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Digital Surf was established in
1989 in
Besançon,
France, initially as manufacturer of 3D non-contact laser
profilometers. • In
1990, the company launched its first profile (2D surface texture) analysis software, for the
MS-DOS operating system, followed in 1991 by a topography (3D surface texture analysis) software for the
Macintosh II platform. • In
1992, Digital Surf had a first OEM deal with the company
Taylor-Hobson. The software has since been offered by Taylor Hobson under the names TalyMap (topography) and TalyProfile (profile analysis). • In
1997, Digital Surf moved all its software to Windows and launched a new product for
Windows 95 under the name
Mountains. Other
profilometer manufacturers started to promote it, such as Hommel-Etamic (
Jenoptik Group) or
KLA-Tencor. • In
2009, Digital Surf stopped manufacturing profilometers to refocus on the sole Mountains analysis software. • in
2011,
Mountains was supplied as the standard or optional OEM surface analysis software by about 30 manufacturers, including
Taylor-Hobson,
Jenoptik,
KLA-Tencor,
Keysight,
Leica, Mitaka Kohki,
Nikon, or
Zeiss. • Digital Surf has contributed to the
ISO 25178 standard that defines new 3D surface texture parameters. • in
2014 Digital Surf took over the Danish company Image Metrology, the developer of the software SPIP, specialized in the image analysis for
atomic force microscopes. As a result, the version 8 of Mountains includes SPIP. • in
2018 Digital Surf claims that its Mountains software is used by 15,000 users and integrated by more than 50 instrument manufacturers worldwide,
Hitachi,
Thermo Fisher Scientific,
JEOL,
Anton Paar, Nanosystem, Confovis. == Products ==