Sasaki, Hajime oral history
[This oral history is one of seven recorded in December 2014 with former leaders in the Japanese semiconductor industry. ] Sasaki-san was born in 1936 and earned a masters degree in electrical engineering from Tokyo University in 1961 whereupon he joined NEC to start a long and successful career in the semiconductor industry. Throughout his career, he held many senior management positions including Chairman of the Board from 1999-2009. He has been honored with more than a dozen awards from several different countries. Sasaki-san’s influence was also felt in easing tensions between the US and Japan during their semiconductor trade dispute in the 1980’s.
Item Details
- Date
- 2014-12-12 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102740055
- Organization
- Computer History Museum (Publisher)
- People
- Hajime Sasaki (Interviewee)
Eric Dennis (Videographer)
Stanley T. Myers (Interviewer) - Category
- Transcript
- Format
- Credit line
- Computer History Museum
- Extent
- 9 p.
- Place of publication
- Asia/Japan/Tokyo
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X7373.2015
- Subject
- Semiconductor History, World Semiconductor Council, NEC
- Archive collection
- CHM Oral History Collection
- Archive hierarchy
- Japanese semiconductor pioneers