»Since its founding in 1988, Promise Technology, Inc. has
the distinction of creating more ground-breaking "firsts" in EIDE/
ATA controller technology than any other firm worldwide. Within two
years of entering the controller market, Promise Technology
introduced the world's first IDE cache controller, and the first
EIDE chipset. Other major product introductions quickly followed.
During just the last five years alone, Promise developed
the first Ultra ATA/33, Ultra ATA/66, Ultra ATA/100, and Ultra
ATA/133 controller cards that have been instrumental to the
worldwide acceptance of high performance Ultra ATA hard drives. And
because Promise is recognized as the first-to-market controller
manufacturer for new ATA drives, its controllers have been
specifically tested and chosen by the world's leading OEMs -- Dell,
Gateway, Fujitsu-Siemens, and Micron, to name just a few -- for
their own systems.
This same period of product development also saw Promise
create an entirely new PC market segment, ATA RAID, with the launch
of the world's first IDE/ ATA RAID controller, FastTrak, in 1996.
Since then, the FastTrak product line became quickly established as
the industry standard for high performance, high reliability, and
high value -- with millions of units sold [...]
It is no coincidence that Promise Technology's controllers
are the first choice of OEMs, resellers, and end-users worldwide. An
overall dedication to excellence from product concept through
manufacture assures success and acceptance of the Promise name«
(Quelle:
www.promise.com/company/about/prms_profile_eng.htm; Zugriff:
05-Mar-2003)