Shiraz Shivji, born 1947 in what is Tanzania, was of Indian Ismaili heritage.
11 Facts About Shiraz Shivji
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Shiraz Shivji was interested in electronics from an early age in what is Tanzania.
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Shiraz Shivji was educated in the United Kingdom, where he obtained a first-class honours degree at the University of Southampton.
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In 1984, Shiraz Shivji was involved in a scandal related to his work on the Commodore 900.
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Shiraz Shivji was one of three systems engineers on the project since its inception in 1983.
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Shiraz Shivji was sued by Commodore in mid-July 1984 for disclosing confidential research information connected to this project and disk drive design plans as he was beginning to transfer to Atari Corporation with Jack Tramiel.
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Shiraz Shivji was acquitted of all charges in court alongside several other engineers.
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When Jack Tramiel took over Atari in 1984, with a number of Commodore engineers, the company was in bad shape, and Shiraz Shivji's proposed cheap, powerful home computer, codenamed 'Rock Bottom Price,' was seen as a solution to financial woes.
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Shiraz Shivji became Atari's Vice President of Research and Development, and led a team of six engineers who designed the Atari 520ST computer.
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Shiraz Shivji later led the design of the Atari TT before leaving Atari in 1990.
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Shiraz Shivji received seven patents between the years of 2000 and 2007.