Floating Point Systems

Floating Point Systems, Inc.
IndustryComputer systems and components
Founded1970 (1970)
Defunct1991 (1991)
FateAcquired by Cray
SuccessorCray Research Superservers
Key people
Norm Winningstad, founder and CEO

Floating Point Systems, Inc. (FPS), was a Beaverton, Oregon vendor of attached array processors and minisupercomputers. The company was founded in 1970 by former Tektronix engineer Norm Winningstad, with partners Tom Prints, Frank Bouton and Robert Carter. Carter was a salesman for Data General Corp. who persuaded Bouton and Prince to leave Tektronix to start the new company. Winningstad was the fourth partner.

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