Convergent Technologies, Inc., was an American computer company formed by a small group of people who left Intel Corporation and Xerox PARC in 1979. Among the founders were CEO Allen Michels, VP Engineering Bob Garrow, head of marketing Kal Hubler, and operating system architect Ben Wegbreit. Convergent was primarily an OEM vendor with their computers…
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Convergent Technologies topic overview
The analysis highlights History, Companies, Products and Technology as prominent areas in the source structure around Convergent Technologies.
Related topics
65
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
68
Extracted relationships
84
Concept neighborhoods
27
Bridge connections
68
What this topic covers Research coverage
Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.
Products · 37 topics
History · 15 topics
Overview · 13 topics
Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
Founded
1979
Founders
Allen Michels Bob Garrow Kal Hubler Ben Wegbreit
Industry
Computer hardware
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Fate
Purchased by Unisys in 1988
Number of employees
1300 (1984)
Explore all related topics Closing gaps
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.
Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.
How Convergent Technologies connects Entity context
Entity context groups extracted connections by relationship type. Counts show recurrence in the analyzed source; the examples are research signals, not claims about importance.
The extracted context around Convergent Technologies shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Convergent Technologies → B25, Bull, Burroughs B28, Burroughs B38, Burroughs B39, Company, Convergent, CTOS, Datapoint, Dick Knowledge Worker, Gould Power Station, Greg Walsh, Intel, Intel CPU, Intel's, Isy, It, Later, M1000, McDonnell Douglas Computer Systems Another extracted example is Convergent Technologies → Application Workstation, AWS, AWS Turbo Color Graphics, B21, Bull, Burroughs, Convergent, Convergent Technologies Operating System, Corail B4000, CRT, CTOS, In December, Information Station, Intel, Introduced, IWS, KB, NCR, NEC, November. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
Convergent Technologies
Top relations
related to NGEN· 41
Convergent Technologies → B25, Bull, Burroughs B28, Burroughs B38, Burroughs B39, Company, Convergent, CTOS, Datapoint, Dick Knowledge Worker, Gould Power Station, Greg Walsh, Intel, Intel CPU, Intel's, Isy, It, Later, M1000, McDonnell Douglas Computer Systems
related to AWS· 28
Convergent Technologies → Application Workstation, AWS, AWS Turbo Color Graphics, B21, Bull, Burroughs, Convergent, Convergent Technologies Operating System, Corail B4000, CRT, CTOS, In December, Information Station, Intel, Introduced, IWS, KB, NCR, NEC, November
Fate· 1
Convergent Technologies → Purchased by Unisys in 1988
Founded· 1
Convergent Technologies → 1979
Founders· 1
Convergent Technologies → Allen Michels Bob Garrow Kal Hubler Ben Wegbreit
Headquarters· 1
Convergent Technologies → Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Industry· 1
Convergent Technologies → Computer hardware
Number of employees· 1
Convergent Technologies → 1300 (1984)
Products· 1
Convergent Technologies → Multi-processor computer Work stations Personal computers
Website· 1
Convergent Technologies → https://www.unisys.com
Important terminology
Frequent words and multi-word phrases across the lead, headings, infobox and body. Useful for terminology coverage.
Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.
Relationships are represented as Subject → Predicate → Object triples. Confidence describes extraction strength, not the real-world importance of a relationship; lower-confidence rows may be contextual rather than explicit.
TTTA extracted 84 structured relationships around Convergent Technologies. Examples in this analysis include Convergent Technologies → Fate → Purchased by Unisys in 1988 and Convergent Technologies → Founded → 1979. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
Subject
Predicate
Object
Confidence
Src
Convergent Technologies
Fate
Purchased by Unisys in 1988
1.00
infobox
Convergent Technologies
Founded
1979
1.00
infobox
Convergent Technologies
Founders
Allen Michels Bob Garrow Kal Hubler Ben Wegbreit
1.00
infobox
Convergent Technologies
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, U.S.
1.00
infobox
Convergent Technologies
Industry
Computer hardware
1.00
infobox
Convergent Technologies
Number of employees
1300 (1984)
1.00
infobox
Convergent Technologies
Products
Multi-processor computer Work stations Personal computers
1.00
infobox
Convergent Technologies
Website
https://www.unisys.com
1.00
infobox
ADP
instance of
Convergent was primarily an OEM vendor with their computers resold by other manufacturers
0.80
text
AT
instance of
Convergent was primarily an OEM vendor with their computers resold by other manufacturers
0.80
text
OS/2.In 1982
instance of
more than half a decade before stand-alone personal computers evolved into networked workstations with multi-process operating systems
0.80
text
Convergent formed the Data Systems division to focus on a multi-processor computer known as the MegaFrame
instance of
more than half a decade before stand-alone personal computers evolved into networked workstations with multi-process operating systems
0.80
text
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Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods
Concept neighborhoods group terms that sit near one another in the extracted graph. They are useful for discovering adjacent language and context, but proximity does not by itself imply a factual relationship.
The concept neighborhoods around Convergent Technologies bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Technologies, Systems and Data. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
Convergent Technologies
Technologies
Systems
Data
Unisys
Computer
First
Introduced
Personal
Aws
Motorola
Intel
Released
convergent technologies
Technologies
Workslate
Ctos
Systems
Data
Unisys
Computer
First
Introduced
Personal
Aws
Motorola
computer
Unisys
Systems
Burroughs
Computers
Ngen
Company
Convergent
Data
Ncr
Technologies
Division
Personal
intel corporation
Introduced
Workstation
Ngen
Integrated
Technologies
Ctos
Iws
Product
Aws
Unix
System
Operating
prime computer
Unisys
Systems
Burroughs
Computers
Ngen
Company
Convergent
Data
Ncr
Technologies
Division
Personal
operating systems
Ctos
System
Technologies
Data
Personal
Ms-dos
Released
Computers
Division
Motorola
Wegbreit
Introduced
intel 8086
Introduced
Workstation
Ngen
Integrated
Technologies
Ctos
Iws
Product
Aws
Unix
System
Operating
intel 8087
Introduced
Workstation
Ngen
Integrated
Technologies
Ctos
Iws
Product
Aws
Unix
System
Operating
Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
Semantic bridges connect parts of the graph that would otherwise be more separate. A bridge is a structural signal in this analysis, not a claim that the two topic areas are equivalent.
For Convergent Technologies, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Convergent Technologies with Products. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.
Convergent Technologies
Nodes69
Edges68
Triples84
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
Components1
Source & methodology
TTTA analyzes the structure around Convergent Technologies to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies, Products & Technology, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
