Private company

HAL Computer Systems

Logo: HAL Computer Systems, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American computer manufacturer (1990–2001)

HAL Computer Systems, Inc was a Campbell, California-based computer manufacturer founded in 1990 by Andrew Heller, a principal designer of the original IBM POWER architecture. His idea was to build computers based on a RISC architecture for the commercial market. The inspiration of the name comes from the Arthur C. Clarke novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.2 It is part of Fujitsu.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
  • HeadquartersCampbell1

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HAL Computer Systems, Inc was a Campbell, California-based computer manufacturer founded in 1990 by Andrew Heller, a principal designer of the original IBM POWER architecture. His idea was to build computers based on a RISC architecture for the commercial market. The inspiration of the name comes from the Arthur C. Clarke novel 2001: A Space Odyssey.2

Products and brands

  • SPARC64

Listed on Wikidata.1

HAL Software Systems was HAL's software division. Their first product was a Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) management tool. Later products, introduced in March 1994, included the Olias Browser, Olias Build Tools, Olias Remote Information Broker, and Olias Filter Development Kit. These products were for browsing and managing Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and World Wide Web documents and relational databases. In mid-1996, Fujitsu had HAL Computer Systems spin off HAL Software Systems as Chisholm Technologies, Inc., a company financed by Fujitsu that developed Intranet administration tools.

From Wikipedia’s article on HAL Computer Systems, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2001Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Nov 1993Acquired Acquired by Fujitsu1
  3. 1990Founded Founded1

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