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Card Game Hanafuda growing rapidly in Japan, in addition Fusajiro Yamauchi In the mid-twentieth century, Nintendo tried several small specialized businesses, such as an inn hostel and a taxi company because the Japanese economy in crisis. In 1929, at age 70, Fusajiro finally retired, leaving his company was continued by his children and grandchildren. For the next 11 years Fusajiro stay out of the gaming business until his death in 1940. Fusajiro will never know that the company he founded will evolve to blaze a new path to a different type of game for four decades later called the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Name: Fusajiro Yamauchi
Born: November 22, 1859
Place: Kyoto
Died: January 1940
Children: Tei Yamauchi

In 1956, Hiroshi Yamauchi Yamauchi Fusajiro grandson came to America to speak with the United States Playing Card Company is the leader in the world Playing Card Industry. He was surprised by the size of the company's office, until he felt that the industry is too small and Nintendo should expand into other businesses. As the ideal embodiment of that goal, in 1963 Yamauchi change namaNintendo Playing Card Company Limited to Nintendo Company Limited. The company began experimenting with trying to break into other industries in Japan. From the period of 1963 to 1968 they had a lot of experimenting in other industries, such as taxi companies, TV networks, Instant Food Company with Instant Rice products, and even a Love Hotel.

In 1966, Nintendo's entry into the world of children's toy industry with the Ultra Hand their products developed by Gunpei Yokoi. Yokoi which had previously been in maintenance department has now moved the Nintendo Gamessebagai new product developer. From there, Nintendo continues to cultivate the field of toys by releasing products like Ultra Machine, Love Tester and serial Kosenjuu which is Light Gun Games. But you could say the toy industry, Nintendo is still behind when compared with Bandai and Tomy who already have a big name. In 1973, Nintendo began to focus on family entertainment with the Laser Clay Shooting System product that uses the same technology as was used on the Serial Kousenjuu, the product is placed in a bowling alley that is usually crowded. However, due to the overly large financing operations end product should be closed.




In 1974, Nintendo have the right to distribute the Magnavox Odyssey in Japan. And in 1977, Nintendo began to make a video game system of their own called the Color TV Game which is where the game built in to the system. In the same year the legendary Shigeru Miyamoto, Nintendo hired by, and at that time he worked under Yokoi. In 1978, Nintendo Arcade Game break into the industry with their products Computer Othello, and as the year Nintendo keeps churning out other titles. Nintendo initially benefit only a little but made the title game with Donkey Kong in 1981, Nintendo's fortunes change drastically. Success of the game and then ported to several game consoles such as the Atari 2600, Intellivision and Colecovision provide huge financial benefits for Nintendo.

In 1980, Nintendo Game & Watch made a success in the market. later in 1983, Nintendo launched the Famicom or Family Computer in Japan. And finally the machine was brought to America in 1985, with the Super Mario Bros. And in 1989 Nintendo also released their new product Gameboy developed by Yokoi. Game Boy evolved into a Game Boy Pocket and Game Boy Color which just has a slightly different specification to the original version. Then the continued success of the Game Boy to the Game Boy Advance (GBA), which has a technology similar to the SNES, which also finally updated to Game Boy Advance SP, which is a flip version of the GBA. Prior to the completion GBA, Nintendo also introduced the GBA Micro is smaller than the original GBA.

Then after the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS Nintendo surprised everyone by having specs similar to the Nintendo 64 but has not one but two LCD screens. One of the screens is a touch screen that is used in the game. Nintendo DS continues to prosper despite getting fierce competition from the PSP has better graphics capabilities, and a Nintendo DS remake more successful with a DS Lite with a more sleek and stylish. And in 2008, Nintendo announced the Nintendo DSi, which is similar to the DS only has a larger screen, better sound quality, bulit-in Web Browser and 2 cameras. In terms of consoles, Nintendo enterteinment System or NES followed by the Super Famicom in Japan or the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in America. Next Nintendo introduced the Nintendo 64 that has 3D capabilities greatest dijamannya, and also introduced the use of the Analog Stick either on the console, the Nintendo 64 also has a 4 port controller, but unfortunately at this time should be lost with Sony Nintendo's success with their PlayStation.






Next Nintendo launched the GameCube, which console is the first Nintendo console that uses tile Disc media. And the last console is currently owned by Nintendo Wii Nintendo brings back glorious name in the industry consoles using motion sensor as a control and joystick-like remote coupled with diverse online features such as WiiWare, Virtual Console, and much more.

Reference:


- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusajiro_Yamauchi
- http://classicgames.about.com/od/classicvideogames101/p/FusajiroYamauch.htm
- http://bandargame.wordpress.com/wii/sejarah-nintendo-dari-kartu-hingga-remote/

Born: May 30, 1975 Place: Wausau, Wisconsin, USNationality: AmericanOccupation: President & CEO, Yahoo!, Computer programming instructor, Stanford UniversityEmployer: Yahoo!Salary: $117 million over 5 yearsNet worth : $300M USDBoard member of : Cooper–Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, WalmartSpouse(s): achary Bogue (2009–present)Height: 1.73 mSpouse: Zachary Bogue (m. 2009)Siblings: Mason MayerEducation: Stanford University (1999), Stanford University (1997), Wausau West High School (1993)Children: Macallister Bogue

Mayer played a key role in Google Search, Google Images, Google News, Google Maps, Google Books, Google Product Search, Google Toolbar, iGoogle and Gmail. He also oversees the famous Google homepage layout, look unadorned. In his final years with Google, she was Vice President of Local, Maps and Location Services and, before that, Vice President of Search Products and User Experience. Marissa Mayer virtually living testimony Google trip. He joined the company when it was still a start-up, not a titan Internet as it is now. Along with the rise of Eric Schmidt as CEO, Mayer became a Google executive who most often seen in public in the last decade. He often spoke in conference technology, and looks at'' shining'' in the young field of IT engineers who love jeans.


