commonly abbreviated as Nintendo IRD, was a division of

Nintendo is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto. It develops, publishes, and releases both video games and video game consoles. The history of Nintendo began when craftsman Fusajiro Yamauchi ...

that developed

video game console A video game console is an electronic device that Input/output, outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller. These may be home video game console, home consoles, which are generally ...

hardware and associated peripherals. Originally established in 1980 with engineer Genyo Takeda acting as manager, Nintendo Research & Development No. 3 Department and part of the ''Manufacturing Division'', the department was responsible for various hardware technologies and even developed several arcade and console titles. In 2000, as technology evolved into the 3D era, Takeda's group spun-off and established itself as a division into ''Integrated Research & Development Division'', 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. 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 A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source as to play video games. While initial consoles were dedicated units with only a few game ...

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 commonly abbreviated as Nintendo SDD and formerly known as Nintendo Network Business & Development (NBD), Nintendo Network Service Development (NSD), and Nintendo Special Planning & Development (SPD), was a division of Nintendo. It was located ...

division, becoming the

Nintendo Platform Technology Development commonly abbreviated as Nintendo TDD, is the hardware development division within the Japanese video game company Nintendo. The division was created in September 2015 after the merger of Nintendo's Nintendo Integrated Research & Development, In ...

History

In December 1980, Genyo Takeda was promoted to manager of the Nintendo R&D3 department.

Hardware developed

General Manager: Genyo Takeda The ''Integrated Research & Development Department'' (or ''IRD'') was the hardware development team responsible for all of Nintendo's

s 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.

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