Noboru Yamada, Japanese optical engineer, researcher. Achievements include first to practical phase-change material, GeTe-Sb2Te3, commercialization of 4.7GB Digital Video Disc-Random Access Memory, demonstration of the blue dual-layer phse-chnage optical disk with 50GB capacity; first to overwritable phase-change optical disk. Recipient award, International Symposium Optical Memory, 1998, Japan Applied Physics Association, 2001.
Background
Yamada, Noboru was born on August 14, 1951 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Tatsuo and Hisako Yamada.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering, Kyoto University, 1974.
Achievements
Connections
Married Akiko Yoshikawa, August 11, 1952. Children: Shuta, Mariko.