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¶Acorn Computers
British computer company (founded by Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry; parent of ARM Holdings)
See also: Hauser, Hermann, Curry, Chris, ARM Holdings, Wilson, Sophie, Furber, Steve, Saxby, Robin
¶Adobe
Software company (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Creative Suite; founded 1982)
See also: Aldus Corporation, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Creative Suite, Altsys
¶Aldus Corporation
Software company (PageMaker; founded by Paul Brainerd; acquired by Adobe, 1994)
See also: Brainerd, Paul, PageMaker, Adobe, Altsys, Macromedia FreeHand, Desktop Publishing
¶Altsys
Software company (developed FreeHand, published by Aldus; later acquired by Macromedia)
See also: Macromedia FreeHand, Aldus Corporation, Adobe Illustrator
¶ARM Holdings
Semiconductor company (spun out of Acorn Computers; licensing model pioneered by Robin Saxby)
See also: Acorn Computers, Saxby, Robin, Wilson, Sophie, Furber, Steve, StrongARM, RISC
¶AT&T Bell Labs
Research laboratory (birthplace of UNIX, C, and much else)
See also: UNIX, Thompson, Ken, Ritchie, Dennis, BSD
¶Commodore International
Personal computer manufacturer (Jack Tramiel)
See also: Tramiel, Jack, Amiga, Commodore PET, Trinity of 1977, The, Miner, Jay, Peddle, Chuck, MOS Technology
¶Data General
Minicomputer manufacturer; subject of The Soul of a New Machine
See also: The Soul of a New Machine, Kidder, Tracy, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
¶Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
Minicomputer manufacturer (Ken Olsen)
See also: Olsen, Ken, Alpha, StrongARM, Data General
¶Digital Research
Software company (Gary Kildall; CP/M operating system)
See also: Kildall, Gary, DOS, Gates, Bill
¶Fairchild Semiconductor
Semiconductor company (founded 1957 by the Traitorous Eight; origin of Silicon Valley as an ecosystem)
See also: Traitorous Eight, The, Noyce, Robert, Moore, Gordon, Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Intel
¶Hewlett-Packard
Technology company (Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard; founded in a Palo Alto garage, 1939)
See also: Hewlett, Bill, Packard, Dave, California Garage, The
¶Intel
Semiconductor manufacturer
See also: Noyce, Robert, Moore, Gordon, Faggin, Federico, Shima, Masatoshi, Fairchild Semiconductor, Traitorous Eight, The, Moore's Law
¶Lisp Machines Inc.
Computer company (spun out of MIT AI Lab; specialized Lisp hardware)
See also: Lisp, Lisp machines (concept), Symbolics, McCarthy, John
¶MIPS Inc.
Semiconductor company (MIPS RISC processor architecture; Stanford spinout)
¶MOS Technology
Semiconductor company (6502 processor; Chuck Peddle)
See also: Peddle, Chuck, Commodore International, Apple II, Trinity of 1977, The
¶Motorola
Semiconductor and electronics manufacturer (68000 processor family)
See also: Freescale Semiconductor, CISC
¶National Semiconductor
Semiconductor manufacturer
See also: Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Fairchild Semiconductor
¶NeXT
Computer company (founded by Steve Jobs, 1985)
See also: Jobs, Steve, NeXTSTEP, OpenStep, Tevanian, Avie
¶Nixdorf
Nixdorf Computer AG; German mid-range computer manufacturer, 1970s–80s
See also: IBM, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
¶Radio Shack / Tandy Corporation
Electronics retailer and computer manufacturer (TRS-80)
See also: TRS-80, Trinity of 1977, The
¶SGI (Silicon Graphics Inc.)
Workstation manufacturer (high-end graphics computing)
¶Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Semiconductor company (William Shockley; Mountain View, California, 1956; origin point of Silicon Valley)
See also: Shockley, William, Traitorous Eight, The, Fairchild Semiconductor
¶Sun Microsystems
Workstation and server manufacturer (Java; SunOS; Solaris)
¶Symbolics
Lisp machine company (spun out of MIT AI Lab; registered the first .com domain, 1985)
See also: Lisp, Lisp machines (concept), Lisp Machines Inc., McCarthy, John
¶Zilog
Semiconductor company (Federico Faggin; Z80 processor)
See also: Faggin, Federico, Shima, Masatoshi