FORE Systems
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FORE Systems was a computer network switching equipment company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1990 to supply Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) cards for workstation computers, it soon branched out to become a major supplier in the ATM switch market and the extended those product lines to add Internet Protocol switching and other devices.
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Industry | Computer networking |
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Founded | 1990; 34 years ago (1990) in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Defunct | 1999 (1999) |
Fate | Acquired by Marconi Communications |
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FORE was purchased by the British General Electric Company (GEC) in 1999,[1] just before the dot-com bubble, which eventually drove GEC to reform the company as Marconi. Ericsson purchased most of Marconi in 2006.[2]