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==History==

[[File:BSC-Convex-240.JPG |right|thumb|250px|Convex 240 supercomputer.]]

Convex was formed in 1982 by Bob Paluck and [[Steve Wallach]] in [[Richardson, Texas]]. It was originally named '''Parsec''' and early prototype and production boards bear that name. They planned on producing a machine very similar in architecture to the [[Cray Research]] [[vector processor]] machines, with a somewhat lower performance, but with a much better [[price/performance ratio]]. In order to lower costs, the Convex designs were not as technologically aggressive as Cray's, and were based on more mainstream chip technology, attempting to make up for the loss in performance in other ways.

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* '''Mark Lutz''' author of several [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]] books worked at Convex.

* '''Frank Marshall''' who led [[Cisco Systems]] to great success in the 1990s was VP of engineering at Convex during its peak years.

* '''[[Robert Tappan Morris|'''Robert Morris]]''']] of [[Morris worm]] fame worked as a summer intern at Convex.

* '''Craig Warner''' Now a R&D Engineer at HP.