A UKP500,000 initiative to encourage British industry to exploit the capabilities of the revolutionary Inmos International Transputer miccroprocessor came to fruition this week with the opening of the Bristol Transputer Centre on the campus of Bristol Polytechnic. Funding came from the poly, from Inmos and from the Department of Trade & Industry, and the aim of the centre is to provide information on Transputers and their applications, and todevelop short courses, workshops, applications notes and in-house training packs. The location was chosen because a research group at the poly is already working for clients on applications in knowledge-based systems and databases. Equipped with a 40-Transputer system, the centre will also conduct feasibility studies for clients.