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Ridge Computers

Ridge Computers, Inc., was an American computer manufacturer active from 1980 to 1990. The company began as a builder of deskside workstations and workgroup servers and progressed to superminicomputers. They claimed to have produced the first commercially available Reduced instruction set computer (RISC) systems.

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Founded
May 1980; 46 years ago (1980-05) in Santa Clara, California, USA
Founders
Edward J. Basart · Dave Folger · Ron Kolb · Hugh Martin · John Sell
Industry
Computer hardware Computer software
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California · Sunnyvale, California
Defunct
April 1990 (1990-04)
Fate
Dissolved

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Ridge Computers

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Edges43
Triples100
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.045455
Components1

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has application · 59
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related to Ridge Operating System (ROS) · 19
Ridge Computers → BSD, Collectively, Directory Manager, Early Ridge Computers, Groupe Bull SPS, Its, KB, OS, Ridge Operating System, Ridge's, ROS, Stanford University's V-system, The, The ROS, The User Monitor, Unix, Unix System, Unix-compatible, Volume Manager
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Ridge Computers → California, Hewlett-Packard, HP, May, Montebello Ridge, Santa Clara, The, Zilog
Founders · 6
Ridge Computers → Dave Folger, Edward J. Basart, Hugh Martin, John Sell, Neil C. Wilhelm, Ron Kolb
Headquarters · 2
Ridge Computers → Santa Clara, California, Sunnyvale, California
Defunct · 1
Ridge Computers → April 1990 (1990-04)
Fate · 1
Ridge Computers → Dissolved
Founded · 1
Ridge Computers → May 1980; 46 years ago (1980-05) in Santa Clara, California, USA
Industry · 1
Ridge Computers → Computer hardware Computer software
Number of employees · 1
Ridge Computers → 150

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Ridge ComputersDefunctApril 1990 (1990-04)1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFateDissolved1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFoundedMay 1980; 46 years ago (1980-05) in Santa Clara, California, USA1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFoundersEdward J. Basart1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFoundersDave Folger1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFoundersRon Kolb1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFoundersHugh Martin1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFoundersJohn Sell1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersFoundersNeil C. Wilhelm1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersHeadquartersSanta Clara, California1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersHeadquartersSunnyvale, California1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersIndustryComputer hardware Computer software1.00infobox
Ridge ComputersNumber of employees1501.00infobox
Ridge ComputersProductsRidge workstations and minicomputers Ridge Operating System (ROS)1.00infobox

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