Dave Takagishi

David Yukio Takagishi (b. 1939-10-20 in Placer County, California, USA – d. 1998-11-12 in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California, USA) graduated from the San Jose City College in the early 60s and worked for Fairchild Semiconductor for four years before joining Cintra in 1968. He became a Tek man in May, 1971, when Tektronix bought the Cintra assets. Dave was one of the original 10 people responsible for development of the Scientist 909. He was involved with design and implementation of the calculator from pre-breadboard through its production phase. On leaving Tek, Dave went on to work for Siemens Optoelectronics. His interests outside of calculators included golf and photography.

Documents Authored by Dave Takagishi

Document	Page	Class	Title	Author(s)	Year	Refers to
Tekscope 1971 V3 N5 Sep 1971.pdf	2	Article	The Tektronix Scientist 909	Dave Takagishi	1971	909 • 926 • 941 • 928 • 911 • Cintra