Lisp machine
Workstation built to run Lisp natively in hardware, providing AI researchers in the 1980s with dedicated, high-performance environments for symbolic AI development.
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Commercial Lisp Machine Market: Symbolics and LMI
From 1980 onwards, Symbolics Inc. and Lisp Machines Inc. (LMI), both founded as spin-offs from the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, commercialised dedicated hardware workstations designed to run Lisp natively, offering large address spaces, garbage collection in hardware, and early graphical interfaces tailored to AI development.