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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer Networking |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Aliso Viejo, California, USA |
Key people | Jean Hu(CEO) |
| Products | Fibre Channel adapters,converged network adapters,Ethernet adapters,iSCSI adapters, andASICs |
Number of employees | 1,229 (2013)[1] |
| Parent | Marvell Technology Group |
| Website | www |
QLogic Corporation was an American manufacturer of networking server and storage networking connectivity and application acceleration products, based inAliso Viejo, California through 2016.[2]QLogic's products includeFibre Channel adapters,converged network adapters forFibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE),Ethernetnetwork interface controllers,iSCSI adapters, andapplication-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).It was a public company from 1992 to 2016.
QLogic was created in 1992 after being spun off byEmulex. QLogic's original business was disk controllers. QLogic had itsinitial public offering in 1994 and was traded onNASDAQ under the symbol QLGC.Originally located in aCosta Mesa, California building adjacent to Emulex, it competed against its parent company in the market forFibre Channel controllers forstorage area networks.[3]
QLogic acquired companies including NetXen.Integrated circuit designer Silicon Design Resources Inc. based inAustin, Texas, was acquired for about $2 million in 1998.[4]In May 2000, QLogic acquired Fibre Channel switch maker Ancor Communications for about $1.7 billion in stock.[5]Little Mountain Group, founded in 1999 and developer ofiSCSI technology, was acquired in January 2001 for about $30 million.[6]The compiler companyPathScale was acquired for about $109 million in February 2006.[7]Silverstorm Technologies, which designedInfiniBand products, was acquired in October 2006 for about $60 million.[8]After attempting to use PathScale forcluster computing over InfiniBand, the compiler business was sold toSiCortex in August 2006.[9]
QLogic was led by chairman H.K. Desai from 1996, who became executive chairman in 2010 until his death in June 2014.[10]In 2012, the InfiniBand products were sold toIntel for $125 million.[11]Simon Biddiscombe became chief executive in November 2010, until resigning in May 2013 after two years of falling revenue.[12][1]Prasad Rampalli became chief executive a few months later, until August 2015.Jean Hu became acting CEO again at that time.[13]
QLogic announced it was being acquired byCavium in June 2016, for about $1 billion over its balance sheet cash.[14]After the deal closed in August 2016, job cuts were announced.[15]It announced it would move toIrvine, California in 2017.[2]
Cavium was acquired byMarvell Technology Group in 2018.[16]
The company makes a range of networking products for storage and converged networks. Storage networking products includeFibre Channel caching adapters, Fibre Channel adapters,iSCSI adapters andFibre Channel switches. Converged network products include Converged Network Adapters and Intelligent Ethernet Adapters.
In 2005, QLogic acquired Troika Networks and storage virtualization products. Later in 2009, it acquired NetXen and Intelligent Ethernet Adapter products. In 2014, QLogic signed a broad technology alliance agreement withBrocade Communications Systems and acquired its fibre channel and converged network adapter business.