Commodore Amiga engineering team
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The Commodore Amiga engineering team was the group of hardware and software engineers at Commodore responsible for creating the innovative Amiga computer architecture and its custom chipset.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer hardware engineering team
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computer software engineering team ⓘ engineering team ⓘ |
| basedOn | earlier Amiga Corporation designs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| employer | Commodore International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
computer architecture
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computer engineering ⓘ computer graphics ⓘ multimedia computing ⓘ operating systems ⓘ |
| industry | computer industry ⓘ |
| influenced |
computer game development in the late 1980s
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home computer design ⓘ video production workflows ⓘ |
| locationOfWork |
Los Gatos, California
NERFINISHED
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West Chester, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced multimedia capabilities in the 1980s
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custom chip-based architecture ⓘ influencing later multimedia and gaming systems ⓘ preemptive multitasking in a consumer computer ⓘ |
| notableProject |
audio subsystem with four-channel PCM sound
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design of the Amiga’s planar graphics modes ⓘ development of Amiga’s preemptive multitasking kernel ⓘ development of the Amiga graphics Copper and Blitter subsystems ⓘ integration of Agnus, Denise, and Paula custom chips ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Amiga audio subsystem
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Amiga computer architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiga custom chipset NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiga graphics subsystem NERFINISHED ⓘ AmigaOS early versions ⓘ Original Amiga 1000 design NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Commodore International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Commodore International NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Amiga Corporation engineering team ⓘ |
| productDeveloped |
Amiga 1000
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Amiga 2000 NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiga 3000 NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiga 4000 NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiga 500 NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiga custom chips Agnus, Denise, Paula ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1980s
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early 1990s ⓘ |
| workFocus |
cost-effective high-performance home computing
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design of a multitasking home computer OS ⓘ integration of custom graphics and sound hardware ⓘ |
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