Fujio Masuoka

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Masuoka.

Dr. Fujio Masuoka (舛岡富士雄 Masuoka Fujio?, born 1943, Takasaki, Gunma) is the inventor of flash memory. He joined Toshiba in 1971. There he also developed SAMOS memory. Dr. Masuoka was excited mostly by the idea of non-volatile memory, memory that would last even when power was turned off. He is now a professor at Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan.[1]

Masuoka received the 1997 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fulford, Benjamin (24 June 2002). Unsung hero. Forbes. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
  2. ^ IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award Recipients. Retrieved on 2008-05-16.

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