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Varian Data Machines system connected to analogue tape playback system in 1984. The DCI 1966 DATA/620 was a parallel, binary 16-bit general-purpose digital computer with magnetic-core memory expandable to 32,768 words. An 18-bit word length (for data, not addresses) was optionally available.
Varian Associates was one of the first high-tech companies in Silicon Valley.It was founded in 1948 by Russell H. and Sigurd F. Varian, William Webster Hansen, and Edward Ginzton to sell the klystron, the first vacuum tube which could amplify electromagnetic waves at microwave frequencies, and other electromagnetic equipment.
Varian was spun off from Varian Associates in 1999 and was purchased by Agilent Technologies in May 2010 for $1.5 billion, or $52 per share. [ 2 ] Varian Inc. had its corporate headquarters in Palo Alto , California , and offices in Australia, the Benelux countries, Brazil, Canada, China, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Russia, Sweden ...
Varian Medical Systems is an American radiation oncology treatments and software maker based in Palo Alto, California. Their medical devices include linear accelerators (LINACs) and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy , radiosurgery , proton therapy , and brachytherapy .
The Varian brothers' parents, John and Agnes Varian, were born and raised in Ireland, [4] and were members of the Theosophical Society in Dublin. They emigrated to the United States in 1894, [5] and settled in Syracuse, New York, where they became involved with a theosophical group headed by William Dower.
Returning to Stanford in 1945 as a full professor, he embarked on the construction of a series of linear accelerators based on klystron technology [6] and of GeV performance. [3] Along with the Varian brothers and Edward Ginzton, he co-founded Varian Associates in 1948. [7] Sadly, he was never to see the completion of the klystron project.
The company now became known as Varian Techtron Pty. Limited. In 1970, Geoffrey Frew donated a substantial sum to the Australian Academy of Science 'in recognition of the successful commercial development of atomic absorption spectrochemical analysis, which had been originated by Dr A. Walsh of the CSIRO Division of Chemical Physics in 1954'.
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