Prior to joining Google, Mayer worked at the UBS research lab (Ubilab) in Zurich, Switzerland, and SRI International in Menlo Park, California. On July 16, 2012, Mayer was appointed President and CEO of Yahoo!, effective the following day. He is also a member of the board of directors of the company. Mayer is a member of the board of directors of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Walmart. Mayer was elected in Fortune magazine's annual list of 50 Most Influential Women in Business in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. He was ranked, respectively 50, 44, 42 and 38. In 2008, at age 33, she was the youngest woman ever registered. Mayer was chosen as one of Glamour Magazine's Woman of the Year in 2009. Mayer married commercial real estate investor Zachary Bogue on December 12, 2009. On the same day Yahoo! announces hiring him, Mayer revealed that she and her husband are expecting a baby boy, due October 7, 2012.

Quoted from Slashgear, the blonde woman would earn a salary of 1 million USD per year. But of course the salary is still not coupled with other bonuses. The amount of bonus received by Mayer possibilities range from USD 2 million to 4 million USD. Meanwhile, according to the Wall Street Journal, Mayer who is now pregnant will get a salary of 5.4 million USD in one year. And, do not rule out the possibility if the amount of salary received by Mayer in the next year will increase to 20 million USD if the performance. Purse money earned by Mayer of Yahoo still not stop there. Yahoo also pay USD 14 million as compensation for leaving Google. He was also going to receive a retention fee of USD 30 million will be provided over the next five years. And, this money does not include money received by Mayer dedication thanks to Google. Of course money is also not a small amount.

Yahoo arguably very lucky to get Marissa Mayer as their new CEO. This blonde is a known figure with a myriad of achievements for smart dabbling in Google. His experience can not be denied that flashy a consideration Yahoo chose this flawless women lead their companies. Excerpted from Business Insider, Tuesday (07/17/2012), there are at least four reasons Marissa electable, as revealed sources close to Yahoo's board of directors.




1. Focus
Marissa was known to be a focus on product and user experience. He is believed to be able to lead the company back to the 'roots' of products and customers.

2. Good mentor
At the age of 37, Marissa now receive a wealth of experience in guiding people on his team. His colleagues at Google called Marissa is a good mentor, especially for new people to explore their talents. At Google, he created a special program to train the Product Manager of the executive leadership. Many of them, now a manager in the service known as Uber, Dropbox and Polyvore.

3. Cold-Handed
Most people might question his decision to move to Yahoo which is currently in poor condition. However, the cold-handed Marissa seemed even challenged to change the situation. Fully supported Yahoo's board of directors to serve as CEO, Marissa can be regarded as 'men re-stock' Yahoo with people full of talent.

4. Popular
In the technology world, his name was already known by a series of achievements. Not surprisingly, news by Yahoo Marissa dipinangnya be a big surprise to the public. Graduate of Stanford University's several times in the list of 50 Most Powerful Women in Business magazine Fortune, and even become the youngest woman in the list.

That's why, Co-founder David Filo, Yahoo is still working there at the same time the largest shareholder did not hesitate to give 'stamp' approval for the CEO position Marissa.


Reference:


- http://inet.detik.com/read/2012/07/17/111844/1967130/398/4-alasan-marissa-mayer-pantas-jadi-bos-yahoo
- http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2012/07/17/072417634/Warisan-Abadi-Marissa-Mayer-di-Google
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer

Ide nama nvidia sebagai nama perusahaan digagas dari kombinasi antara huruf inisial n sebagai variabel dalam matematika, dan kata video berasal dari bahasa latin yang artinya melihat hingga akhirnya nama tersebut memiliki makna "pengalaman visual terbaik" Namun dalam publikasi dan dokumentasi perusahaan , nama nvidia lebih sering ditulis dalam huruf kapital NVIDIA. Jen Hsun Huang kemudian memberikan sumbangan kepada almamaternya yaitu Stanford University sebesar US $ 30 juta untuk membangun " Jen-Hsun Huang School of Engineering Center”. Bangunannya dirancang oleh Boora Arsitek dari Portland, Oregon. Huang adalah penerima penghargaan pada tahun 2007 dari Pemimpin Bisnis Award Silicon Valley Education Foundation Pioneer untuk karyanya di kedua dunia perusahaan dan filantropis.

Di bawah kepemimpin Jen Hsun Huang, NVIDIA menemukan graphics processing unit (GPU) pada tahun 1999. Sejak saat itu, secara konsisten menetapkan standar baru dalam komputasi visual dengan breathtaking, grafis interaktif yang tersedia pada perangkat mulai dari smartphone dan tablet untuk notebook dan workstation. Keahlian NVIDIA dalam GPU yang telah diprogram telah menyebabkan terobosan baru dalam pengolahan paralel yang membuat superkomputer murah dan dapat diakses secara luas. Perusahaan ini memiliki lebih dari 5.000 hak paten di AS, termasuk yang meliputi desain dan wawasan mendasar untuk komputasi modern.



Jen Hsun Huang adalah seorang penerima Penghargaan Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award dari Asosiasi Semikonduktor global sebagai pengakuan atas kontribusinya yang luar biasa untuk mendorong peluang pengembangan, inovasi, pertumbuhan dan jangka panjang dari industri semikonduktor fabless. Dia juga telah menerima Daniel J. Epstein Engineering Award Manajemen dari University of Southern California dan gelar doktor kehormatan dari Oregon State University.

Referensi :

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jen-Hsun_Huang
- http://nvidianews.nvidia.com/Exec-Bios/Jen-Hsun-Huang-202.aspx
- http://gellaps.blogspot.com/2009/10/sejarah-nvidia.html