TIL Background

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Masaki Togai (1948-1996) Founder of Togai InfraLogic, Inc.

Masaki Togai received the equivalent to a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Japan's National Defense Academy. Upon graduation, he joined the Japanese Air Force and became its first aircraft maintenance officer with an electronics background. He was sent to Duke University to earn a masters degree in electrical engineering and in 1977, after his return to Japan, he successfully designed a radar jamming system. In 1979 Masaki returned to Duke and earned his doctorate in 1982 and joined Bell Labs where he worked on the development of the world's first fuzzy logic microchip for real-time approximate reasoning. In early 1987, Masaki was successful in finding venture capital backing to launch his own company dedicated to the commercial application of fuzzy logic. At TIL, Masaki successfully developed the FC110 Digital Fuzzy Processor (DFP), a full custom VLSI chip designed for real-time fuzzy applications. He also designed the Fuzzy Programming Languague and the Fuzzy-C Compiler which became the foundation for future TIL products such as the TILShell family, TILGen, and the FCA.

Notable TIL Highlights

1987

• Togai InfraLogic becomes incorporated in Irvine, California

1988

• The Fuzzy Programming Language (FPL) is developed
• The Fuzzy-C Compiler is introduced

1989

• The FC110 Digital Fuzzy Processor (DFP) is released
• An optical character recognition chip is developed in conjunction with Canon
• Several accelerator boards and development modules are released based upon the FC110 DFP
• TIL is honored with Product of the Year by Electronic Products for the FC110 DFP

1990

• The MicroFPL Development System is introlduced
• TIl receives a NASA Phase I SBIR to develop a product which combines expert systems and fuzzy technology (Fuzzy CLIPS)
• The TILShell product with its graphical fuzzy editor is introduced
• An air conditioner based on fuzzy logic control technology developed jointly with TIL and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is introduced in Japan

1991

• The Classifier/Sorter chip for high speed pattern recognition and other classification operations is introduced
• TIl receives a NASA Phase II SBIR award for the full scale development and commercialization of the Fuzzy CLIPS product
• TILGen , a neural network based automated rulebase generation tool is announced

1992

• The Fuzzy Computational Accelerator (FCA) technology is introduced
• TILShell+ , the latest version of TILShell, with simulation capabilities is released
• TILGen , a neural network based automated rulebase generation tool is announced

1993

• TILShell 3.0 , a major enhancement of TILShell, with many new features and advanced graphical interface is introduced
• The VY86C570 12-bit FCA Fuzzy Coprocessor chip is jointly introduced by TIL and VLSI Technology
• An FCA Evaluation Kit and an FCA Development System is introduced
• TIL is honored with a Product Recognition Award by Control Engineering for TILShell 3.0

1994

• Ortech Engineering Inc. is selected as the distributor for Togai InfraLogic products in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico
• The Fuzzy CLIPS product is commercially released following its development under the SBIR contract with NASA

1995

• The Basic Edition of TIL Shell 3.0 is released providing a low-cost entry level product for beginning fuzzy logic experimenters
• Windows 95 and Windows NT enhancements are introduced for TILShell 3.0

1996

• After the untimely passing of Dr. Togai, the company was reorganized and all product development, manufacturing, sales, and support has been transferred to Ortech Engineering Inc.

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