QLogic
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Networking |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Aliso Viejo, California |
Key people | Jean Hu (CEO) |
| Products | Fibre Channel adapters, converged network adapters, Ethernet adapters, iSCSI adapters, and ASICs |
Number of employees | 1,229 (2013)[1] |
| Parent | Cavium |
| Website | www |
QLogic Corporation is a manufacturer of networking server and storage networking connectivity and application acceleration products, based in Aliso Viejo, California. QLogic’s products include Fibre Channel adapters, converged network adapters for Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), Ethernet network interface controllers, iSCSI adapters, and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). It was a public company from 1992 to 2016.
History
QLogic was created in 1992 after being spun off by Emulex; the two are now[when?] competitors for the Fibre Channel HBA market. QLogic's original business was disk controllers. This business was sold to Marvell Technology Group in 2005. QLogic had its initial public offering in 1994 and was traded on NASDAQ under the symbol QLGC.
QLogic acquired companies including Ancor, Little Mountain Group, PathScale, SilverStorm and NetXen. QLogic was led by chairman H.K. Desai from 1996, and became executive chairman in 2010 until his death in June 2014.[2] Simon Biddiscombe became chief executive in November 2010, until resigning in May 2013 after two years of falling revenue.[3][1] Prasad Rampalli became chief executive a few months later, until August 2015. Jean Hu became acting CEO again at that time.[4]
QLogic announced it was being acquired by Cavium in June 2016, for about $1 billion over its balance sheet cash.[5]
Storage networking products
- Fibre Channel caching adapters
- QLogic 10000 Series
- 8Gb-to-PCIe 2.0 + 200GB or 400GB PCIe daughter card
- QLogic 10000 Series
- Fibre Channel adapters
- QLogic 2600 Series
- 16Gb-to-PCIe 3.0
- QLogic 18000 Series
- 16Gb-to-PCIe 2.0
- QLogic 2500 Series
- 8Gb-to-PCIe 2.0
- QLogic 800 Series
- 8Gb-to-PCIe 2.0
- QLogic 2400 Series
- 4Gb-to-PCIe and PCI-X 2.0
- QLogic 2600 Series
- iSCSI adapters
- QLogic 4000 Series
- 1GbE-to-PCIe and PCI-X 2.0
- QLogic 4000 Series
- Fibre Channel switches
- QLogic 5000 Series
- 8Gb – Stackable, scale from 8 to 120 ports per stack, link multiple stacks
- QLogic 3000 Series
- 8Gb – Entry level, up to 8 ports per switch
- QLogic 5000 Series
Converged network products
- Converged Network Adapters
- QLogic 8400 Series
- Converged Network Adapters support simultaneous LAN (TCP/IP) and SAN (Fibre Channel over Ethernet [FCoE] and iSCSI) traffic at 10Gbit/s Ethernet (GbE) line rate speeds [6]
- QLogic 8300 Series
- 10GbE-to-PCIe 3.0, multi-protocol (FCoE, iSCSI, and TCP-IP)
- QLogic 8200 Series
- 10GbE-to-PCIe 2.0, multi-protocol (FCoE, iSCSI, and TCP-IP)
- QLogic 1800 Series
- 16Gb FC and 10GbE-to-PCIe 3.0, multi-protocol (FCoE, iSCSI, and TCP-IP)
- QLogic 1000 Series
- 10GbE-to-PCIe 3.0, multi-protocol (FCoE and TCP-IP)
- QLogic 8400 Series
- Intelligent Ethernet Adapters
- QLogic 3200 Series
- 10GbE-to-PCIe 2.0
- QLogic 3200 Series
Acquisitions
- 1998: Acquired Silicon Design Resources, Inc.
- 2000: Acquired Ancor Communications and switch products
- 2001: Acquired Little Mountain Group and iSCSI chip and adapter products
- 2005: Acquired Troika Networks and storage virtualization products
- 2009: Acquired NetXen and Intelligent Ethernet Adapter products
- 2014: Signed a broad technology alliance agreement with Brocade Communications Systems and acquired its fibre channel and converged network adapter business
- 2014: Acquired certain 10/40/100 Gb Ethernet controller and NIC-related assets from Broadcom
References
- ^ a b "Form 10-K: Annual Report for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2013". US Securities and Exchange Commission. May 15, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Chris Casacchia (June 9, 2014). "QLogic's Desai Dies at 68". Orange County Business Journal. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Chris Mellow (May 20, 2013). "Flailing QLogic's boss gives up CEO, president gigs: That seat on the board? You can have that too..." The Register. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Chris Mellow (August 22, 2015). "QLogic CEO is out, search for successor underway: Prasad Rampalli joins list of ex-execs 'pursuing other opps'". The Register. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Larry Dignan (June 15, 2016). "Cavium buys QLogic in $1.36 billion data center processor deal". ZDNet. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ http://www.qlogic.com/Products/adapters/Pages/ConvergedNetworkAdapters.aspx