The CAChe Group was formed by Tektronix Inc. of Beaverton, Oregon, USA in 1989 to develop and market the CAChe (Computer-Aided Chemistry) molecular modelling package for experimental chemists. The CAChe software suite came packaged with a Macintosh upgraded with a fast coprocessor card, a patented 3D stereoscopic display, a patented 3D Trackball, and was called the CAChe WorkSystem. The press hailed this award-winning new Computer-Aided Chemistry tool as a "Macintosh on Steroids".
CAChe Group celebrates the R&D 100 Award in 1994
The CAChe Group was spun out of Tektronix in 1991 as a wholly-owned subsidiary named CAChe Scientific Inc. A Windows version of CAChe (that did not require the specialized hardware) was released in 1994, before the company was sold to Oxford Molecular Group PLC (OMG) in the following year. In 2000, the CAChe business was purchased by Fujitsu Ltd of Japan, just before Accelrys absorbed the rest of OMG. Throughout the changes, the core CAChe development and marketing remained in Beaverton, staffed by some of the original founding members. However, having opened a new office in Boston, Fujitsu closed the CAChe sales and support functions in Beaverton in 2006, and discontinued the CAChe product range in favor of a new product, Scigress Explorer. The CACheSoftware.com web site has since lapsed, and Fujitsu's chemistry product information is now at http://www.computers.us.fujitsu.com/index.php.
What is the connection between CAChe Research LLC and CAChe?
Currently, there is no direct relationship. However, one of the founding members of the original CAChe Group in 1989, David A. Gallagher, is also the founder and principal of CAChe Research LLC. CAChe Research markets a range of computational chemistry software including MOPAC2007, Turbomole, and COSMOlogic's products for prediction of thermodynamic properties. CAChe Research also offers consulting services and training services for chemistry software users (including CAChe).
