Background
Nobuo Mii was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on July 4, 1931.
三井 信雄
Nobuo Mii was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on July 4, 1931.
He studied at Fukuoka Prefectural Shuyukan Senior High School and Kyushu University, graduating from the latter in 1955.
In senior high school, he was the manager of Wireless Communications Club. In 1949, he successfully lead the club members to make a television system for the first time in Kyushu, mainly using the electronic parts thrown away by the United States. Armed Forces stationed in Fukuoka City, ahead of Kyushu University"s Engineering School or Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai"s Fukuoka Broadcasting Station. In Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai
Upon graduation from university, he started to work at Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Science & Technology Research Laboratories, Japan Broadcasting Company.
A half year later, he was sent by Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai to Columbia University to study transistor technology, and, upon return to Japan, made contribution to the application of transistors in broadcasting.
From 1961, he worked in a team in Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai to automate their program preparation and broadcasting. This team eventually implemented the Total Online Program and Information Control System (TOPICS), using International Business Machines Corporation System/360 and International Business Machines Corporation 1800 computers.
TOPICS was developed in close relationship with International Business Machines Corporation"s Federal Systems Division. In International Business Machines Corporation
During Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai"s TOPICS project, Nobuo Mii impressed Bob Evans, who had led the International Business Machines Corporation System/360 project to success and was the head of Federal Systems Division at that time, and was invited to work for International Business Machines Corporation. He was hired by International Business Machines Corporation Japan, Limited., in 1969, but was immediately sent to International Business Machines Corporation in United States. and worked on Apollo Project.
In 1971, as International Business Machines Corporation created International Business Machines Corporation Japan Development Laboratory, Nobuo Mii became its Technical Operations director, working in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and lead the project to develop International Business Machines Corporation 3767 printer terminal, using the new Systems Network Architecture communications protocol.
In 1973, he became Director of the renamed International Business Machines Corporation Fujisawa Development Laboratory and lead various projects for the Japanese and worldwide markets, which included: International Business Machines Corporation Japanese Language Processing System, the "Gemstone" low cost communications terminal series (International Business Machines Corporation 3101 ASCII, 3104, 3178/3179 display terminals), et cetera He was also involved in the development of International Business Machines Corporation 5550 and International Business Machines Corporation JX, which eventually led his Laboratory to develop International Business Machines Corporation ThinkPad. In 1990, Nobuo Mii was named an International Business Machines Corporation Corporate Vice President.
He was later named a Director in Entry Systems Division and Power Personal Division.
He was also a KALEIDA board member from December 1991. In 1993, he became President of Power Personal Systems Company, whose objective was to develop, manufacture and promote PowerPC microprocessor.
He retired from International Business Machines Corporation in 1995. In an investment fund
After retirement from International Business Machines Corporation, he became the head of Sega"s software company in United States. In 1997 he created Ignite Group in Silicon Valley, and set up Ignite Japan in 2000, becoming its Chairman.