A Symbios press release of a year ago--on its second anniversary as a Hyundai Electronics subsidiary--provides some perspective on its business.
"During 1996, Symbios Logic has gained industry recognition for its products and technologies. The Company has been ranked by International Data Corporation as one of the top three suppliers of OEM RAID subsystems worldwide. With a 12 percent market share, Dataquest considers Symbios Logic one of the top two worldwide vendors of mixed-signal cell-based ASIC solutions and eighth in the world as a CMOS standard cell supplier. In addition, Symbios Logic holds over 33 percent of the worldwide SCSI chip market and 15 percent of the worldwide market in disk and tape drive electronics, according to the Company's own market research.
"Symbios Logic Second Year Highlights
Produced 1996 revenue of approximately $600 million, an increase of about 15 percent over 1995;
Announced the SYM9, 0.35æ cell-based library and subsequently announced the addition of its extensive analog cell library
Worked jointly with Hyundai Electronics Inc. on 0.35æ process development
Announced the SYMplicityTM scalable I/O software architecture, which integrates the I2O (Intelligent I/O) industry standard
Announced the industry's first family of direct network-attached RAID storage systems, the MetaStorTM SH1000 and SH4000 intelligent
storage hubs
Introduced the industry's first dual-channel Ultra SCSI controller, the SYM53C87
Released two new host adapter boards, which are based on the SYM53C876 controller
Announced the SYM53C885 controller, which combines SCSI and Ethernet for multi-function I/O solutions
Introduced the SYM53C895 controller, the industry's first LVD Ultra2 SCSI product
Announced, with Digital Equipment Corporation, the SYM53C120 SCSI bus converter/repeater device
Introduced the SYM201F40 controller, the industry's first headerless disk drive data controller with an integrated Ultra2 SCSI interface
Received the Compaq premier microperipheral semiconductor supplier award
As an industry leader in air pollution control, continued working with the Environmental Protection Agency to research and control the
emissions of greenhouse gases
Established two Company divisions: the Storage Systems Division and the Semiconductor Division"
The link is:
symbios.com
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