Distributed Processing Technology Corporation (DPT) was an American computer hardware company active from 1977 to 1999.

Founded in Maitland, Florida, DPT was an early pioneer in computer storage technology, popularizing the use of disk caching in the 1980s and 1990s.

[2] The company was the first to design, manufacture and sell microprocessor-based intelligent caching disk controllers to the OEM computer market.

[5] According to Bill Brothers, Unix product manager at the Santa Cruz Operation (SCO), a computer operating system vendor, "The kind of performance those guys (DPT) produce is phenomenal.

"[4] Goldman served as the president and chief executive officer from DPT's inception until the company was acquired by Adaptec in November 1999 for US$236 million.