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			{{short description\|Former American computer hardware company}}
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	\| name = Distributed Processing Technology Corporation		\| name = Distributed Processing Technology Corporation
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	\| industry = Computer		\| industry = Computer
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	\| products = Intelligent storage controllers		\| products = Intelligent storage controllers
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	\| website = {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970715042855/dpt.com\|title=dpt.com\|date=July 15, 1997}}		\| website = {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970715042855/dpt.com\|title=dpt.com\|date=July 15, 1997}}
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	[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]		[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]
	[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]		[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]
	DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277560181/ \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| journal=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \| ~~via~~=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| journal=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \| ~~via~~=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=August 27, 2014}}</ref>		DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277560181/ \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| journal=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \|id={{ProQuest\|277560181}}}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| journal=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \|id={{ProQuest\|278588442}}}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=August 27, 2014}}</ref>

	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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| journal=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16 \| ~~via~~=ProQuest}}</ref>		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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| journal=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16\|id={{ProQuest\|230512593}}}}</ref>

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==
	*[http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1983-02-01%20Mini-Micro%20Systems%20-%20Floppy%20Controller%20Speeds%20Access%20with%20Cache.pdf Floppy controller speeds access with cache]		* [http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1983-02-01%20Mini-Micro%20Systems%20-%20Floppy%20Controller%20Speeds%20Access%20with%20Cache.pdf Floppy controller speeds access with cache]
	*[http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1984-09-01%20Digital%20Design%20-%20Caching%20Disk%20Controller%20Relieves%20System%20Bottlenecks%20-%20Compressed.pdf Caching Disk Controller Relieves System Bottlenecks]		* [http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1984-09-01%20Digital%20Design%20-%20Caching%20Disk%20Controller%20Relieves%20System%20Bottlenecks%20-%20Compressed.pdf Caching Disk Controller Relieves System Bottlenecks]
	*[http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1983-06-01%20Digital%20Design%20-%20Disk%20Controller%20Unburdens%20Real%20Time%20Applications.pdf Disk Controller Unburdens Real Time Applications]		* [http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1983-06-01%20Digital%20Design%20-%20Disk%20Controller%20Unburdens%20Real%20Time%20Applications.pdf Disk Controller Unburdens Real Time Applications]

	==References==		==References==
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	[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]		[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]
	[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]		[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]
	DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277560181/ \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| ~~work~~=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| ~~work~~=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=August 27, 2014}}</ref>		DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277560181/ \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| journal=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| journal=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=August 27, 2014}}</ref>

	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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| ~~work~~=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref>		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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| journal=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref>

	== Further reading ==		== Further reading ==

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	==History==		==History==
	[[File:DPT PM2022.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|left\|DPT [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture\|EISA]] Fast SCSI Controller PM2022]]		[[File:DPT PM2022.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|left\|DPT [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture\|EISA]] Fast SCSI Controller PM2022]]
	DPT was founded in [[Maitland, Florida]], by Steve Goldman in 1977.<ref name=burnett /> The company was the first to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent [[cache (computing)\|caching]] [[disk controller]]s to the [[OEM]] computer market. Prior to DPT, disk caching technology had been implemented in proprietary hardware in mainframe computing to improve the [[Hard disk drive performance characteristics\|speed of disk access]].<ref name=obj6:3>{{cite journal\|title=Maitland manufacturer's electronic part becomes darling of computer trade\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=July 2–8, 1989\|volume=6\|issue=3 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1989-07-02%20OBJ%20-%20Maitland%20Manufacturer's%20Electronic%20Part%20Becomes%20Darling%20of%20Computer%20Trade.pdf\|accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=obj9:19/>		DPT was founded in [[Maitland, Florida]], by Steve Goldman in 1977.<ref name=burnett /> The company was the first to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent [[cache (computing)\|caching]] [[disk controller]]s to the [[OEM]] computer market. Prior to DPT, disk caching technology had been implemented in proprietary hardware in mainframe computing to improve the [[Hard disk drive performance characteristics\|speed of disk access]].<ref name=obj6:3>{{cite journal\|title=Maitland manufacturer's electronic part becomes darling of computer trade\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=July 2–8, 1989\|volume=6\|issue=3 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1989-07-02%20OBJ%20-%20Maitland%20Manufacturer's%20Electronic%20Part%20Becomes%20Darling%20of%20Computer%20Trade.pdf\|accessdate=August 25, 2014}}</ref><ref name=obj9:19/>
	[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]		[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]
	[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]		[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]
	DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277560181/ \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>		DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277560181/ \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=August 27, 2014}}</ref>

	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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| work=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref>		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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| work=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref>

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	[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]		[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]
	[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]		[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]
	DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url= \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>		DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal \| last=Burnett \| first=Richard \| date=October 30, 1989 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/277560181/ \| title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=25 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit\|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Brooks \| first=Mary \| date=February 5, 1995 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ \| title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche \| work=Orlando Sentinel \| page=A5 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>

	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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| work=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref>		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.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 \|date=November 1, 1999 \|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] \|title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million \|accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal \| last=Staff writer \| date=January 17, 2000 \| url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ \| title=While we were away \| work=Electronics Times \| publisher=Miller Freeman \| page=16 \| via=ProQuest}}</ref>

