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Ardent Computer
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Ardent Computer Corporation
At almost the same time, in November 1985, Allen H. Michels and Matthew Sanders III co-founded Dana Computer, Inc. in Sunnyvale, California. The company sought to produce a desktop multiprocessingsupercomputer dedicated to graphics that could support up to four processor units. Gordon Bell, who had been architect of the VAX computer, was VP of Engineering. Michels had considered working with Poduska, but founded Convergent Technologies instead, before Ardent.