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{{Person | {{Person | ||
|Names=Hiro Moriyasu | |Names=Hiro Moriyasu | ||
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|Death date=17 July 2005 | |Death date=17 July 2005 | ||
|Death place=Portland, OR | |Death place=Portland, OR | ||
|Countries= | |Countries=Japan;USA | ||
|Affiliations=Tektronix;Electro Scientific, Inc.; Zeelan Technology; Acumar Technology | |Affiliations=Tektronix;Electro Scientific, Inc.; Zeelan Technology; Acumar Technology | ||
|Wikidata id= | |Wikidata id= | ||
}} was an engineer who joined Tektronix in | }} was an engineer who joined Tektronix in June 1956. | ||
He pioneered the digital oscilloscope and other advanced computer technologies, and held more than 20 U.S. patents. | He pioneered the digital oscilloscope and other advanced computer technologies, and held more than 20 U.S. patents. | ||
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In the early 1970s, Hiro became the general manager of a new division of Tektronix focused on scientific graphic computing. | In the early 1970s, Hiro became the general manager of a new division of Tektronix focused on scientific graphic computing. | ||
Upon leaving Tektronix, Hiro spent two years at Electro Scientific, Inc., co-founded Zeelan Technology in 1990 (acquired by Mentor in 1996) and founded of Acumar Technology in 1998 (acquired by Lafayette Instruments in 2006). | Upon leaving Tektronix in June 1986, Hiro spent two years at Electro Scientific, Inc., co-founded Zeelan Technology in 1990 (acquired by Mentor in 1996) and founded of Acumar Technology in 1998 (acquired by Lafayette Instruments in 2006). | ||
Moriyasu was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima Kure, Hiroshima, Japan]. He came to the United States in 1953 as an electrical engineering student at Oregon State University. | Moriyasu was born in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kure,_Hiroshima Kure, Hiroshima, Japan]. He came to the United States in 1953 as an electrical engineering student at Oregon State University. | ||
He died in Portland, Oregon on 17 July 2005, aged 70. | He died in Portland, Oregon on 17 July 2005, aged 70. | ||
==Links== | |||
* [https://vintagetek.org/hiro-moriyasu/ Hiro Moriyasu] @ vintagetek.org | |||
* [https://vintagetek.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/InventorsBanquet_TW_05111984.pdf Tek inventors recognized at banquet] (1984) | |||
* [http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2005/jul/24/digital-oscilloscope-inventor-moriyasu-dies/ Digital oscilloscope inventor Moriyasu dies] (AP, 2005) | |||
* [http://engineering.oregonstate.edu/hiro-moriyasu-2006-engineering-hall-fame Hiro Moriyasu: Engineering Hall of Fame] (2006) | |||
* [[Barrie Gilbert]], [https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=4785651 ''The Gears of Genius''] in IEEE SCCS News (2007) | |||
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