Jay Miner
Updated: 09/15/2017 by Computer Hope
Name: Jay Glenn Miner
Born: May 31, 1932, Prescott, Arizona, USA
Death: June 20, 1994 (Age: 62)
Computer-related contributions
- Famous American integrated circuit designer, best known for his work in multimedia chips and as the "father of the Amiga".
- One of his first successes was to combine an entire breadboard of components into a single chip, known as the TIA. The TIA was the display hardware for the Atari 2600, which would go on to sell millions.
- He moved to Atari in the late 1970s.