Meiko Scientific Ltd, Bristol, Avon-based massively parallel systems pioneer noted for its Transputer- and Sparc-based Computing Surfaces, is gearing up to go public in the US towards the end of this year. The company is believed to have been encouraged by the success of the flotation of Kendall Square Research Inc last year, and like Kendall Square hopes to win business in the commercial rather than just the scientific and technical markets. The company’s new machine uses Fujitsu Ltd microVP vector processors, the 64-bit Texas Instruments Inc SuperSparc and proprietary chip sets. The company also plans to use the Tsunami low-end Sparc, which it helped to design.
