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'''Stephen Bernard Streater''',<br/>
a British computer scientist and technology entrepreneur. He holds a degree in mathematics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge] in 1987, but his Ph.D. in [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] and [[Pattern Recognition|pattern recognition]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College_London King's College London] was interrupted by the chance to start [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidos_Interactive Eidos] in 1990 - which later became famous for games like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider Tomb Raider] and others - developing the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_motion_video Full Motion video (FMV)] compression techniques on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC_OS RISC OS] platforms. He then sold Eidos to provide the start-up capital for ''Forbidden Technologies'' <ref>[http://www.forbidden.co.uk/ Forbidden | Change Vision]</ref>, which successfully floated in 2000, best known for their internet video platform and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing_software video editing software] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forscene Forscene] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stephen_B_Streater User:Stephen B Streater - Wikipedia]</ref>. Stephen B. Streater's interests in [[Go]] also manifests in ''Forbidden Technologies'' sponsoring the ''Epsom Go Tournament'' <ref>[http://www.forbidden.co.uk/2003/08/08/epsom-go-tournament-2/ Epsom Go Tournament | Forbidden], August 8, 2003</ref> <ref>[https://www.forbidden.co.uk/2005/05/27/epsom-go-tournament/ Epsom Go Tournament | Forbidden], May 27, 2005</ref> <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9x9_Go.ogg 9x9 Go.ogg - Wikimedia Commons] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], August 27, 2006</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
Already in 1989, Stephen B. Streater began to write his chess program [[E6P]] for the [[ARM2|ARM]] architecture of the [[Acorn Archimedes]], to participate at the [[1st Computer Olympiad#Chess|1st Computer Olympiad 1989]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London]. Due to its author's expertise in optimization, targeting that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC] platform, E6P was quite fast for that time, though positionally a bit half-cocked, causing some stir at the Olympiad with possible impact on the career of some Dutch programmers <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2944 Re: Search or Evaluation?] by [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], October 14, 2007 » [[Knowledge#SearchVersusEvaluation|Knowledge | Search versus Evaluation]]</ref> <ref>[[Zsuzsa Horváth]] ('''1990'''). ''Report on the 2nd Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#13_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3]] » [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Chess|2nd Computer Olympiad]]</ref>. As reported by its author a few years later during the [[MChess]] [[MChess#killerbook|killer book]] discussion in [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], his program, at that time dubbed C_897d, was ported to a [[StrongARM]] processor, reaching 750,000 [[Nodes per Second|nodes per second]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ZWQ5ZwvXx_s/ehktIQAorUoJ Re: The MCHESS5 computer killer book...] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 16, 1996</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_B._Streater Stephen B. Streater from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stephen_B_Streater User:Stephen B Streater - Wikipedia]
* [http://www.forbidden.co.uk/company/board/#Stephen-Streater Leadership | Forbidden: Stephen Streater]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-streater-8a3397 Stephen Streater | LinkedIn]
* [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/1685830/stephen-streater-forbidden-technologies Stephen Streater of Forbidden Technologies] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_M._Grossman Wendy M. Grossman], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inquirer The Inquirer], June 17, 2010
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ZWQ5ZwvXx_s/ehktIQAorUoJ Re: The MCHESS5 computer killer book...] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 16, 1996 » [[MChess]], [[Nodes per Second]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/yvVP8WcXZ6UJ Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 19, 1996 » [[MChess]]
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/stEeGUyRbK4J Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 19, 1996 » [[Nodes per Second]], [[StrongARM]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/VDA7skKQusYJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 20, 1996
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/EJ0kWupaWGoJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 20, 1996 » [[E6P]], [[1st Computer Olympiad#Chess|1st Computer Olympiad 1989]]
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/eiy0tGgoc9wJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 21, 1996
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/7_s4MVp7C2UJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 21, 1996
=References=
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[[FILE:stephen-streater.jpg|border|right|thumb|link=http://www.forbidden.co.uk/company/board/#Stephen-Streater| Stephen B. Streater <ref>[http://www.forbidden.co.uk/company/board/#Stephen-Streater Leadership | Forbidden: Stephen Streater]</ref> ]]
