Texas Memory Systems

Texas Memory Systems, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustrySolid State Storage
Digital signal processing
Founded1978; 46 years ago (1978)
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
,
United States
Area served
35 countries[1]
Key people
Holly Frost, (Founder)
Dan Scheel (President)[2]
Productssolid-state disks
Digital signal processors
Number of employees
< 100 (2011)[3]
ParentIBM
Websiteramsan.com

Texas Memory Systems, Inc. (TMS) was an American corporation that designed and manufactured solid-state disks (SSDs) and digital signal processors (DSPs). TMS was founded in 1978 and that same year introduced their first solid-state drive,[4] followed by their first digital signal processor. In 2000 they introduced the RamSan line of SSDs. Based in Houston, Texas, they supply these two product categories (directly as well as OEM and reseller partners) to large enterprise and government organizations.[5][6]

TMS has been supplying SSD products to the market longer than any other company.[7]

On August 16, 2012, IBM Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire Texas Memory Systems, Inc. This acquisition was completed as planned on October 1, 2012.[8][9]

  1. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  2. ^ Mellor, Chris. "Texas Memory Systems longs to seduce 'larger player'". The Register. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  3. ^ Daugherty, Deon. "Strolling down 'memory' lane with high tech CEO Holly Frost". Houston Business Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  4. ^ Klein, Dean (2009-02-09). "History of Digital Storage. Part 6: The RAM SSD and NAND". Micron. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  5. ^ "Texas Memory Systems main website". TMS. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
  6. ^ "Texas Memory Systems". IBM. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  7. ^ Kerekes, Zsolt. "Texas Memory Systems". ACSL. Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  8. ^ "IBM Announcement". IBM. Archived from the original on August 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  9. ^ "TMS Announcement". TMS. Retrieved 2012-08-17.