Editing Computervision (section)

{{Short description|Early company in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing}}
{{For|the field of computer science|Computer vision}}
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| name = Computervision, Inc.
| logo = File:Computervision logo.svg
| image = 201 Burlington Rd., Bedford, MA.agr.jpg
| image_caption = Headquarters at 201 Burlington Road in [[Bedford, Massachusetts]]
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| fate = Merged with [[Prime Computer]]
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1969}}
| founders = [[Martin Allen (financier)|Marty Allen]], [[Philippe Villers]]
| defunct = {{Start date and age|1998|12|12}}
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| hq_location_city = Bedford, Massachusetts
| hq_location_country = United States
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| products = [[Computer-aided design|CAD]]/[[Computer-aided manufacturing|CAM]]
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| website = {{web archive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/19961221102544/http://www.cv.com/|title=cv.com}}
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'''Computervision, Inc.''' (CV) was an early pioneer in Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing ([[Computer-aided design|CAD]]/[[Computer-aided manufacturing|CAM]]). Computervision was founded in 1969 by [[Martin Allen (financier)|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Computervision - Prime Deal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/29/business/computervision-prime-deal.html?mcubz=3|accessdate=21 August 2017|work=The New York Times|date=29 January 1988}}</ref> Prime subsequently adopted the Computervision name. On December 12, 1998 [[Parametric Technology Corporation]] acquired Computervision.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190424010829/https://www.ptc.com/en/about/history PTC History]</ref><ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/857005/000085700515000042/ptc9-30x1510xk.htm SEC 10k Filing]</ref>