1968 Material Engineering, Osaka Univ. Japan
1968
NEC IC Div.
Invented Au Superfine-wiring technology, which is current defact-standard, for Automatic LSI bonder machine
1992
Director of NEC Packaging Technology Research Gr.
Developed TAB technology for super computer, and TCP technology for consumer electronics.
1994
Project Director of NEC New Packaging Technology Research Gr.
Developed Bearchip MCM Tech (LLC Tech) for Note PC & PDA, and Accumulated Memory Packaging Tech for Aero-Space ALOS Recorder
1999
Director of Electronics System Integration Technology Research Department
National Project : Association of Super-Advanced Electronics Technologies (ASET)
2004 ZyCube President / CEO
Technical Advisor of ASET

1992-2002 JIEP
1999-2004 The Electronics and related Industries Committee of the Electronics System Integration Advanced Techinical Promontory
2002- Member of ECS-ISTC



1974 Doctor of Electronic Engineering, Tohoku Univ. Japan
1974 Hitachi Ltd., Research Center
Researched DRAM process/Device Tech.
Invented Stacked Capacitor DRAM.
1985 Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
Researched sub-micron device, TFT, and digital/analog LSI advanced design
1988 Professor of Integrated System Research Center, Hiroshima Univ.
Researched Superfine Semiconductor device, ALIC, optical interconnection and so on
1994 Professor of Intelligent Machine Engineering, Tohoku Univ.
1995 Professor of Intelligent Machine Engineering, Graduate School, Tohoku Univ.
Chairman of Venture Lab, Tohoku Univ.
Researching 3D LSI Tech.
2003 Professor of Bioengineering and Robotics, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku Univ.
2004 ZyCube CTO


1992 SSDM Award
1996 IEEE Cledo Brunetti Award
1997 IEEE Fellow Award
2002 Minister of Science and Technology Agency Award
2006 IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal

"Physics of VLSI Device" (Maruzen)
"Sub-micron Technology I, II" (Maruzen)