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Masatoshi Shima, a Common card
Masatoshi Shima is a Japanese electronics engineer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 60
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 9,300
Power 100 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Masatoshi Shima quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Masatoshi Shima card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was one of the ______ of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
Answer
architects. He was one of the architects of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. From the Masatoshi Shima article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Shima worked for Busicom in Japan, and did the logic design for a specialized CPU to be translated into three-chip custom chips.
Answer
1960s. In 1968, Shima worked for Busicom in Japan, and did the logic design for a specialized CPU to be translated into three-chip custom chips. From the Masatoshi Shima article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was one of the architects of the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
- In 1968, Shima worked for Busicom in Japan, and did the logic design for a specialized CPU to be translated into three-chip custom chips.
- In 1969, he worked with Intel's Ted Hoff and Stanley Mazor to reduce the three-chip Busicom proposal into a one-chip architecture.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Masatoshi Shima article was read about 9,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 60 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Masatoshi Shima (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dicklyon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

