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2008
  • Chosen by Apple as the storage solution provider for the Xsan 2

2007
  • Completed end-to-end SAS/SATA offering with SuperTrak EX4650/8650 offerings
  • Launched SmartStor NS4300 Network Attached Storage solution
  • Launched VTrak E-Class, an enterprise class external storage solution
    • 3U/16-Bay 4Gb FC SAN-to-SAS/SATA 3Gb/s RAID Storage System
    • 2U/12-Bay 4Gb FC-to-SAS/SATA 3Gb/s RAID Storage System
    • 3U/16-Bay 4x 3Gb SAS Wide-to-SAS/SATA 3Gb/s RAID Storage System
    • 2U/12-Bay 3Gb SAS-to-SAS/SATA 3Gb/s RAID Storage System
    • 3U/16-Bay SAS/SATA JBOD

2006
  • Introduced SuperTrak EX4350/12350/16350/16300, completing the IOP based SuperTrak SATA 3Gb/s controller line with 4, 8, 12, and 16 port offerings
  • SuperTrak service release with improved performance and comprehensive Linux support (upstream kernel)
  • Introduced SuperSwap 1600/4600 with SAS and SATA hard drive support
  • Announced first e-SATA Promise product offering – SATA300 TX4302

2005
  • Launched SuperTrak EX8350/8300, the first IOP based SATA 3Gb/s controller from Promise.
  • Launched VTrak M-Class, a complete line of SATA-based RAID Storage Systems for Mid-range business applications
    • 8/12/15-drive bay iSCSI-to-SATA RAID Array RAID Storage System
    • 8/12/15-drive bay FC-to-SATA RAID Array RAID Storage System
    • 8/12/15-drive bay SCSI-to-SATA RAID Storage System
  • Introduced first SAS product offering from Promise.
    • VTrak J300s, 3Gb/s SAS-to-SAS/SATA 3Gb/s JBOD Storage System
  • Improvements in Organizational and Design Quality Assurance:
    • ISO-14001:2004 (Green PC), RoHS, ISO-9000:2000; ISO-9001:2000

2004
  • Launched VTrak 15200, the world's first dual-port, hardware-iSCSI RAID storage system that uses up to 15 Serial ATA Drives in a 3U external rackmount for SAN and DAS applications
  • Launched VTrak 15100, the dual-port SCSI RAID storage system that uses up to 15 Serial ATA drives in a 3U external rackmount for DAS applications
  • Introduced first Promise products to support Serial ATA 3Gb/s interface – FastTrak TX2300/4300 & SATA300 TX2plus/TX4

2003
  • Promise leads in ATA RAID worldwide unit shipments for IA Servers for the 3rd Consecutive Year with a 83% Unit Market Share
  • Introduced Serial ATA RAID 5 card - FastTrak S150 SX4 - The world's first SATA RAID 5 card shipped by an tier 1 OEM
  • Introduced world's first Serial ATA RAID 0/1/10 Cards- FastTrak S150 TX4 & TX2plus
  • Introduced world's first Serial ATA Drive Hot-Swap Enclosure- SuperSwap 1100
  • Announced 15-Drive SCSI-to-ATA RAID External 3U Rackmount Subsystem- UltraTrak RM 15000
  • Promise USA Received ISO 9001 Certification

2002
  • Announced world's first Serial ATA Controllers- SATA 150 TX4 & TX2plus
  • Set a new standard in RAID 5 with world's first ATA RAID 5 ROC (RAID on Chip) - PDC 20621
  • Introduced world's first ATA/133 RAID 0, 1, & 0+1 Card- FastTrak TX2000
  • Introduced 4-Drive SCSI-to-ATA RAID External 1U Rackmount Subsystem- UltraTrak RM4000
  • Announced SCSI-to-ATA Rackmount and Tower Subsystems- UltraTrak RM8000 and UltraTrak SX8000
  • Promise Drives Industry Transformation with Shipment of 10 Millionth ATA Controller
  • Promise Receives 10th annual Award for "Industrial Technology Advancement" in Taiwan
  • Promise Taiwan listed in the Taiwan stock market

2001
  • Announced world's first Ultra ATA/133 controller for 66 MHz PCI bus- Ultra133 TX2
  • Introduced world's first "build-your-own" NAS for Ultra ATA/100 RAID 0,1 hard drives
  • Introduced ATA/100 RAID 5 Card- SuperTrak SX6000
  • Promise receives the Forth National Award Of Small And Medium Enterprises in Taiwan
  • Promise receives 2001 Taiwan National Design Award for UltraTrak 100 TX8 ; the SCSI-to-Ultra ATA/100 External RAID Storage subsystem

2000
  • Launched world's first Ultra ATA/100 card - Ultra100 TX2
  • Launched world's first Ultra ATA100 RAID 0, 1 Card - FastTrak100 TX2
  • Introduced world's first six channel ATA/100 RAID 5 controller - SuperTrak 100

1999
  • Introduced world's first Ultra ATA/66 drive controller - Ultra 66
  • Introduced world's first Ultra ATA/66 RAID 0,1 controller card - FastTrak66
  • Began supplying ATA adapters to major OEM vendors world-wide, such as Dell, Gateway, Compaq, Micron, NEC, Fujitsu, Maxtor etc
  • Promise Taiwan Received ISO 9001 Certification

1998
  • Introduced world's first ATA RAID "hot swap" chassis
  • Introduced world's first ATA RAID "hot swap" chassis

1997
  • Pioneers Ultra ATA/33 controller that breaks the 8.4GB drive capacity barrier
  • Created ATA RAID storage with FastTrak IDE RAID 0,1 controller

1993
  • World's first VESA EIDE disk accelerator

1992
  • Introduced VESA IDE chipset (Van Gogh) capturing 75% of OEM market

1991
  • Introduced World's first IDE cache disk controller