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STEC, Inc., designs, develops, manufactures and markets custom
memory solutions based on Flash
memory and DRAM
technologies.
See also:-
STEC
editor mentions on STORAGEsearch.com
- editor's notes:- in January 2008 -
EMC announced that it would
use SSDs from
STEC in its Symmetrix
DMX-4 high-end networked storage systems. You may not realise that EMC was
an SSD pioneer 20 years ago (in 1987) but
got burned at that time.
In March 2008 - STEC
announced Q407 revenue
declined 28% compared to the year ago quarter.
In Q108 STEC
was the #2 ranked SSD OEM - see
the
Top 10 Solid State Disk Companies
In April 2008 -
STEC said it was in volume shipment of its
Zeus-IOPS range of
2.5" and
3.5" flash SSDs
with
4Gbps Fibre Channel
ports.
Also this month -
Seagate filed suit
against STEC alleging
patent infringements related to hard disk interfaces.
STEC dismissed
the claims in these terms.
STEC is one of the first companies to build
(flash) SSDs, having designed, manufactured and shipped SSDs as early as 1994,
long before any of the suggested patents were issued to Seagate.
Given
the effect SSDs are having on the HDD market, STEC believes that Seagate's
lawsuit is completely without merit and primarily motivated by competitive
concerns rather than a desire to protect its intellectual property.
STEC believes that Seagate's action is a desperate move to disrupt how
aggressively customers are embracing STEC's Zeus-IOPS technology and changing
the balance of power in enterprise storage.
Seagate is sending a
clear signal that it recognizes
STEC as the leader in the
SSD business and is attempting to slow down part of the growth that STEC is
gaining through its SSD offering, particularly in the enterprise segment. STEC
will aggressively pursue its defense to this infringement action.
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This newer
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