Amiga Corporation (originally)

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computer company technology company

Amiga Corporation (originally) was the pioneering computer company that developed the advanced multimedia technology and architecture later commercialized in the Commodore Amiga line of personal computers.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Amiga Corporation	6
Amiga Corporation (originally) canonical	1
Amiga Corporation by Commodore	1
Amiga, Inc. (original Amiga Corporation after acquisition)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer company ⓘ technology company ⓘ
acquisitionYear	1984 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defunctAfter	acquisition by Commodore International ⓘ
designedFor	Motorola 68000 family ⓘ surface form: Motorola 68000 CPU
developed	Agnus custom chip ⓘ Amiga multimedia computer architecture ⓘ Denise custom chip ⓘ Lorraine prototype ⓘ Paula custom chip ⓘ advanced multimedia technology later used in Commodore Amiga ⓘ custom chipset for Amiga computers ⓘ
employed	former Atari 2600 and Atari 8-bit engineers ⓘ
enteredAgreementWith	Atari, Inc. ⓘ
financedBy	Atari, Inc. ⓘ surface form: Atari, Inc. (via loan agreement)
founded	1982 ⓘ
foundedBy	Dave Morse ⓘ Jay Miner ⓘ Larry Kaplan ⓘ Ron Nicholson ⓘ other former Atari engineers ⓘ
hadKeyPerson	Carl Sassenrath ⓘ Dave Morse ⓘ Jay Miner ⓘ
hadLegalDisputeWith	Atari, Inc. ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Los Gatos, California ⓘ
industry	computer hardware ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ
influenced	Commodore Amiga 1000 ⓘ
keyProduct	Lorraine prototype computer ⓘ
knownFor	designing the original Amiga system ⓘ pioneering multimedia capabilities in personal computers ⓘ
laterAcquiredBy	Commodore International ⓘ
laterRenamedTo	Amiga Corporation (originally) self-link ⓘ surface form: Amiga Corporation
legalIssuesRelatedTo	financing and technology rights with Atari and Commodore ⓘ
notableFor	advanced graphics and sound compared to contemporaries ⓘ preemptive multitasking OS design work later used in AmigaOS ⓘ
operatedDuring	early 1980s ⓘ
originalName	Hi-Toro ⓘ
specializedIn	audio hardware ⓘ graphics hardware ⓘ multimedia computer architecture ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
targetMarket	home computer market ⓘ video games and entertainment ⓘ
technologyCommercializedAs	Commodore Amiga line of personal computers ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commodore Amiga 1000 → designedBy → Amiga Corporation (originally) ⓘ

Commodore Amiga 1000 → acquiredFrom → Amiga Corporation (originally) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amiga Corporation by Commodore

Original Chip Set → developer → Amiga Corporation (originally) ⓘ