World of Boing

Jay Miner

Lead hardware architect; widely known as the father of the Amiga
Status
Deceased
Born
1932
Died
1994

Career

  1. 1973–Synertek co-founder and chip designer
  2. 1975–Atari, Inc. chip design lead
  3. 1975–TIA (Atari 2600 chip) chip designer
  4. 1982–1984Amiga Corporation co-founder and lead hardware engineer
  5. 1984–Commodore-Amiga hardware engineer
  6. 1985–Amiga 1000 lead architect
  7. 1985–OCS chipset lead designer
  8. 1986–Amiga Ranger Chipset (unreleased) design lead

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After the Amiga

Continued consulting and public association with the Amiga community after Commodore acquired Amiga; died in 1994.

Links

Sources

  1. spectrum.ieee.org/amiga-30-and-the-unkillable-machine
  2. amiga.it/storia/parte1.html
  3. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Miner
  4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Corporation
  5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_Ranger_Chipset

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Works

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