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 Headquarters at 201 Burlington Road in Bedford, Massachusetts | |
| Founded | 1969 |
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| Founders | Marty Allen, Philippe Villers |
| Defunct | December 12, 1998 |
| Fate | Merged with Prime Computer |
| Headquarters | Bedford, Massachusetts , United States |
| Products | CAD/CAM |
Computervision, Inc. (CV) was an early pioneer in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM). Computervision was founded in 1969 by Marty Allen and Philippe Villers, and headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, United States. Its early products were built on a Data General Nova platform. Starting around 1975, Computervision built its own "CGP" (Computervision Graphics Processor) Nova-compatible 16-bit computers with added instructions optimized for graphics applications and using its own operating system known as Computervision Graphic Operating System (CGOS). In the 1980s, Computervision rewrote their code to operate on Unix-based platforms.
Computervision was acquired by Prime Computer in 1988 for $434 million.[1] Prime subsequently adopted the Computervision name. On December 12, 1998 Parametric Technology Corporation acquired Computervision.[2][3]
- ^ "Computervision - Prime Deal". The New York Times. 29 January 1988. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^ PTC History
- ^ SEC 10k Filing