Peritek acquires Raster Graphics

NOVEMBER 5--Peritek Corp. (Oakland, CA; www.peritek.com), a provider of mezzanine graphics boards for embedded systems, has acquired the assets of Raster Graphics Inc. (RGI), a provider of PMC (PCI mezzanine card) and VMEbus graphics boards. The acquisition strengthens Peritek's mezzanine-graphics-board product family and, with the earlier acquisition of Megatek in June 2000, establishes the company as a leading vendor of graphics boards for VME, CompactPCI, and PCI systems.

As a result of the transaction, Peritek gained Raster Graphics complete line of PMC and 3U and 6U VMEbus video capture and display boards and modules. In addition, Peritek acquired software intellectual property, inventory, and engineering staff. RGI's boards are currently designed into medical, industrial, and military systems.