Adaptec, the global player in IP storage networking has said it will give its Indian subsidiary, Adaptec (India) full access to all the software licences it acquired from Synopsis, for ASIC development.

The designs that the Adaptec ASIC teams, stationed in Hyderabad and the US, are working on include multimillion gate designs and very large chips. The two teams are using 0.13 micron technology for verification, simulation and design activities.

To ramp up its India operations, Adaptec has committed $10 million over the next three years, according to David A Sommers, vice president (Engineering) of Adaptec. The growth plan includes expanding Adaptec India’s functional testing as well as software compatibility testing capabilities in Hyderabad.

The Hyderabad design centre has 48 engineers and this figure is expected to double over the next three years, according to Raghu Allamsetty, managing director of Adaptec India.

In addition, Adaptec has recently opened a site office at Bangalore to come closer to its OEMs and also take advantage of the software talent pool available in that city.

“We are looking to develop stronger driver and firmware teams to support multiple operating systems as well. We look forward to the opportunities in India and hope to take advantage of the talent and the resources here, to drive at a time-to-market advantage to gain over the competition, by having 24-hour development cycles,” said Sommers.

Adaptec India’s major emphasis is on designing next generation Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) technology-based solutions and compatibility labs across OEM platforms and operating systems. In this connection, the company has announced the interoperability of iSCSI with Microsoft Windows 2000 advanced server operating system in an IP storage environment.

This shows how companies can combine Windows 2000-based servers with storage using the iSCSI protocol to create simple, affordable SAN solutions for their growing storage needs.

As part of its expansion plans, Adaptec has invested $2 million and acquired the technology assets of Tricord Systems Inc. Adaptec plans to use Tricord’s technology as part of the company’s efforts to extend its line of external storage products to include file-and-block based storage systems.