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-'''Distributed Processing Technology''' (DPT) was founded in 1977, in [[Maitland, Florida]]. DPT was an early pioneer in [[computer data storage|computer storage]] technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s. DPT was the first company to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent [[cache (computing)|caching]] [[disk controller]]s to the [[OEM]] computer market. Prior to DPT, disk caching technology had been implemented in proprietary hardware in mainframe computing to improve the [[Hard disk drive performance characteristics|speed of disk access]].<ref name=obj6:3>{{cite journal|title=Maitland manufacturer's electronic part becomes darling of computer trade|journal=Orlando Business Journal|date=July 2–8, 1989|volume=6|issue=3 |url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1989-07-02%20OBJ%20-%20Maitland%20Manufacturer's%20Electronic%20Part%20Becomes%20Darling%20of%20Computer%20Trade.pdf|accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=obj9:19/>
+'''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 data storage|computer storage]] technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s.
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+[[File:DPT PM2022.jpg|thumb|upright|left|DPT [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture|EISA]] Fast SCSI Controller PM2022]]
 [[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg|thumb|upright|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]
-DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal|title=Technology Tops Silver 50|journal=Orlando Business Journal|date=Oct 16–22, 1992|volume=9|issue=19 |url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>
+DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /><ref name=burnett>{{cite journal | last=Burnett | first=Richard | date=October 30, 1989 | url= | title=Predicting the Power of the PC: Maitland Company Caching in with Success of Disk Controller | work=Orlando Sentinel | page=25 | via=ProQuest}}</ref> The company was also a pioneering designer of [[RAID controller]] [[Application-specific integrated circuit|ASICs]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Brooks | first=Mary | date=February 5, 1995 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/278588442/ | title=Computer Company Has Found Its Niche | work=Orlando Sentinel | page=A5 | via=ProQuest}}</ref> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal|title=Technology Tops Silver 50|journal=Orlando Business Journal|date=Oct 16–22, 1992|volume=9|issue=19 |url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>
-DPT was founded by Steve Goldman, who served as the President and [[Chief Executive Officer]] until DPT was acquired by [[Adaptec]] in November 1999.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 |date=November 1, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million |accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref>
+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&nbsp;million.<ref name="adaptec">{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB941464103313049161 |date=November 1, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |title=Adaptec Agrees to Acquire DPT for About $235 Million |accessdate=November 30, 2017}}</ref> Adaptec completed their acquisition of DPT in December 1999.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Staff writer | date=January 17, 2000 | url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/230512593/ | title=While we were away | work=Electronics Times | publisher=Miller Freeman | page=16 | via=ProQuest}}</ref>
-== External links ==
+== Further reading ==
 *[http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1983-02-01%20Mini-Micro%20Systems%20-%20Floppy%20Controller%20Speeds%20Access%20with%20Cache.pdf Floppy controller speeds access with cache]
 *[http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/BySG/1984-09-01%20Digital%20Design%20-%20Caching%20Disk%20Controller%20Relieves%20System%20Bottlenecks%20-%20Compressed.pdf Caching Disk Controller Relieves System Bottlenecks]
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	'''Distributed Processing Technology''' (DPT) was founded in 1977, in [[Maitland, Florida]]. DPT was an early pioneer in [[computer data storage\|computer storage]] technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s. DPT was the first company to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent [[cache (computing)\|caching]] [[disk controller]]s to the [[OEM]] computer market. Prior to DPT, disk caching technology had been implemented in proprietary hardware in mainframe computing to improve the [[Hard disk drive performance characteristics\|speed of disk access]].<ref name=obj6:3>{{cite journal\|title=Maitland manufacturer's electronic part becomes darling of computer trade\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=July 2–8, 1989\|volume=6\|issue=3 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1989-07-02%20OBJ%20-%20Maitland%20Manufacturer's%20Electronic%20Part%20Becomes%20Darling%20of%20Computer%20Trade.pdf\|accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=obj9:19/>		'''Distributed Processing Technology''' (DPT) was founded in 1977, in [[Maitland, Florida]]. DPT was an early pioneer in [[computer data storage\|computer storage]] technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s. DPT was the first company to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent [[cache (computing)\|caching]] [[disk controller]]s to the [[OEM]] computer market. Prior to DPT, disk caching technology had been implemented in proprietary hardware in mainframe computing to improve the [[Hard disk drive performance characteristics\|speed of disk access]].<ref name=obj6:3>{{cite journal\|title=Maitland manufacturer's electronic part becomes darling of computer trade\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=July 2–8, 1989\|volume=6\|issue=3 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1989-07-02%20OBJ%20-%20Maitland%20Manufacturer's%20Electronic%20Part%20Becomes%20Darling%20of%20Computer%20Trade.pdf\|accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=obj9:19/>

	[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|~~right\|360px~~\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]		[[File:DPTController.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]
	[[File:DPT PM2022.jpg\|thumb\|~~right\|360px~~\|DPT [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture\|EISA]] Fast SCSI Controller PM2022]]		[[File:DPT PM2022.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture\|EISA]] Fast SCSI Controller PM2022]]
	[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|~~right\|360px~~\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]		[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg\|thumb\|upright\|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]
	DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>		DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /> 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."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal\|title=Technology Tops Silver 50\|journal=Orlando Business Journal\|date=Oct 16–22, 1992\|volume=9\|issue=19 \|url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf\|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>