Title
Shiraishi, Fumitake oral historyCatalog Number
102740542Type
Moving imageDescription
Fumitake Shiraishi was a longtime drive designer for Toshiba HDD business, who is credited with designing many of Toshiba’s successful lines of small form factor drives. In particular, he played a leading role in the development of the drives using glass media, first introduced in 1991, which propelled Toshiba to become the dominant player in the 2 ½-inch drive market for a considerable amount of time. Shiraishi obtained a Mechanical Engineering degree from Kyoto University and entered Toshiba in 1966 in their Electronic Computer Division. He initially worked on tape drive development, but quickly joined the HDD development group at Toshiba starting in 1967, and he worked continuously in the HDD development until his retirement from the company in 1996. He was involved in large 14-inch IBM compatible HDD development initially, and went on to be involved in all subsequent HDD development at Toshiba, contributing to over 40 products during his illustrious career.In 1998, Shiraishi joined Hoya Corporation, and served as the General Manager of their Glass Media business until 2002. After that, he continued to work for Hoya Corporation as their Staff Senior Technologist to support the glass media business until his retirement in 2007.
The interview was originally conducted in Japanese
Date
2019-10-09Participants
Shiraishi, Fumitake, Interviewee |
Suzuki, Isao, Interviewer |
Yamashita, Tom, Interviewer |
Publisher
Computer History MuseumPlace of Publication
Tokyo, JapanDuration
01:13:24Format
MOVCategory
Oral historyCollection Title
CHM Oral History CollectionCredit
Computer History MuseumLot Number
X9216.2020Related Records
102740541 | Shiraishi, Fumitake oral history |