Symbolics
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Symbolics was a pioneering American computer company best known for its Lisp-based workstations and contributions to artificial intelligence hardware and software in the 1980s.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Symbolics canonical | 1 |
| Symbolics UX400 | 1 |
| Symbolics XL1200 | 1 |
| Symbolics, Inc. | 1 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artificial intelligence company
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computer company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Lisp programming language
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MIT AI Lab hacker culture ⓘ |
| competedWith |
Lisp Machines, Inc.
ⓘ
Texas Instruments ⓘ Xerox PARC ⓘ
surface form:
Xerox AI Systems
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developed |
3600 series Lisp machine architecture
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Genera ⓘ Ivory microprocessor ⓘ Symbolics Common Lisp implementation ⓘ Symbolics Graphics Division products ⓘ Zetalisp ⓘ |
| faced | decline with rise of general-purpose workstations ⓘ |
| filedFor | bankruptcy protection in the 1990s ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Dan Weinreb
ⓘ
Howard Cannon ⓘ Jack Holloway ⓘ Nick Gall ⓘ Rob Seliger ⓘ Russell Noftsker ⓘ Steve Berman ⓘ other former MIT AI Lab staff ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1980 ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| industry |
artificial intelligence
ⓘ
computer hardware ⓘ computer software ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advanced development environment for Lisp
ⓘ
supporting AI research in the 1980s ⓘ window-based user interface on Lisp machines ⓘ |
| laterHeadquartersLocation | Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
early commercial exploitation of Lisp machines
ⓘ
involvement in early AI commercialization wave ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Genera operating system
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Symbolics 3600-series workstations ⓘ
surface form:
Lisp machines
Lisp-based workstations ⓘ contributions to artificial intelligence hardware ⓘ contributions to artificial intelligence software ⓘ development of specialized Lisp machine processors ⓘ |
| originatedFrom |
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
ⓘ
surface form:
MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
|
| peakPeriod | 1980s ⓘ |
| product |
Symbolics 3600-series workstations
ⓘ
surface form:
Symbolics 3600 series
Symbolics 3600-series workstations ⓘ
surface form:
Symbolics 3640
Symbolics 3600-series workstations ⓘ
surface form:
Symbolics 3670
Symbolics 3600-series workstations ⓘ
surface form:
Symbolics MacIvory
Symbolics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Symbolics UX400
Symbolics self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Symbolics XL1200
Symbolics 3600-series workstations ⓘ
surface form:
Symbolics XL400
|
| stockExchangeListing | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| wentPublic | 1984 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Symbolics, Inc.
this entity surface form:
Symbolics XL1200