ETA Systems was a supercomputer company spun off from Control Data Corporation in the early 1980s in order to regain a footing in the supercomputer business. Seymour Cray had left CDC in the early 1970s, and William Norris was convinced that the only way to regain a foothold was to spin off a division free from management prodding. ETA was created in 1983 with the mandate to build a 10 GFLOPS machine by 1986. It successfully delivered the ETA-10, its only product, but lost money continually, and in April 1989 CDC decided to shut down the ETA operation.
Facts
Chronology
Dissolved Year Founded Year Connections
Operates In
Source Wikipedia: ETA Systems
Subsidiary Of
Source Wikipedia: ETA Systems
In the Other Atlases
Developed
Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.
Located In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: ETA Systems
Infobox: founded
August 1983
Infobox: defunct
1989
Operates In: Technology Industry, Infobox: industry
Computers
Subsidiary Of: Control Data Corporation, Infobox: parent
Control Data Corporation
In Group: Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals, Lead section
ETA Systems was a supercomputer company spun off from Control Data Corporation (CDC) in the early 1980s in order to regain a footing in the supercomputer business.
View the SourceReader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.