Toshihiro Hattori was born in Kyoto, Japan, in 1961. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Kyoto University, Japan, in 1983 and 1985, respectively. He received a Ph.D. in informatics from Kyoto University, Japan, in 2006. He joined the Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, in 1985. He engaged in logic/layout tool development. From 1992 to 1993 he was a Visiting Researcher at The University of California Berkeley, with a particular interest in CAD. He joined the Semiconductor Development Center in the Semiconductor Integrated Circuits Division in Hitachi Ltd. in 1995. He moved to Renesas Technology Corp. in 2003. He was belonging to SuperH (Japan), Ltd. from 2001 to 2004 to conduct SH processor licensing and development. He moved to Renesas Electronics Corp. in 2010. He moved to Renesas Mobile Corp. as VP of SoC design in 2010. He returned to Renesas Electronics Corp. in 2013. He is currently working with Renesas Electronics Corp. as Senior Director, Digital Products Business, Automotive Solution Business Unit. He is a member of IEEE, ACM,
IEICE, and IPSJ.