Gnat Computers

They released various computer hardware, including two microcomputer systems, before they were acquired by business partner Data Technology Industries, Inc., in 1983.

Gnat Computers was founded in early 1976 and formally incorporated in San Diego, California, in August 1976.

It was delivered as either bare assembled circuit boards or with an optional chassis containing a front panel for input and maintenance.

[7] In mid-1976, the company delivered pre-assembled hardware multiply–divide operator modules for several other early 8080-based microcomputers, including the Altair 8800 and Intel's MDS and Intellec 8 Mod 80, as well as for their own MC80.

[9] The Southern California Computer Society measured Gnat's 2.5μs modules as performing multiplication and division between 100 and 160 times faster than common software approaches for such arithmetic at the time; in fact, they said the modules were so fast that they completed their operations quicker than the 8080 microprocessor can access the result.