Digital Equipment Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Digital_Equipment_Corporation
GPTKB entity
Statements (196)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Company
gptkbp:acquired_by gptkb:Compaq
gptkb:Hewlett-Packard
gptkbp:acquisition_year gptkb:1998
gptkbp:ceo gptkb:Ken_Olsen
gptkbp:defunct gptkb:1998
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:1998
gptkb:2002
gptkbp:employees over 100,000 at peak
approximately 100,000 (1998)
approximately 120,000 (1997)
over 100,000 (1990s)
gptkbp:founded gptkb:1957
gptkb:1960
gptkbp:founded_in Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Harlan_Anderson
gptkb:Ken_Olsen
gptkbp:headcount approximately 120,000 (1997)
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkb:Maynard,_Massachusetts
Maynard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Digital Equipment Corporation
gptkbp:industry gptkb:software
gptkb:computer
gptkbp:key_people gptkb:Harlan_Anderson
gptkb:David_Cutler
gptkb:Robert_Palmer
gptkb:David_C._Cutler
gptkb:Ken_Olsen
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:DECnet
gptkb:DECstation
gptkb:RSX-11
gptkb:TOPS-10
gptkb:VAX_6000
gptkb:VAX_9000
gptkb:DEC_10000_Series
gptkb:DEC_3000_Series
gptkb:DEC_7000_Series
gptkb:DCL
gptkb:DECsystem-20
gptkb:DEC_Alpha
gptkb:VAX_4000
gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkb:VMS
gptkb:PDP-10
gptkb:VAX_systems
gptkb:VAX_7000
gptkb:VAX_8000
gptkb:VAX_9000_Series
gptkb:RSTS/_E
gptkb:VAXstation
gptkb:Open_VMS
gptkb:DEC_3000
gptkb:Micro_VAX
DEC 7000
Alpha systems
DEC 10000
CLUSTER
DEC 2000
DEC 2000 Series
PDP systems
gptkbp:market_share 10% (mid-1990s)
gptkbp:net_income $1.1 billion (1997)
gptkbp:notable_person gptkb:Harlan_Anderson
gptkb:David_Cutler
gptkb:Robert_Palmer
gptkb:David_C._Cutler
gptkb:Ken_Olsen
gptkbp:notable_products gptkb:Alpha_AXP
gptkb:PDP-20
gptkb:VAX_11/50
gptkb:VAX_11/620
gptkb:VAX_11/70
gptkb:VAX_11/90
gptkb:VAX_11/780
gptkb:VAX_11/500
gptkb:VAX_11/730
gptkb:VAX_11/30
gptkb:RISC_architecture
gptkb:Alpha_21064
gptkb:DECmate
gptkb:DECnet
gptkb:DECnet_Phase_IV
gptkb:DECnet_Phase_V
gptkb:DECserver
gptkb:DECstation
gptkb:TOPS-10
gptkb:VAX-11/780
gptkb:VAX_6000
gptkb:VAX
gptkb:VAX_9000
gptkb:PDP-8
gptkb:VAX_11/10
gptkb:DEC_5000
gptkb:PDP-16
gptkb:PDP-17
gptkb:PDP-18
gptkb:PDP-19
gptkb:PDP-21
gptkb:PDP-22
gptkb:PDP-23
gptkb:PDP-24
gptkb:PDP-25
gptkb:PDP-26
gptkb:PDP-27
gptkb:PDP-28
gptkb:PDP-29
gptkb:PDP-30
gptkb:PDP-31
gptkb:PDP-32
gptkb:PDP-33
gptkb:PDP-34
gptkb:PDP-35
gptkb:PDP-36
gptkb:PDP-37
gptkb:PDP-38
gptkb:PDP-39
gptkb:PDP-40
gptkb:VAX_11/750
gptkb:DECsystem-20
gptkb:VAX_11/250
gptkb:VAX_11/400
gptkb:VAX_11/450
gptkb:VAX_11/550
gptkb:VAX_11/580
gptkb:DEC_Alpha
gptkb:VAX_4000
gptkb:Apollo_program
gptkb:VMS
gptkb:PDP-10
gptkb:VAX_7000
gptkb:VAX_8000
gptkb:Digital_UNIX
gptkb:VAX_11/60
gptkb:PDP-11
gptkb:VAX_11/80
gptkb:Alpha
gptkb:DEC_50000
gptkb:PDP-12
gptkb:RSTS/_E
gptkb:TOPS-20
gptkb:Micro_VAX_II
gptkb:PDP-15
gptkb:VAXstation
gptkb:VAX_11/100
gptkb:VAX_11/350
gptkb:VAX_11/40
gptkb:VAX_11/200
gptkb:VAX_11/20
gptkb:VAX_11/725
gptkb:VAX_11/300
gptkb:Open_VMS
gptkb:DEC_3000
gptkb:DEC_Professional
gptkb:DEC_Rainbow
gptkb:Micro_VAX
gptkb:Storage_Works
gptkb:VAX/_VMS
gptkb:VAX-11
DEC 4000
DEC 7000
DEC 10000
DEC 20000
DEC 30000
DEC 40000
DEC 60000
DEC 70000
DEC 80000
DEC 90000
DEC 8000
gptkbp:operating_income $1.5 billion (1997)
gptkbp:parent_organization gptkb:Compaq
gptkbp:products gptkb:servers
gptkb:DECnet
gptkb:PDP_series
gptkb:VAX_series
gptkb:DECsystem
gptkb:Open_VMS
gptkb:Alpha_series
gptkb:Micro_VAX
workstations
minicomputers
gptkbp:revenue $14 billion (1997)
$14.5 billion (1997)
$14.5 billion (1991)
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation_Canada_Ltd.
gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation_Australia_Pty_Ltd.
gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation_Japan_Ltd.
gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation_Limited
gptkb:Digital_Equipment_Corporation_Limited_(UK)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hewlett-Packard
gptkbp:type gptkb:Public
gptkbp:website www.digital.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Grace_Hopper
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3