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Scientific Data Systems (SDS), was an American computer company founded in September 1961 by Max Palevsky and Robert Beck, veterans of Packard Bell Corporation and Bendix, along with eleven other computer scientists. SDS was an early adopter of integrated circuits in computer design and the first to employ silicon transistors. The company concentrated on larger scientific workload focused machines and sold many machines to NASA during the Space Race. Most machines were both fast and relatively low priced. The company was sold to Xerox in 1969, but dwindling sales due to the oil crisis of 1973–74 caused Xerox to close the division in 1975 at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. During the Xerox years the company was officially Xerox Data Systems (XDS), whose machines were the Xerox 50

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  • Scientific Data Systems (SDS) est le nom d'une compagnie informatique américaine spécialiste des gros ordinateurs militaires, puis civils, peu après la percée de Control Data Corporation sur ce marché. SDS a été fondée en 1963 par des anciens de Packard Bell travaillant avec succès sur l'ordinateur et partis rejoindre l'équipe qui avait conçu la série IBM 360, puis travaillé pour RCA à concevoir le . SDS développe, elle, un ordinateur de 3e génération de très belle architecture mais sans logiciel, orienté vers les applications militaires : le Sigma 7, qui va servir plus tard pour l'Iris 50 de la CII. Le Sigma 7 fut d'abord rebaptisé CII 10070. Elle a aussi fourni des machines à la NASA dans les années 1960. Sa profitabilité la fit racheter par Xerox en 1969. Xerox se préparait à la chute de ses brevets dans le domaine public et cherchait à diversifier ses activités. SDS devint alors XDS (« Xerox Data Systems »), mais perdit également sa compétitivité. (fr)
  • Scientific Data Systems (SDS), was an American computer company founded in September 1961 by Max Palevsky and Robert Beck, veterans of Packard Bell Corporation and Bendix, along with eleven other computer scientists. SDS was an early adopter of integrated circuits in computer design and the first to employ silicon transistors. The company concentrated on larger scientific workload focused machines and sold many machines to NASA during the Space Race. Most machines were both fast and relatively low priced. The company was sold to Xerox in 1969, but dwindling sales due to the oil crisis of 1973–74 caused Xerox to close the division in 1975 at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. During the Xerox years the company was officially Xerox Data Systems (XDS), whose machines were the Xerox 500 series. (en)
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  • 1961-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • in Santa Monica, California (en)
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  • Computers (en)
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  • 1970.0
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  • Scientific Data Systems (en)
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  • Xerox Data Systems (en)
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  • Scientific Data Systems (SDS), was an American computer company founded in September 1961 by Max Palevsky and Robert Beck, veterans of Packard Bell Corporation and Bendix, along with eleven other computer scientists. SDS was an early adopter of integrated circuits in computer design and the first to employ silicon transistors. The company concentrated on larger scientific workload focused machines and sold many machines to NASA during the Space Race. Most machines were both fast and relatively low priced. The company was sold to Xerox in 1969, but dwindling sales due to the oil crisis of 1973–74 caused Xerox to close the division in 1975 at a loss of hundreds of millions of dollars. During the Xerox years the company was officially Xerox Data Systems (XDS), whose machines were the Xerox 50 (en)
  • Scientific Data Systems (SDS) est le nom d'une compagnie informatique américaine spécialiste des gros ordinateurs militaires, puis civils, peu après la percée de Control Data Corporation sur ce marché. SDS a été fondée en 1963 par des anciens de Packard Bell travaillant avec succès sur l'ordinateur et partis rejoindre l'équipe qui avait conçu la série IBM 360, puis travaillé pour RCA à concevoir le . (fr)
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  • Scientific Data Systems (fr)
  • Scientific Data Systems (en)
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  • Scientific Data Systems (en)
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