<s>
Adaptec	O
was	O
a	O
computer	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
company	O
and	O
remains	O
a	O
brand	O
for	O
computer	B-General_Concept
storage	I-General_Concept
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
first	O
,	O
Adaptec	O
focused	O
on	O
devices	O
with	O
Parallel	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
host	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
adapters	I-Architecture
included	O
the	O
154x/15xx	O
ISA	B-Architecture
family	O
,	O
the	O
2940	O
PCI	B-Protocol
family	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
29160/	O
-320	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
cross-platform	O
ASPI	B-Application
was	O
an	O
early	O
API	B-Application
for	O
accessing	O
and	O
integrating	O
non-disk	O
devices	O
like	O
tape	O
drives	O
,	O
scanners	B-Application
and	O
optical	O
disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
advancements	O
in	O
technology	O
,	O
RAID	B-Architecture
functions	O
were	O
added	O
while	O
interfaces	O
evolved	O
to	O
PCIe	O
and	O
SAS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
10	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
PMC-Sierra	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
and	O
Adaptec	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
announced	O
they	O
had	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
definitive	O
agreement	O
of	O
PMC-Sierra	O
acquiring	O
Adaptec	O
's	O
channel	O
storage	O
business	O
on	O
May	O
8	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
Adaptec	O
's	O
RAID	B-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
product	O
line	O
,	O
the	O
Adaptec	O
brand	O
,	O
a	O
global	O
value	O
added	O
reseller	O
customer	O
base	O
,	O
board	O
logistics	O
capabilities	O
,	O
and	O
SSD	O
cache	O
performance	O
solutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adaptec	O
produced	O
interface	O
products	O
involving	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
,	O
USB	B-Protocol
,	O
IEEE	B-Protocol
1394	I-Protocol
,	O
iSCSI	B-Protocol
,	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adaptec	O
once	O
produced	O
CD	O
-	O
and	O
DVD-burning	O
software	O
under	O
the	O
brand	O
names	O
of	O
Easy	O
CD	O
Creator	O
and	O
Toast	B-Operating_System
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
network-attached	B-Application
storage	I-Application
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Snap	B-Application
Server	I-Application
product	O
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Adaptec	O
brand	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
sell	O
host	B-Architecture
bus	I-Architecture
adapters	I-Architecture
,	O
RAID	B-Architecture
adapters	O
,	O
SAS	O
expander	O
cards	O
,	O
cables	O
,	O
and	O
accessories	O
.	O
</s>
