Nobuo Mii

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Nobuo Mii (Japanese: 三井 信雄=Mii Nobuo; July 4, 1931 – July 14, 2015), often called Nobi by English speakers, was a Japanese computer pioneer who made various contributions, working for NHK and IBM, and also is an investment fund executive.[1]

Early life and education

Nobuo Mii was born in

Shuyukan Senior High School and Kyushu University, graduating from the latter in 1955.[2]

In senior high school, he was the manager of Wireless Communications Club. In 1949, he successfully lead the club members to make a

Ministry of Education
.

Career

In NHK

Upon graduation from university, he started to work at NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories, Japan Broadcasting Corporation. Half a year later, he was sent by NHK to Columbia University to study transistor technology, and, upon return to Japan, made contribution to the application of transistors in broadcasting.

From 1961, he worked in a team in NHK to automate their program preparation and broadcasting. This team eventually implemented the Total Online Program and Information Control System (TOPICS), using

IBM 1800 computers. TOPICS was developed in close relationship with IBM
's Federal Systems Division.

In IBM

During NHK's TOPICS project, Nobuo Mii impressed

Apollo Project
.

In 1971, as IBM created IBM Japan Development Laboratory, Nobuo Mii became its Technical Operations director, working in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and lead the project to develop IBM 3767 printer terminal, using the new Systems Network Architecture communications protocol.

In 1973, he became Director of the renamed IBM Fujisawa Development Laboratory and lead various projects for the Japanese and worldwide markets, which included:

IBM ThinkPad
.

In 1990, Nobuo Mii was named an IBM Corporate Vice President. He was later named a Director in Entry Systems Division and Power Personal Division. He was also a KALEIDA board member from December 1991.

In 1993, he became President of Power Personal Systems Company, whose objective was to develop, manufacture and promote PowerPC microprocessor. He retired from IBM in 1995.

In an investment fund

After retirement from IBM, he became the head of Sega's software company in U.S. In 1997 he created Ignite Group in Silicon Valley, and set up Ignite Japan in 2000, becoming its Chairman.

See also

References

  1. ^ "訃報" (in Japanese). IBM. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ISBN 4-478-33071-9
    ; in Japanese, 三井 信雄(著), 『見えない国 見えないルール』, ダイヤモンド社)

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