[2][3] Prior to founding BusTek, both Chen and Harvey had worked at Scientific Micro Systems (SMS), a Silicon Valley–based semiconductor fab that produced microprocessors and other integrated circuits.

[4]: 138 [5] Initially developed independently, the controller soon gained the interest of NCR Corporation, who devised a contract with BusTek to manufacture and market the chip under their Microelectronics division.

[14][15] BusLogic's Chantal software-based RAID products were widely used in hospitals, universities, and blue- and white-collar industries during the mid-1990s, handling loads of up to around 800 simultaneous users.

[17][18] By the end of 1993, and with Chantal under their wing, the company employed 95 workers and generated $15 million in sales for the year,[19] becoming a market leader in the SCSI adapter segment.

[20] BusLogic deviated from their SCSI roots with the release of the KT series of cache controller cards for IDE hard drives, introduced in January 1994.

[21] In June 1994, BusLogic debuted their so-dubbed MultiMaster technology with a trio of bus-mastering Fast SCSI host adapters for ISA, VLB, and EISA.

In addition, they had multiple branch offices throughout the United States and abroad, including in Boston, Minneapolis, Washington, D.C., Taipei, Hong Kong, Paris, Tokyo.

[25][28] Before they could release any Fiber Channel products, however, the company was acquired by Mylex Corporation, a maker of RAID controllers and LAN management software.

[29] The acquisition was finalized in late January 1996, BusLogic's shareholders netting additional stock options post-acquisition, increasing the terms of the sale to over $67.9 million.

[31] Following the sale of BusLogic to Mylex, co-founder Harvey founded Creative Design Solutions, a maker of network-attached storage servers and other local area network products.