Title
Kobayashi, Bujirou oral history
Catalog Number
102740051
Type
Document
Description
[This oral history is one of seven recorded in December 2014 with former leaders in the Japanese semiconductor industry.]
Kobayashi-san was born in 1924 and graduated from what is now Yamaguchi University in 1944 with a degree in mechanical engineering.. He then joined Mitsubishi Electric Corp. After a number of production management and quality control positions, he was appointed by S. Shindo, President of Mitsubishi to take responsibility for the Kita-Itami Works and to improve the technology and quality of Mitsubishi’s semiconductor products. He was subsequently responsible for the conception and construction of a fully automated semiconductor manufacturing plant in Saijo, Japan in the 1980’s. This plant became a model of how semiconductors would be produced in the future.
Date
2014-12-13
Contributor
Dennis, Eric, Videographer
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Kobayashi, Bujirou, Interviewee
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Myers, Stanley T., Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Osaka, Japan
Extent
13 p.
Format
PDF
Copyright Holder
Computer History Museum
Category
Transcription
Subject
semiconductor history; Mitsubishi Materials Corporation; MITI; DRAM; Yamamoto; Deming; Saijo; Shindo
Collection Title
Oral history collection
Series Title
Japanese semiconductor pioneers
Credit
Computer History Museum