, and Aristos Logic can have supplied the 6-Gbit/s silicon chip that faces workstation and memory target market.

The product line battle array that the Adaptec that facing intense competition of LSI and AMCC is considering to enlarge its controller, express according to Panikar, the target that its did not come to is the memory array controller that is a foundation with SATA and SAS.

Aristos Logic had obtained “ a few ” are aimed at his the 3400 order with the ASIC controller of 3450, panikar expresses, adaptec will maintain and develop this kind of tendency.

They have “ a lot of top class or it is the OEM partner that is located in the 2nd class, this is the union of pair of memory manufacturers and systematic manufacturer. ” although the name that Panikar rejects to disclose these partners, but he believes we will pass “ to buy the ASIC technology that acquires the past a few years to be lacked all the time this, and bring into contact with more OEM manufacturers. ”

Before this, the OEM business of Adaptec is decreasing quickly in last few years, accordingly, this company just produces a think of a way that buys ASIC technology, panikar thinks, adaptec will develop the product that fits more OEM manufacturer henceforth, from the point of long-term point of view, adaptec adds the product that has 6Gb/s technology probably in its product.

Adaptec respect expresses, the administrative group that Aristos Logic includes presiding apparitor Anil Gupta and him in all 75 employee will join Adaptec, and the headquarters that Aristos Logic sets in Foothill Ranch of American California city will continue operation.

In future, “Aristos Logic company has the name of use Adaptec operation, will be called in company interior ministry of ” of product of “ storage technology, continue to provide ASIC controller software for Adaptec. ”Panikar expresses to media.
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