Celerity Computing
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Celerity Computing Inc. was a San Diego, California vendor of Unix based "supermini" computers. Celerity Computing was founded in May 1983 by Steve Vallender, Nick Aneshansley and Andrew McCroklin.
Celerity shipped its first product, the C1200 Personal Workstation in November, 1984. The C1200 was the first in a series of machines using the ACCEL RISC architecture, based on the NCR/32 32-bit processor. The C1200 offered a color monitor with up to 1280 by 1024 resolution. The C1200 was followed by the C1230 and C1260 models. The C1260 offered a dual processor option. The C1230 and C1260 were often used as multi-user systems.
The C1200 series ran a version of BSD 4.2 Unix with System V Release 2 functionality merged in.
Celerity attempted to make the transition to being a minisupercomputer
vendor with the development of the Celerity 6000, based on the ACCEL architecture implemented in ECL based on parts from Bipolar Integrated Technology
. The Celerity 6000 had a 33 MHz system clock and up to 8 processors (max 8 scalar processors or 4 scalar processors and 4 vector processors). After running into financial difficulties during the development of the Celerity 6000, the assets and technologies of Celerity Computing were acquired by Floating Point Systems
in 1988. The Celerity 6000 was completed and released as the FPS Model 500 minisupercomputer.
Celerity shipped its first product, the C1200 Personal Workstation in November, 1984. The C1200 was the first in a series of machines using the ACCEL RISC architecture, based on the NCR/32 32-bit processor. The C1200 offered a color monitor with up to 1280 by 1024 resolution. The C1200 was followed by the C1230 and C1260 models. The C1260 offered a dual processor option. The C1230 and C1260 were often used as multi-user systems.
The C1200 series ran a version of BSD 4.2 Unix with System V Release 2 functionality merged in.
Celerity attempted to make the transition to being a minisupercomputer
Minisupercomputer
Minisupercomputers constituted a short-lived class of computers that emerged in the mid-1980s. As scientific computing using vector processors became more popular, the need for lower-cost systems that might be used at the departmental level instead of the corporate level created an opportunity for...
vendor with the development of the Celerity 6000, based on the ACCEL architecture implemented in ECL based on parts from Bipolar Integrated Technology
Bipolar Integrated Technology
Bipolar Integrated Technology was a semiconductor company based in Beaverton, Oregon which sold products implemented with ECL technology. The company was founded in 1983 by former Floating Point Systems, Intel, and Tektronix engineers. The company was later renamed BIT Inc..The initial product...
. The Celerity 6000 had a 33 MHz system clock and up to 8 processors (max 8 scalar processors or 4 scalar processors and 4 vector processors). After running into financial difficulties during the development of the Celerity 6000, the assets and technologies of Celerity Computing were acquired by Floating Point Systems
Floating Point Systems
Floating Point Systems Inc. was a Beaverton, Oregon vendor of minisupercomputers. The company was founded in 1970 by former Tektronix engineer Norm Winningstad....
in 1988. The Celerity 6000 was completed and released as the FPS Model 500 minisupercomputer.