Flare Technology
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Flare Technology was a trio of ex-Sinclair employees based in Cambridge in the UK.
Founded in 1986 by Martin Brennan, Ben Cheese and John Mathieson they initially did work for Amstrad whilst developing the 8-bit technology demonstrator the Flare 1, based on the ZX Spectrum under the codename Loki. With expertise in ASIC design they where able to sell the concept of a highly integrated custom console to Konix and were commissioned to develop the Konix Multisystem.
Martin Brennan and John Mathieson went on to found Flare II which designed the Atari Jaguar.
Other companies called Flare Technology also exist.