Granite Systems
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Granite Systems was a high-performance network switch startup co-founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and later acquired by Cisco Systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Granite Systems canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3368008 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Granite Systems Context triple: [Andy Bechtolsheim, coFounderOf, Granite Systems]
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Setra Systems
Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
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Lamont Digital Systems
Lamont Digital Systems is a telecommunications and cable television company founded by businessman and future Connecticut governor Ned Lamont.
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C.
Trilogy Systems
Trilogy Systems was a pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful 1980s startup founded by computer architect Gene Amdahl to develop advanced mainframe computers using cutting-edge semiconductor technology.
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D.
Syntrillium Software
Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
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E.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Granite Systems Target entity description: Granite Systems was a high-performance network switch startup co-founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and later acquired by Cisco Systems.
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A.
Setra Systems
Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
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B.
Lamont Digital Systems
Lamont Digital Systems is a telecommunications and cable television company founded by businessman and future Connecticut governor Ned Lamont.
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C.
Trilogy Systems
Trilogy Systems was a pioneering but ultimately unsuccessful 1980s startup founded by computer architect Gene Amdahl to develop advanced mainframe computers using cutting-edge semiconductor technology.
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D.
Syntrillium Software
Syntrillium Software was a software company best known for creating the audio editing program Cool Edit, which later evolved into Adobe Audition after Adobe acquired the firm.
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E.
Unisys
Unisys is an American global information technology company known for providing IT services, software, and infrastructure solutions to government and commercial clients.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
networking hardware company
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startup company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| acquisitionAmount | $220 million ⓘ |
| acquisitionCurrency | USD ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 1996 ⓘ |
| acquisitionType | stock transaction ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| coFoundedBy | Andy Bechtolsheim ⓘ |
| coFounderRoleOfAndyBechtolsheim | chief architect ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| foundedBefore | Cisco acquisition in 1996 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Andy Bechtolsheim
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Sergio Heker ⓘ |
| foundedByFormerEmployeeOf | Sun Microsystems ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Mountain View, California, United States
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surface form:
Mountain View, California
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| industry |
computer networking
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network hardware ⓘ |
| keyTechnology |
Gigabit Ethernet switch ASICs
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high-bandwidth switch architectures ⓘ |
| notableEmployee | Andy Bechtolsheim ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being acquired by Cisco Systems
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early Gigabit Ethernet switches ⓘ |
| operatedInField |
data center networking
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enterprise networking ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| product |
Gigabit Ethernet switches
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high-performance Ethernet switches ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
Gigabit Ethernet technology
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high-speed network switching ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| successor | Cisco Systems switching business ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Granite Systems Description of subject: Granite Systems was a high-performance network switch startup co-founded by Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim and later acquired by Cisco Systems.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.