SCSI technology helped propel the computer industry into the era of intelligent peripheral communications by providing the basis for a standard that would enable such diverse devices as disks, tapes, printers and scanners to share a common interface to one or more computer systems in a way never before possible.
LSI Logic, also founded in 1981, is recognized as an industry pioneer. Guests at the STA event and dinner will include early SCSI developers, industry press and analysts, and financial analysts. More than 10 current LSI Logic employees have ties to the early development and design projects that originated in Wichita, Kan. and Colorado Springs, Colo. LSI Logic is now in the process of launching the first commercially available, seventh generation SCSI product, a validation of the new Ultra320 performance standard.
It’s fitting that on this anniversary year, SCSI technology is moving to the Ultra320 performance standard. SCSI was instrumental in propelling the computer industry into an era of intelligent peripheral communications. The Ultra320 standard assures that customer needs continue to be met, said Bill Wuertz, vice president and general manager for LSI Logic Storage Standard Products. LSI Logic just announced the first marketplace validation of Ultra320 interoperability in collaboration with leading disk drive makers IBM, Quantum (now Maxtor) and Seagate.
Highlighting the STA celebration dinner program will be a video retrospective of the first 20 years of SCSI technology, the industry’s leading high-end storage I/O technology. The video features John Lohmeyer and Hank Meyer, two LSI employees who were early SCSI developers who helped pioneer the technology. David Reinsel, senior analyst, hard disk drives and components, International Data Corporation, will present a forward-looking perspective on SCSI in the New Millennium.
The final event of the evening will be the presentation of awards to significant individual and company contributors for the development and promotion of SCSI technology over the history of the technology. Nominees were named by STA member companies and fellow early developers. Honorees will receive an engraved award. Attendees and guests will enjoy an extensive display of SCSI artifacts and memorabilia spanning 20 years.
