Jay Miner

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American person chip designer computer hardware engineer human

Jay Miner was an American electrical engineer and pioneering chip designer best known as the “father of the Amiga” for leading the hardware design of the influential Amiga computer.

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Jay Miner canonical 2

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instanceOf American person ⓘ
chip designer ⓘ
computer hardware engineer ⓘ
human ⓘ
affiliation Amiga development team NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atari home computer division NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaOfInfluence graphics and audio subsystems ⓘ
personal computers ⓘ
video game consoles ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
designed ANTIC video chip for Atari 8-bit computers ⓘ
POKEY chip for Atari 8-bit computers ⓘ
TIA (Television Interface Adapter) chip for the Atari 2600 NERFINISHED ⓘ
custom chips for the Amiga computer ⓘ
graphics and sound chipset for the Amiga ⓘ
employer Amiga Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atari, Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Commodore International NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork computer hardware ⓘ
home computers ⓘ
microelectronics ⓘ
video game hardware ⓘ
givenName Jay NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced computer graphics hardware development ⓘ
design of multimedia home computers ⓘ
knownFor leading the hardware design of the Amiga computer ⓘ
pioneering work in custom multimedia chips ⓘ
legacy inspired later generations of hardware and game console designers ⓘ
regarded as a key figure in Amiga community history ⓘ
name Jay Miner NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname father of the Amiga ⓘ
notableAchievement advanced use of DMA and coprocessors in home computers ⓘ
helped create one of the first multimedia-oriented personal computers ⓘ
notableWork Amiga computer hardware design ⓘ
Atari 8-bit computer custom chips NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atari VCS TIA chip NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation computer engineer ⓘ
electrical engineer ⓘ
integrated circuit designer ⓘ
role chief chip architect for Amiga custom chipset ⓘ
lead hardware designer of the Amiga ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn Amiga 1000 computer NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atari 2600 game console NERFINISHED ⓘ
Atari 8-bit home computer line NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Amiga Corporation (originally) → foundedBy → Jay Miner ⓘ
subject surface form: Amiga Corporation
Amiga Corporation (originally) → hadKeyPerson → Jay Miner ⓘ
subject surface form: Amiga Corporation