Iann Barron
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Iann Barron is a British computer engineer and entrepreneur, born in June 1936.
During vacation work in 1956-7 at Elliott Brothers
while still at Cambridge he designed the Elliot 803. On leaving University he joined the Civil Service in 1958 as a Scientific Officer on special assignment first to the Army Operational Research Group, and in 1960 to the Air Ministry.
He returned to the company now called Elliott Automation as a Project Leader for the Elliot 502 computer team, later becoming the company's Head of System Research.
In 1965 Barron left Elliott Automation to become Founder and Managing Director of Computer Technology Limited
, where the Modular One range of computer systems was developed.
In the mid-1970s he formed a new company, Microcomputer Analysis Ltd, which offered consultancy on microprocessors to the semiconductor industry. This brought him into contact with two eminent American semiconductor specialists, Richard Petritz and Paul Schroeder, and in 1978 the triumvirate founded Inmos
International PLC, which produced the innovative transputer, and led to the development of SpaceWire
.
During vacation work in 1956-7 at Elliott Brothers
Elliott Brothers
Elliott Brothers may refer to:* Elliott Brothers * Elliott Brothers...
while still at Cambridge he designed the Elliot 803. On leaving University he joined the Civil Service in 1958 as a Scientific Officer on special assignment first to the Army Operational Research Group, and in 1960 to the Air Ministry.
He returned to the company now called Elliott Automation as a Project Leader for the Elliot 502 computer team, later becoming the company's Head of System Research.
In 1965 Barron left Elliott Automation to become Founder and Managing Director of Computer Technology Limited
Computer Technology Limited
Computer Technology Limited or CTL, was a British computer company google founded slightly later than Digital Equipment Corporation in the United States....
, where the Modular One range of computer systems was developed.
In the mid-1970s he formed a new company, Microcomputer Analysis Ltd, which offered consultancy on microprocessors to the semiconductor industry. This brought him into contact with two eminent American semiconductor specialists, Richard Petritz and Paul Schroeder, and in 1978 the triumvirate founded Inmos
INMOS
Inmos Limited was a British semiconductor company, founded by Iann Barron, with both the head office and the design office at Aztec West in Bristol, it was incorporated in November 1978.- Products :...
International PLC, which produced the innovative transputer, and led to the development of SpaceWire
SpaceWire
SpaceWire is a spacecraft communication network based in part on the IEEE 1355 standard of communications. It is coordinated by the European Space Agency in collaboration with international space agencies including NASA, JAXA and RKA...
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