Masatoshi shima biography of martin

History of science and technology in japan

View the discussion thread. Masatoshi Shima. Learn about supporting IT History Society. Report a copyright violation Submit an image you own. A Japanese electronics engineer, who was one of the designers of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel , along with Federico Faggin, Ted Hoff, and Stanley Mazor. He studied organic chemistry at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.

With poor prospects for employment in the field of chemistry, he went to work for Busicom, a business calculator manufacturer. There, he learned about software and digital circuit design. When Busicom decided to use LSI circuits in their calculator products, they approached the American companies Mostek and Intel for manufacturing help.

The job was given to Intel, who back then was more of a memory company and had facilities to manufacture the high density silicon gate MOS chip Busicom required. His company then sold the rights to use the to Intel, with the exception of use in business calculators.