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Iann Barron

Founder and Executive

Iann Marchant Barron (16 June 1936 to 16 May 2022) was a British computer engineer and entrepreneur, born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. During vacation work in 1956 and 1957 at Elliott Brothers, while still at Cambridge, he designed the Elliott 803. He joined the Civil Service in 1958 as a Scientific Officer, returned to the company then called Elliott Automation as a project leader for the Elliott 502 computer team, and in 1965 left to become founder and managing director of Computer Technology Limited, where the Modular One range of computer systems was developed. In 1978 he and two American semiconductor specialists, Richard Petritz and Paul Schroeder, founded Inmos International PLC, which produced the innovative transputer.

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Birth Year
1936 1
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Associated With

Entrepreneurship, Practice Disciplines
Source Wikipedia: Iann Barron
Semiconductor Industry, Industries
Source Wikipedia: Iann Barron

Companies Founded

Inmos, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Inmos
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Nationality

United Kingdom

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1. Wikipedia: Iann Barron
  • Lead: birth-year
    Iann Marchant Barron (16 June 1936-16 May 2022) was a British computer engineer and entrepreneur.
  • Associated With: Semiconductor Industry, Article body: associated industry
    In the mid-1970s he formed a new company, Microcomputer Analysis Ltd, which offered consultancy on microprocessors to the semiconductor industry.
  • Associated With: Entrepreneurship, Lead: entrepreneurship
    Iann Marchant Barron (16 June 1936-16 May 2022) was a British computer engineer and entrepreneur.
  • In Group: Company Founders and Co-founders, Article text
    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.
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Wikipedia: Inmos
Companies Founded: Inmos, Lead: founded-by
Quote, Companies Founded: Inmos, Lead: founded-by
Inmos International plc (trademark INMOS) and two operating subsidiaries, Inmos Limited (UK) and Inmos Corporation (US), was a British semiconductor company founded by Iann Barron, Richard Petritz, and Paul Schroeder in July 1978.
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