John Mathieson is a Computer Science graduate who initially worked for Sinclair Research before going on to found Flare

Flare Technology

Flare Technology was a computer hardware company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by Martin Brennan, Ben Cheese, and John Mathieson, former engineers at Sinclair Research....

 with fellow ex-Sinclair colleagues Martin Brennan

Martin Brennan (engineer)

Martin Brennan is a computer engineer who developed pioneering personal computers such as the Loki and the Atari Jaguar video game console....

 and Ben Cheese

Ben Cheese

Ben Cheese was the engineer who got Sinclair's ZX Microdrives to work. Authors Ian Adamson and Richard Kennedy, in their book Sinclair and the "Sunrise" Technology, writes that "it seems only fair to note that it was the tenacity and imagination of R&D staffer Ben Cheese that got the product...

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After working at Flare on the Flare 1 and its development into the Konix Multisystem

Konix Multisystem

Konix was a British computer peripheral company primarily known for making joysticks such as the distinctive Speed King during the 1980s. Although this was its primary business for years, its place in videogame folklore was cemented by its ambitious and ultimately ill-fated plans to release its own...

, he went on to work for Atari

Atari

Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...

 developing the Atari Jaguar

Atari Jaguar

The Atari Jaguar is a video game console that was released by Atari Corporation in 1993. It was the last to be marketed under the Atari brand until the release of the Atari Flashback in 2004. It was designed to surpass the Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Panasonic...

 with Martin Brennan

Martin Brennan (engineer)

Martin Brennan is a computer engineer who developed pioneering personal computers such as the Loki and the Atari Jaguar video game console....

. John moved to California and worked on the Jaguar 2 which never saw the light of day.

He led the development of the ill-fated NUON

Nuon

Nuon is a technology that adds features to a DVD player. In addition to viewing DVDs, one can play 3D video games and use enhanced DVD navigational tools such as zoom and smooth scanning of DVD playback. One could also play CDs while the Nuon graphics processor generates synchronized graphics on...

 media processor at VM Labs. He moved to work for NVIDIA

NVIDIA

Nvidia is an American global technology company based in Santa Clara, California. Nvidia is best known for its graphics processors . Nvidia and chief rival AMD Graphics Techonologies have dominated the high performance GPU market, pushing other manufacturers to smaller, niche roles...

at the end of 2001.

External links

• http://www.chez.com/toxicmag/real/articles/mathieson.htm - Interview with Mathieson discussing the Jaguar
• http://www.vmlabs.de/team.htm - List of VM Labs team with picture of John