Bob Yannes
E528499
SID sound chip variant
audio technology company
chip designer
electronic engineer
person
sound chip
synthesizer designer
Bob Yannes is an American engineer and synthesizer designer best known for creating the SID sound chip used in the Commodore 64 and for co-founding the audio technology company Ensoniq.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bob Yannes canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5513662 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Yannes Context triple: [Commodore 64, designer, Bob Yannes]
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A.
Tim Minear
Tim Minear is an American television writer, director, and producer best known for his work on genre and drama series such as Angel, Firefly, and several Ryan Murphy shows including American Horror Story and 9-1-1.
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B.
William Ivey Long
William Ivey Long is a renowned American costume designer celebrated for his work on numerous Broadway productions and multiple Tony Award wins.
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C.
Gary Gilbert
Gary Gilbert is an American film producer best known for co-founding Gilbert Films and producing acclaimed independent movies such as "The Kids Are All Right."
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D.
Roger Bart
Roger Bart is an American actor and singer best known for his Tony-winning work in musical theatre and his roles in film and television, including Desperate Housewives and the film adaptation of The Producers.
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E.
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker was an American caricaturist and cartoonist best known for his influential, highly detailed movie and television parodies in Mad magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bob Yannes Target entity description: Bob Yannes is an American engineer and synthesizer designer best known for creating the SID sound chip used in the Commodore 64 and for co-founding the audio technology company Ensoniq.
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A.
Tim Minear
Tim Minear is an American television writer, director, and producer best known for his work on genre and drama series such as Angel, Firefly, and several Ryan Murphy shows including American Horror Story and 9-1-1.
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B.
William Ivey Long
William Ivey Long is a renowned American costume designer celebrated for his work on numerous Broadway productions and multiple Tony Award wins.
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C.
Gary Gilbert
Gary Gilbert is an American film producer best known for co-founding Gilbert Films and producing acclaimed independent movies such as "The Kids Are All Right."
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D.
Roger Bart
Roger Bart is an American actor and singer best known for his Tony-winning work in musical theatre and his roles in film and television, including Desperate Housewives and the film adaptation of The Producers.
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E.
Mort Drucker
Mort Drucker was an American caricaturist and cartoonist best known for his influential, highly detailed movie and television parodies in Mad magazine.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
SID sound chip variant
ⓘ
audio technology company ⓘ chip designer ⓘ electronic engineer ⓘ person ⓘ sound chip ⓘ synthesizer designer ⓘ |
| coFounded | Ensoniq ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| designed |
MOS Technology 6581 SID
ⓘ
linked to:
MOS 6581
MOS Technology 8580 SID ⓘ
linked to:
MOS Technology SID
SID sound chip ⓘ
linked to:
MOS Technology SID
|
| designer | Bob Yannes ⓘ |
| employer |
Commodore International
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Ensoniq ⓘ MOS Technology ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
digital audio
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integrated circuit design ⓘ music technology ⓘ sound synthesis ⓘ |
| industry | electronic musical instruments ⓘ |
| influenced |
chiptune music culture
ⓘ
video game music composition on home computers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Commodore 64 sound architecture
ⓘ
linked to:
MOS Technology SID
MOS Technology 6581 ⓘ
linked to:
MOS 6581
SID sound chip ⓘ
linked to:
MOS Technology SID
co-founding Ensoniq ⓘ |
| manufacturer | MOS Technology ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | pioneering complex analog-style synthesis on a home computer chip ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ensoniq ESQ-1 synthesizer (as part of Ensoniq team)
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Ensoniq Mirage sampler (as part of Ensoniq team) ⓘ SID sound chip for Commodore 64 ⓘ
linked to:
MOS Technology SID
|
| occupation |
electronic engineer
ⓘ
engineer ⓘ integrated circuit designer ⓘ synthesizer designer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | co-founder of Ensoniq ⓘ |
| productOrService |
digital synthesizers
ⓘ
samplers ⓘ sound cards ⓘ |
| usedIn | Commodore 64 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
Commodore 64 hardware
ⓘ
linked to:
Commodore 64
home computer sound chips ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bob Yannes Description of subject: Bob Yannes is an American engineer and synthesizer designer best known for creating the SID sound chip used in the Commodore 64 and for co-founding the audio technology company Ensoniq.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.