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Floating Point Systems
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<p>Floating Point Systems, Inc. (FPS), was a <a href="/facts/Beaverton%2c_Oregon/SmERc4Fg">Beaverton, Oregon</a> vendor of attached <a href="/facts/Array_processor/nYAsIKT0">array processors</a> and <a href="/facts/Minisupercomputer/NC8uxwE1">minisupercomputers</a>. The company was founded in 1970 by former <a href="/facts/Tektronix/4yPXfhmV">Tektronix</a> engineer <a href="/facts/Norm_Winningstad/PUuT6DND">Norm Winningstad</a>, with partners Tom Prints, Frank Bouton and Robert Carter. Carter was a salesman for <a href="/facts/Data_General/EEABV3Gu">Data General</a> Corp. who persuaded Bouton and Prince to leave Tektronix to start the new company. Winningstad was the fourth partner. </p>