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Alliant Computer Systems Corporation was a computer company that designed and manufactured parallel computing systems. Together with Pyramid Technology and Sequent Computer Systems, Alliant's machines pioneered the symmetric multiprocessing market. One of the more successful companies in the group, over 650 Alliant systems were produced over their lifetime. The company was hit by a series of financial problems and went bankrupt in 1992. Wikipedia →
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International Directory of Company HistoriesJay P. Pederson · 2009
Founders at workJessica Livingston · 2007
Computer simulation of biomolecular systems · 1989- 📕ALLIANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORPICON Group Ltd. · 2000
- 📕Performance analysis of the Alliant FX/8 multiprocessor using statistical clusteringRobert Tod Dimpsey · 1988
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