# ATTO Technology, Inc.

> ATTO Technology is a privately held Amherst, New York, hardware and software company that makes the adapters, host bus cards, protocol bridges, storage appliances and management tools that keep data moving between computers, networks and storage. Founded in 1988 by engineers Tim Klein and Dave Snell, it sells direct and through OEMs, integrators and resellers to studios, enterprises, government agencies, research institutions and other customers whose workflows punish dropped frames, variable latency and storage bottlenecks.

- **Founded:** 1988
- **Headquarters:** Amherst, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Timothy J. Klein (President, CEO and co-founder), David A. Snell (Vice President of Engineering, CTO and co-founder)
- **Team size:** Approximately 64 employees; LinkedIn classifies the company as 51-200 employees.
- **Products:** SiliconDisk, Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs, ExpressSAS SAS/SATA HBAs, FastFrame Ethernet NICs, XstreamCORE intelligent bridges
- **Notable:** Founded in 1988 and still led by both co-founders in 2026., Developed an early SCSI-based RAM solid-state disk in 1989 and secured Kodak as an early OEM customer in 1990., Reports more than 230 products developed, over 80 technology relationships and more than 150 patents and technology IP assets through its OEM program.

## Products & services

- **SiliconDisk** — A modern RAM-based NVMe-over-Fabrics storage appliance offering deterministic sub-microsecond latency; the name revives ATTO's original RAM-based storage concept.
- **Celerity Fibre Channel HBAs** — PCIe host bus adapters for connecting servers and workstations to Fibre Channel storage, now offered up to 64Gb per port.
- **ExpressSAS SAS/SATA HBAs** — Host adapters for direct-attached disk, tape and JBOD connectivity, including 24Gb SAS models.
- **FastFrame Ethernet NICs** — High-performance 10/25/40/50/100GbE network adapters tuned for sustained throughput, low CPU overhead and data-intensive workflows.
- **XstreamCORE intelligent bridges** — Protocol bridges that turn direct-attached SAS devices, including tape libraries and JBODs, into shared Fibre Channel or Ethernet resources.
- **ThunderLink Thunderbolt adapters** — Desktop adapters connecting Thunderbolt workstations and laptops to Fibre Channel, Ethernet and SAS storage; Thunderbolt 5 models shipped in 2025.
- **ExpressNVM smart NVMe switch adapters** — Smart switch HBAs for dense, scalable NVMe storage with integrated management and monitoring.
- **ATTO360 Storage and Networking** — Management, monitoring, diagnostics and one-click workflow tuning software for ATTO storage and Ethernet adapters.
- **OEM engineering** — Custom hardware, firmware, drivers, validation, manufacturing and direct engineering support for technology manufacturers and system builders.

## Achievements

- Founded in 1988 and still led by both co-founders in 2026.
- Developed an early SCSI-based RAM solid-state disk in 1989 and secured Kodak as an early OEM customer in 1990.
- Reports more than 230 products developed, over 80 technology relationships and more than 150 patents and technology IP assets through its OEM program.
- Shipped Thunderbolt 5 Ethernet and Fibre Channel adapters certified for macOS and Windows in 2025.
- Maintains a broad protocol portfolio spanning Fibre Channel, Ethernet, SAS, SATA, iSCSI, NVMe and Thunderbolt.
- Engineers and manufactures TAA-compliant products in the United States.

## Latest updates

- **2026-04** — Introduced FastFrame AIR NICs at NAB Show 2026 and demonstrated Thunderbolt 5 adapters with ATTO360 software plus XstreamCORE archive workflows with IBM and Symply.
- **2026-02** — Qualstar certified the XstreamCORE 8100T with its Q8 through Q1000+ tape libraries, supporting LTO-8, LTO-9 and LTO-10 over Ethernet.
- **2026-01** — Released ATTO360 Storage and Networking version 2.00.9 with email alerts, updated diagnostics, automatic version detection, local-only discovery controls and bundled firmware and drivers.
- **2025-11** — Began worldwide shipping of Thunderbolt 5-to-100Gb Ethernet and Thunderbolt 5-to-64Gb/8Gb Fibre Channel adapters certified for macOS and Windows.
- **2025-11** — Demonstrated 24Gb ExpressSAS connectivity with AIC server and JBOD platforms for HPC and AI workloads at SC25.

## Links

- Website: https://www.atto.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/atto-technology
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ATTOTechnology
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/attotechnology
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ATTOTechnology

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Last updated: 2026-08-21