Sim Wong Hoo, founder of Sound Blaster maker Creative Labs, has died.
Sim, that was a leader in the PC gaming industry in the ’90s, was 67 years of ages. He “passed away peacefully” on Wednesday (January 4), according to a declaration launched byCreative Technologies LTD A reason of fatality has not been launched as of yet.
Sim was the male behind Creative Technology– referred to as Creative Labs inNorth America The firm was a revolutionary gamer in the very early boom days of computer video gaming many thanks to its long-running collection of audio cards. After at first releasing as the Creative Music System in 1987, the firm’s currently well-known Sound Blaster line debuted in 1989, and also rapidly ended up being a market leader.
The Sound Blaster audio card collection quickly assisted press the firm’s international profits to more than $1 billion by the mid-1990s. However, the introduction of onboard sound in computer systems later on took a large …