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42 relations: Apollo Computer, Ardent Window Manager, Barrel processor, CDC 6000 series, Convergent Technologies, Convex Computer, Cray Y-MP, DEC 3000 AXP, DEC Alpha, Evans & Sutherland, Floating-point unit, Fortran, Gordon Bell, Gouraud shading, Heterogeneous Element Processor, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel i860, Kubota Corporation, Mitsui, Multiprocessing, Newton, Massachusetts, Oki Electric Industry, Prime Computer, R2000 (microprocessor), R3000, Silicon Graphics, Silicon Valley, SIMD, Stardent Inc., Steve Blank, Sunnyvale, California, Supercomputer, Symmetric multiprocessing, Unix, UNIX System V, VAX, Vector processor, William Poduska, Workstation, X Window System, 9 track tape.
Apollo Computer
Apollo Computer Inc., founded 1980 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts by William Poduska (a founder of Prime Computer) and others, developed and produced Apollo/Domain workstations in the 1980s.
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Ardent Window Manager
In computing, the Ardent Window Manager (awm) is an early window manager software for the X Window System.
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Barrel processor
A barrel processor is a CPU that switches between threads of execution on every cycle.
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CDC 6000 series
The CDC 6000 series was a family of mainframe computers manufactured by Control Data Corporation in the 1960s.
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Convergent Technologies
Convergent Technologies was an American computer company formed by a small group of people who left Intel Corporation and Xerox PARC in 1979.
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Convex Computer
Convex Computer Corporation was a company that developed, manufactured and marketed vector minisupercomputers and supercomputers for small-to-medium-sized businesses.
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Cray Y-MP
The Cray Y-MP was a supercomputer sold by Cray Research from 1988, and the successor to the company's X-MP.
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DEC 3000 AXP
DEC 3000 AXP was the name given to a series of computer workstations and servers, produced from 1992 to around 1995 by Digital Equipment Corporation.
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DEC Alpha
Alpha, originally known as Alpha AXP, is a 64-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), designed to replace their 32-bit VAX complex instruction set computer (CISC) ISA.
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Evans & Sutherland
Evans & Sutherland is a pioneering American computer firm in the computer graphics field.
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Floating-point unit
A floating-point unit (FPU, colloquially a math coprocessor) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers.
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Fortran
Fortran (formerly FORTRAN, derived from Formula Translation) is a general-purpose, compiled imperative programming language that is especially suited to numeric computation and scientific computing.
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Gordon Bell
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Gouraud shading
Gouraud shading, named after Henri Gouraud, is an interpolation method used in computer graphics to produce continuous shading of surfaces represented by polygon meshes.
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Heterogeneous Element Processor
The Heterogeneous Element Processor (HEP) was introduced by Denelcor, Inc. in 1982 as the world's first commercial MIMD computer.
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Hewlett-Packard
The Hewlett-Packard Company (commonly referred to as HP) or shortened to Hewlett-Packard was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.
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IBM
The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, with operations in over 170 countries.
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Intel i860
The Intel i860 (also known as 80860) was a RISC microprocessor design introduced by Intel in 1989.
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Kubota Corporation
is a tractor and heavy equipment manufacturer based in Osaka, Japan.
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Mitsui
is one of the largest keiretsu in Japan and one of the largest corporate groups in the world.
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Multiprocessing
Multiprocessing is the use of two or more central processing units (CPUs) within a single computer system.
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Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a suburban city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Oki Electric Industry
, commonly referred to as OKI, OKI Electric or the OKI Group, is a Japanese company manufacturing and selling info-telecom and printer products.
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Prime Computer
Prime Computer, Inc. was a Natick, Massachusetts-based producer of minicomputers from 1972 until 1992.
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R2000 (microprocessor)
The R2000 is a 32 bit microprocessor chip set developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implemented the MIPS I instruction set architecture (ISA).
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R3000
The R3000 is a full 32 bit RISC microprocessor chipset developed by MIPS Computer Systems that implemented the MIPS I instruction set architecture (ISA).
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Silicon Graphics
Silicon Graphics, Inc. (later rebranded SGI, historically known as Silicon Graphics Computer Systems or SGCS) was an American high-performance computing manufacturer, producing computer hardware and software.
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Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley (abbreviated as SV) is a region in the southern San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, referring to the Santa Clara Valley, which serves as the global center for high technology, venture capital, innovation, and social media.
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SIMD
Single instruction, multiple data (SIMD) is a class of parallel computers in Flynn's taxonomy.
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Stardent Inc.
Stardent Computer, Inc. was a manufacturer of graphics supercomputer workstations in the late 1990s.
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Steve Blank
Steve Blank (born 1953) is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur based in Pescadero, California.
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Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale is a city located in Santa Clara County, California.
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Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance compared to a general-purpose computer.
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Symmetric multiprocessing
Symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) involves a multiprocessor computer hardware and software architecture where two or more identical processors are connected to a single, shared main memory, have full access to all input and output devices, and are controlled by a single operating system instance that treats all processors equally, reserving none for special purposes.
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Unix
Unix (trademarked as UNIX) is a family of multitasking, multiuser computer operating systems that derive from the original AT&T Unix, development starting in the 1970s at the Bell Labs research center by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, and others.
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UNIX System V
UNIX System V (pronounced: "System Five") is one of the first commercial versions of the Unix operating system.
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VAX
VAX is a discontinued instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in the mid-1970s.
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Vector processor
In computing, a vector processor or array processor is a central processing unit (CPU) that implements an instruction set containing instructions that operate on one-dimensional arrays of data called vectors, compared to scalar processors, whose instructions operate on single data items.
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William Poduska
John William Poduska Sr. is an American engineer and entrepreneur.
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Workstation
A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.
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X Window System
The X Window System (X11, or shortened to simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on UNIX-like computer operating systems.
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9 track tape
The IBM System/360, released in 1964, introduced what is now generally known as 9 track tape.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardent_Inc.
