Paris / Concord / Boston / New York / San Diego / /
Company
General Electric / Ford Motor Company / Computervision Inc. / Bedford / Villers / Sperry / Cognition Inc. / Integrated Computer Systems / Applied Materials / Digital Equipment / Data General / Tektronix / McDonnell Douglas / Wall Street Journal / General Motors / Diebold Group / KLA-Tencor / S3 / Apollo Computer / Pratt & Whitney / Scientific Data Systems / Automatix Inc. / Boeing / New Stock Exchange / Ampersand Ventures / Parametric Technology Corporation / Intel / TRW / KLA Instruments / /
Country
France / Japan / Canada / Israel / New Zealand / United States / /
Syracuse University / University of Arizona / University of California / Interact terminal / Computervision’s headquarters / /
IndustryTerm
fundamental software concepts / computer manufacturing / computer utilities / peripheral devices / machinery / hardware manufacturing / manufacturing photoplotter / hardware products / electrical applications / hardware product / precision electro-mechanical devices / circuit technology / electronics industry / mechanical engineering design software / computer manufacturer / manufacturing / basic technology pieces / artificial vision systems / electronics market / circuit mask making equipment / healthcare / manufacturing capabilities / computer equipment manufacturing / electrical design applications / computer systems / software development tools / electronics users / software / technology / large manufacturing facilities / electronics / Early systems / semiconductor production equipment / software development staff / mechanical software / semiconductor mask making equipment / /
NaturalFeature
Rose Canyon / /
Organization
University of California / Families USA Foundation / Link Division of Singer-General Precision / Clinton administration / Villers Foundation / MIT / Harvard / Targa Fund / federal government / MIT Media Lab / First Parish Church / Syracuse University / University of Arizona / /
Person
Robert Blauth / Mike Cronin / Kenneth Levy / Gerd Schlieman / Vladimir / Dave Albert / Steve Coons / Jerry Devere / David Friedman / Fred Schultz / Ralph Shubert / Michael Cronin / Ken Versprille / Martin Allen / Phil Reed / Bert Bruce / Martin Luther King / Sam Harrell / Patrick Hanratty / Katherine / Sam Geisberg / Ken Levy / Allan Fleming / Philippe Villers / Dave Friedman / Gordon Moore / David E. Weisberg / Joe Sliwkowski / Peter Wolken / Nicholas Negroponte / Bob Gothie / /
Position
president / founder / mathematician / senior vice president Villers / author / Manager of Advanced Products / CEO / president and CEO / minister / vice president of marketing / vice president of engineering / mechanical engineer / senior vice president / social activist / senior programmer / chairman of the board / brilliant mathematician / then chairman of the board / /
Product
Cobilt / Nova / Nova 16 / Autolign / /
ProvinceOrState
California / Arizona / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
the Wall Street Journal / Wall Street Journal / /
Region
southern California / Western Europe / west coast / /
Technology
operating system / photolithography / integrated circuits / CAD/CAM / CAD / semiconductor / ADAM / disk drive / integrated circuit technology / machine vision / integrated circuit / /
Chapter 12 Computervision According to a 1994 Wall Street Journal article, Philippe Villers decided to start a technology company shortly after listening to the minister at Concord, Massachusetts’ First Parish Church e