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| Industry | Semiconductors |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| Fate | acquired by Zoran Corporation in 2003 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | GPU and video, CD-ROM, optical storage |
Oak Technology (OAKT) was an American supplier of semiconductor chips for sound cards, graphics cards and optical storage devices such as CD-ROM, CD-RW and DVD. It achieved success with optical storage chips and its stock price increased substantially around the time of the tech bubble in 2000.[1] After falling on hard times, in 2003 it was acquired by Zoran Corporation.[2]
Oak Technology helped develop the ATAPI standard and provided the oakcdrom.sys CD-ROM driver that was ubiquitous on DOS-based systems in the mid-1990s.
- ^ "Interview with John Edmunds". The Wall Street Transcript. August 3, 2000. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ^ "Zoran to buy Oak Tech for $358 mln in stock, cash". www.marketwatch.com. May 3, 2003. Retrieved May 16, 2014.