Conner Peripherals
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Conner Peripherals was a prominent computer hard disk drive manufacturer of the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its rapid growth before being absorbed into Seagate’s operations.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Conner Peripherals canonical | 7 |
| Conner Peripherals CP-series drives | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2401094 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conner Peripherals Context triple: [Seagate Technology, acquired, Conner Peripherals]
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A.
Invetech
Invetech is a technology and product development company specializing in designing and engineering innovative medical and life science solutions.
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B.
Sceptre
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C.
Setra Systems
Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
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D.
Créative Technologie
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E.
Elxsi
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Conner Peripherals Target entity description: Conner Peripherals was a prominent computer hard disk drive manufacturer of the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its rapid growth before being absorbed into Seagate’s operations.
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A.
Invetech
Invetech is a technology and product development company specializing in designing and engineering innovative medical and life science solutions.
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B.
Sceptre
Sceptre is a literary imprint known for publishing high-quality contemporary fiction and non-fiction, often with a focus on distinctive, award-winning voices.
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C.
Setra Systems
Setra Systems is a manufacturer of high-precision sensing and measurement instruments, particularly known for its pressure and environmental sensors used in industrial, HVAC, and critical environment applications.
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D.
Créative Technologie
Créative Technologie is Citroën’s modern brand slogan, emphasizing the company’s focus on innovative, design-led automotive engineering and technology.
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E.
Elxsi
Elxsi was a computer company known for developing high-performance minicomputers and multiprocessor systems in the late 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer hardware company
ⓘ
hard disk drive manufacturer ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Seagate Technology ⓘ |
| businessModel | supplying drives directly to computer manufacturers ⓘ |
| businessStatus | defunct ⓘ |
| competition |
Maxtor
ⓘ
Quantum Corporation ⓘ Seagate Technology ⓘ Western Digital ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| dissolved | 1996 ⓘ |
| fate | acquired by Seagate Technology ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Finis Conner
ⓘ
J. T. Odell ⓘ former Seagate executives ⓘ |
| growthCharacteristic | one of the fastest-growing U.S. companies in late 1980s ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Jose, California
ⓘ
linked to:
San Jose
|
| inception | 1986 ⓘ |
| industry |
computer storage
ⓘ
hard disk drives ⓘ |
| keyPerson | Finis Conner ⓘ |
| knownFor |
OEM relationships with PC manufacturers
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compact hard disk drive designs ⓘ rapid growth in late 1980s ⓘ |
| location | Silicon Valley ⓘ |
| majorCustomer |
Apple Computer
ⓘ
linked to:
Apple Inc.
Compaq ⓘ IBM ⓘ |
| marketSegment |
OEM PC hard drive market
ⓘ
notebook computer storage ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Seagate Technology ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
acquisition completed by Seagate in 1996
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rapid revenue growth from late 1980s to early 1990s ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
CP-2024 hard disk drive
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CP-3044 hard disk drive ⓘ CP-340 hard disk drive series ⓘ |
| product |
1-inch hard disk drives
ⓘ
2.5-inch hard disk drives ⓘ 3.5-inch hard disk drives ⓘ |
| productType | fixed disk drives ⓘ |
| reasonForAcquisition | to strengthen Seagate’s position in small-form-factor HDDs ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| successor | Seagate Technology ⓘ |
| technologyFocus | high-capacity small-form-factor HDDs ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | CONR ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Conner Peripherals Description of subject: Conner Peripherals was a prominent computer hard disk drive manufacturer of the late 1980s and early 1990s, known for its rapid growth before being absorbed into Seagate’s operations.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Conner Peripherals