'''Stephen Bernard Streater''',<br/>
a British computer scientist and technology entrepreneur. He holds a degree in mathematics from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_College,_Cambridge Trinity College, Cambridge] in 1987, but his Ph.D. in [[Artificial Intelligence|artificial intelligence]] and [[Pattern Recognition|pattern recognition]] at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College_London King's College London] was interrupted by the chance to start [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidos_Interactive Eidos] in 1990 - which later became famous for games like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider Tomb Raider] and others - developing the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_motion_video Full Motion video (FMV)] compression techniques on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RISC_OS RISC OS] platforms. He then sold Eidos to provide the start-up capital for ''Forbidden Technologies'' <ref>[http://www.forbidden.co.uk/ Forbidden | Change Vision]</ref>, which successfully floated in 2000, best known for their internet video platform and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_editing_software video editing software] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forscene Forscene] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stephen_B_Streater User:Stephen B Streater - Wikipedia]</ref>. Stephen B. Streater's interests in [[Go]] also manifests in ''Forbidden Technologies'' sponsoring the ''Epsom Go Tournament'' <ref>[http://www.forbidden.co.uk/2003/08/08/epsom-go-tournament-2/ Epsom Go Tournament | Forbidden], August 8, 2003</ref> <ref>[https://www.forbidden.co.uk/2005/05/27/epsom-go-tournament/ Epsom Go Tournament | Forbidden], May 27, 2005</ref> <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:9x9_Go.ogg 9x9 Go.ogg - Wikimedia Commons] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons], August 27, 2006</ref>.
=Computer Chess=
Already in 1989, Stephen B. Streater began to write his chess program [[E6P]] for the [[ARM2|ARM]] architecture of the [[Acorn Archimedes]], to participate at the [[1st Computer Olympiad#Chess|1st Computer Olympiad 1989]] in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London London]. Due to its author's expertise in optimization, targeting that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduced_instruction_set_computing RISC] platform, E6P was quite fast for that time, though positionally a bit half-cocked, causing some stir at the Olympiad with possible impact on the career of some Dutch programmers <ref>[http://www.hiarcs.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=2944 Re: Search or Evaluation?] by [[Mark Uniacke]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Hiarcs Forum]], October 14, 2007 » [[Knowledge#SearchVersusEvaluation|Knowledge | Search versus Evaluation]]</ref> <ref>[[Zsuzsa Horváth]] ('''1990'''). ''Report on the 2nd Computer Olympiad''. [[ICGA Journal#13_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3]] » [[2nd Computer Olympiad#Chess|2nd Computer Olympiad]]</ref>. As reported by its author a few years later during the [[MChess]] [[MChess#killerbook|killer book]] discussion in [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], his program, at that time dubbed C_897d, was ported to a [[StrongARM]] processor, reaching 750,000 [[Nodes per Second|nodes per second]] <ref>[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ZWQ5ZwvXx_s/ehktIQAorUoJ Re: The MCHESS5 computer killer book...] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 16, 1996</ref>.
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_B._Streater Stephen B. Streater from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stephen_B_Streater User:Stephen B Streater - Wikipedia]
* [http://www.forbidden.co.uk/company/board/#Stephen-Streater Leadership | Forbidden: Stephen Streater]
* [https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-streater-8a3397 Stephen Streater | LinkedIn]
* [http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/feature/1685830/stephen-streater-forbidden-technologies Stephen Streater of Forbidden Technologies] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_M._Grossman Wendy M. Grossman], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inquirer The Inquirer], June 17, 2010
=Forum Posts=
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/ZWQ5ZwvXx_s/ehktIQAorUoJ Re: The MCHESS5 computer killer book...] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 16, 1996 » [[MChess]], [[Nodes per Second]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/yvVP8WcXZ6UJ Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 19, 1996 » [[MChess]]
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/stEeGUyRbK4J Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 19, 1996 » [[Nodes per Second]], [[StrongARM]]
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/VDA7skKQusYJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 20, 1996
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/EJ0kWupaWGoJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 20, 1996 » [[E6P]], [[1st Computer Olympiad#Chess|1st Computer Olympiad 1989]]
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/eiy0tGgoc9wJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 21, 1996
: [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rec.games.chess.computer/LN4AMZzpvJE/7_s4MVp7C2UJ StrongARM speed of Streater program (was Re: M-Chess Pro 6.0 program description)] by [[Stephen B. Streater]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], October 21, 1996
=References=
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