Native name 任天堂 統合研究開発 Industry Video games Successor Nintendo PTD Founded 1975 | Former type Division Predecessor Nintendo R&D3 Parent organization Nintendo Defunct 16 September 2015 | |
Romanized name Nintendo Integrated Research and Development Headquarters Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan Key people Genyo Takeda, Satoru Okada | ||
The Nintendo Integrated Research & Development (or IRD) division handled everything related to producing Nintendo's console hardware and associated peripherals. The department was the oldest development faction of Nintendo. Originally formed in the 1980s with engineer Genyo Takeda acting as manager, Nintendo Research & Development 3 was responsible for various hardware technologies and even developed several arcade and console titles. As technology evolved into the 3D era, Takeda's group renamed itself into Integrated Research & Development, and began spending longer periods of time researching and testing the various and rapidly evolving hardware that would power Nintendo's next generation of consoles.
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The Nintendo IRD Division was broken up into two departments: the Integrated Research & Development Department (or IRD), which focused on the development of Nintendo home video game console hardware and associated peripherals, and the Research & Engineering Development Department (or RED), which focused on the development of Nintendo handheld video game console hardware and associated peripherals. Both departments were split into several sub-groups. Unlike the software departments, the hardware groups generally worked together on most projects.
On February 16, 2013, Nintendo announced that the Nintendo Research & Engineering Department (or RED), the former hardware group specialized in all engineering and technological aspects of Nintendo's handheld development, was absorbed into Nintendo IRD Division. On September 16, 2015, IRD merged with the Nintendo System Development division, becoming the Nintendo Platform Technology Development.
Integrated Research & Development Department
General Manager: Genyo Takeda
The Integrated Research & Development Department (or IRD) was the hardware development team responsible for all of Nintendo's home video game consoles and associated peripherals. The department was split into five different groups who worked together on most projects, with each group generally focusing on a different aspect of product design. The manager, Genyo Takeda, and most of the chief engineers originated from the Nintendo R&D3 hardware division.
Research & Engineering Department
The Research & Engineering Department (or RED) was the hardware development team responsible for all of Nintendo's portable and handheld systems, and associated peripherals. The department was split into four different groups who worked together on most projects, with each group generally focusing on a different aspect of product design. The manager, Satoru Okada, and most of the chief engineers originate from the Nintendo R&D1 hardware division that created all the Game & Watch and hand held LCD cabinets in the early 1980s.
On February 16, 2013, Nintendo RED was combined with Nintendo Integrated Research & Development.
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