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History

1979–1999

Emulex was founded in 1979 by Fred B. Cox "as a supplier of data storage products and data communications equipment for the computer industry." By 1983, Emulex was able to advertise its products as if grocery items: a 2-page spread headlined "One stop shopping for VAX users? Emulex, of course" showed 3 paper bags, each with the Emulex name and logo and each holding a large computer board. One bag also said "''Disk Controllers''" while the second bag said "''Communication Controllers'';" the third said "''Tape Controllers''." In 1992 ''Emulex'' spun off what became '' QLogic. Much of Emulex's early market was for

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and PDP-11 systems. Computer History Museum's collections include an Emulex disk drive.

2000 to present

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, Emulex employed more than 1200 people in 2013. In 2000, Emulex acquired Giganet for $645 million, and in 2013 acquired Endace, based in New Zealand. On April 21, 2009,

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made a proposal to the Emulex board of directors to buy all existing shares of Emulex for $764 million, or $9.25 per share, a 40% premium over the stock's closing price on April 20, 2009. After Emulex's board of directors recommended against the sale, Broadcom increased their offer to $11 per share on June 30, which valued the company at $925 million. On July 9, 2009, it too was rejected Broadcom subsequently withdrew its offer. In February 2015, Avago Technologies Limited announced it would acquire Emulex for $8 per share, in cash. Avago, a spinoff of Hewlett Packard, merged with Broadcom in May of that year. Avago assumed the Broadcom name.''avagotech.com'' redirects to ''broadcom.com''

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History

1979–1999

2000 to present

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