Background
Sato, Katsuo was born on November 29, 1927 in Tokyo. Son of Katsuji and Toyo (Koide) Sato.
Sato, Katsuo was born on November 29, 1927 in Tokyo. Son of Katsuji and Toyo (Koide) Sato.
Bachelor of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1950. Postgraduate, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1952.
Member transsitor business development study engineering section, Hokushin Electric Company, Tokyo, 1952-1957;
member transistor business development study engineering section, Nippon Electric Company, Tokyo, 1957-1964;
supervisor engineering section semiconductor development department, Nippon Electric Corporation Corporation, Tokyo, 1964-1965;
section manager design engineering section semiconductor division, Nippon Electric Corporation Corporation, Tokyo, 1965-1971;
department manager computer-aided design department integrated crct. division, Nippon Electric Corporation Corporation, Tokyo, 1971-1976;
laboratory manager Very Large Scale Integrated Circuit Research Laboratory, Nippon Electric Corporation-Toshiba Information Sys. Inc., Tokyo, 1976-1980;
director, Nippon Electric Corporation IC Microcomputer Sys. Inc., Tokyo, 1980-1989;
advisor, Nippon Electric Corporation IC Microcomputer Sys.
Inc., Tokyo, 1989-1992;
retired,, 1992;
chairman, Fujimi Kosan Inc. Ltd., Tokyo, since 1992.
Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (associate), Physical Society Japan, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Kimiko Moriyasu, November 9, 1960. Children: Takako, Yasuhiro, Genta.