26 Facts About Hermann Hauser

When Hauser was 16 he went to the United Kingdom to learn English at a language school in Cambridge.

Hermann Hauser is probably best known for his part in setting up Acorn Computers with Chris Curry in 1978.

In 1986, Hermann Hauser co-founded the Olivetti Research Laboratory in Cambridge with Andy Hopper, who became the laboratory's director.

Hermann Hauser sought to develop a portable ARM-based microcomputer "the size of a paperback book", featuring a screen and stylus for interaction and employing a "book" metaphor known as Hyperpage.

Hermann Hauser planned to launch its first product after Christmas 1990, featuring an approximately A5-sized reflective display, automatic recognition of printed, as opposed to cursive, characters, and employing a multipurpose chip called Hercules featuring a static, low-power ARM core.

Hermann Hauser became chief technical officer and chairman of EO Europe.

In 1990, Hermann Hauser was involved in spinning out Advanced RISC Machines from Acorn.

In 1993, Hermann Hauser set up Advanced Telecommunication Modules Ltd with Andy Hopper.

Hermann Hauser was acquired by Conexant Systems on 1 March 2004.

Hermann Hauser founded NetChannel Ltd in June 1996 as a holding company to begin work on marketing the NetStation.

Hermann Hauser claimed in the 1990s that the networking technology used for AppleTalk was based on the Cambridge Ring.

In 2009, Hermann Hauser was announced as the first customer of the Illumina Personal Genome Sequencing service.

Hermann Hauser is a non-executive director of Cambridge Display Technology, a non-executive director of XMOS Ltd and a member of the board of Red-M Ltd.

Hermann Hauser holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bath and Loughborough and from Anglia Ruskin University.

Hermann Hauser is a member of the advisory board on the Higher Education Innovation Fund, and of the UK's Council for Science and Technology.

Hermann Hauser was commissioned by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to write a report on technology and innovation in the UK.

Hermann Hauser was co-founder of Arm Holdings, the Cambridge based microchip manufacturer that was bought in 2016 by Japan's SoftBank.

Hermann Hauser was voted the UK's "Computer Personality of the Year" of 1984.

Hermann Hauser became patron of The Centre for Computing History in December 2011,30 years after the launch of the BBC Micro.

In 2001, Hermann Hauser became an Honorary Doctor at Anglia Ruskin University.

On 8 July 2002, Hermann Hauser was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and an International Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

In 2005, Hermann Hauser received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work as a venture capitalist and entrepreneur.

Hermann Hauser was awarded an Honorary CBE for "innovative service to the UK enterprise sector" in 2001.

In 1998, Hermann Hauser was elected into an honorary fellowship of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, and he was elected into an honorary fellowship of King's College, Cambridge with effect from 1 January 2000.

Hermann Hauser was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2012.

Hermann Hauser was elected a Distinguished Fellow of the British Computer Society in 2013 recognising his contribution to computing science in the UK.