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'''Distributed Processing Technology''' (DPT) was founded in 1977, in [[Maitland, Florida]]. DPT was an early pioneer in [[computer data storage|computer storage]] technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s. DPT was the first company to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent [[cache (computing)|caching]] [[disk controller]]s to the [[OEM]] computer market. Prior to DPT, disk caching technology had been implemented in proprietary hardware in mainframe computing to improve the [[Hard disk drive performance characteristics|speed of disk access]].<ref name=obj6:3>{{cite journal|title=Maitland manufacturer's electronic part becomes darling of computer trade|journal=Orlando Business Journal|date=July 2–8, 1989|volume=6|issue=3 |url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1989-07-02%20OBJ%20-%20Maitland%20Manufacturer's%20Electronic%20Part%20Becomes%20Darling%20of%20Computer%20Trade.pdf|accessdate=25 August 2014}}</ref><ref name=obj9:19/>
 
[[File:DPTController.jpg|thumb|right|360pxupright|DPT PM2554 and PM3754112 SCSI RAID disk controllers]]
[[File:DPT PM2022.jpg|thumb|right|360pxupright|DPT [[Extended Industry Standard Architecture|EISA]] Fast SCSI Controller PM2022]]
[[File:PM3001 Disk Controller Distributed Processing Technology.jpg|thumb|right|360pxupright|DPT's first product: PM3001 caching floppy disk controller]]
DPT's products popularized the use of disk caching in the 1980s.<ref name=obj6:3 /> According to Bill Brothers, [[Unix]] product manager at the [[Santa Cruz Operation]] (SCO), a computer operating system vendor, "The kind of performance those guys (DPT) produce is phenomenal. It's unlike any other product on the market."<ref name=obj9:19>{{cite journal|title=Technology Tops Silver 50|journal=Orlando Business Journal|date=Oct 16–22, 1992|volume=9|issue=19 |url=http://www.stevegoldman.com/Publications/AboutSG/1992-10-16%20OBJ%20-%20DPT%20Takes%20Byte%20Out%20of%20Silver%2050.pdf|accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>