Newisys
{{Short description|American technology company}}
Newisys was an American technology company. At various times it sold computers for data centers (known as servers), and computer data storage products.
It operated as a subsidiary of Sanmina Corporation since 2004.
History
Newisys was founded in July 2000 by Claymon A. Cipione and Phillip Doyce Hester, both from IBM. It was originally based in Austin, Texas.
By the end of 2000, almost $28 million in venture capital funding was obtained from New Enterprise Associates, Austin Ventures, and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).{{Cite news |title= Stealth company coming into open: Newly funded with $27.9M, Newisys Inc. takes 30,000 s.f. |author= Matt Hudgins |work= Austin Business Journal |date= November 18, 2001 |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2001/11/19/story1.html |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
By 2002, they gave demonstrations of server using 64-bit AMD processors.{{Cite news |title= Start-up to ease move to 64-bit |author= Deni Connor |work= Network World |date= August 19, 2002 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=pBkEAAAAMBAJ |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
Another round of about $23 million funding was announced in November 2002,{{Cite web |title= Form D: Notice of Sale of Securities |publisher= US SEC |date= November 23, 2002 |url= https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/vprr/0206/02064834.pdf |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }} increased to $25 million in February 2003.{{Cite web |title= Form D: Notice of Sale of Securities |publisher= US SEC |date= February 13, 2003 |url= https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/vprr/0300/03006790.pdf |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
In July 2003, Sanmina-SCI (which had been a manufacturing partner) announced it would acquire Newisys for an undisclosed amount.{{Cite news |title= Sanmina buys Newisys: Rescue bid touted as strategic acquisition? |work= The Register |author= Tony Smith |date= July 17, 2003 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/07/17/sanmina_buys_newisys/ |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
Newisys became an original design manufacturer for Sanminia.
In 2005, Hester left to become the chief technical officer of AMD until 2008,{{Cite news |title= AMD evaporates CTO post: Hester out. No one in |work= The Register |author= Cade Metz |date= April 11, 2008 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/11/amd_cto_phil_hester_resigns/ |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }} and Cipione also left to join AMD to become chief information officer.{{Cite news |title= See sprawling Lake Travis mansion set for August auction; no minimum bid |date= July 25, 2014 |author= Jan Buchholz |work= Austin Business Journal |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/blog/real-estate/2014/07/see-sprawling-lake-travis-mansion-set-for-august.html |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}{{Cite news |title= AMD appoints a former Dell exec as CIO |work= Beta News |author= Scott M. Fulton, III |date= March 11, 2008 |url= http://betanews.com/2008/03/11/amd-appoints-a-former-dell-exec-as-cio/ |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
In August 2005, a network-attached storage server product called the NA-1400 was announced, although shipments were reported to be delayed. It used an XScale 80219 processor from Intel.{{Cite web |title= Newisys NA-1400 |date= November 5, 2005 |url= http://www.na1400.info/ |archivedate= January 14, 2006 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060114073435/http://www.na1400.info/ |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
In November 2005, Newisys announced an integrated circuit call the AMD Horus, which allowed servers to be built with large numbers of AMD Opteron processors.{{Cite news |title= Newisys to show off Opteron Horus today: SMP that's the one for me |date= November 14, 2005 |author= Klaus Fehrle |work=The Inquirer |url= http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1026653/newisys-to-show-off-opteron-horus-today |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161112141822/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1026653/newisys-to-show-off-opteron-horus-today |url-status= unfit |archive-date= November 12, 2016 |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}{{Cite web |title= HORUS: Large Scale SMP using AMD Opteron processors |author= Rajesh Kota |publisher= HyperTransport Consortium |url= http://www.hypertransport.org/docs/tech/horus_external_white_paper_final.pdf |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20060113231717/http://www.hypertransport.org/docs/tech/horus_external_white_paper_final.pdf |archivedate= January 13, 2006 |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
In January 2006, the company acquired the block storage division of Adaptec, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{Cite news |title= Adaptec Announces Sale of Its Block-Based Systems Assets and Colorado-Based Technology Center to Newisys, a Sanmina-SCI Company |work= Press release |date= January 31, 2006 |publisher= Adaptec |url= http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/adaptec-announces-sale-its-block-based-systems-assets-colorado-based-technology-center-nasdaq-adpt-672872.htm |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
In May 2007, the server portion of the company was shut down, leaving storage (developed in Colorado) as the main focus.{{Cite news |title= Newisys cuts staff: More than half yesterday |work= The Inquirer |date= May 9, 2007 |author= Charlie Demerjian |url= http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1009785/newisys-cuts-staff |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20161111234129/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1009785/newisys-cuts-staff |archivedate= November 11, 2016 |url-status= unfit |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}{{Cite news |title= AOpteron darling Newisys lives!: Just a flesh wound |work= The Register |author= Ashlee Vance |author-link=Ashlee Vance |date= June 20, 2007 |url= https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/20/alive_newisys_server/ |accessdate= November 11, 2016 }}
Newisys returned to the server market in 2013 by adding Intel based servers into their storage products.