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- Computer
History Lecture Series
"The
Trajectory of Computer Development at Fujitsu"
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- Shigeru
Sato
President of Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd, Kawasaki, Japan
& President of Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc, Sunnyvale,
CA
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- with
comments by Gene Amdahl
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- Thursday,
May 13, 6:00 p.m
NAS Auditorium, Bldg. 258
- NASA
Ames Research Center
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RSVP REQUIRED ***
Mr. Shigeru
Sato
This talk will examine historical computer developments at Fujitsu,
ranging from the company's early machines in the 1950s to the
collaborative development project with Amdahl Corporation in
1980. These historical machines cover a wide spectrum of technologies:
relays, Parametrons (with original Japanese components), transistors,
and full LSI implementations (Amdahl Project). While many software
advances were also made, this talk is more oriented towards a
critical evaluation of hardware and device technologies than
to software/operating system aspects. A video segment will
be shown that demonstrates a relay computer made in 1959 which
is still functional today at the Fujitsu computer museum.
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- Biographical
Note:
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- Mr. Sato is President of both Japanese and American divisions
of Fujitsu Laboratories. He graduated from the University of
Tokyo in 1958 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and began
at Fujitsu that same year. Until Dec. 1982, he participated
in the development of new computer systems and related technologies
such as circuit engineering and design automation techniques.
In January 1983, he began working in new computer system
research, especially in knowledge information processing systems
(Artificial Intelligence). Sato was elected to the Fujitsu Board
of Directors in June 1987, became Managing Director in June 1991,
and President in June 1994.
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- He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a member of the Information
Processing Society of Japan and of the Japan Society for Artificial
Intelligence, and is a Visiting Professor, Department of Computing,
Imperial College, London.
ADVANCE CONFIRMATION IS REQUIRED
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- If you plan to attend, please respond via
e-mail. You may also RSVP by voice by calling Ellen at 650
604 2579
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Moffett Field.
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