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 Toshiba Corporation's
roots are in Tokyo Electric Works, founded by Hisashige Tanaka, the
Thomas Edison of Japan, in 1875. Tanaka's company grew to become one
of Japan's largest producers of heavy electrical machinery, based on
his dream of developing technology that would benefit people
everywhere.
In 1939, the company merged with one of Japan's largest producers
of heavy electrical machinery and was renamed Tokyo Shibaura Electric
Co. Ltd. In 1978, the company, which had become a leading, integrated
electrical equipment manufacturer, was officially renamed "Toshiba."
Today, Toshiba Corporation and all its subsidiaries, continue to
make Tanaka's dream a reality. The company spends more than 6% of its
gross annual sales on research and development, allowing Toshiba to be
first in the market with many innovative products.
Over 130 years of firsts
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2009 |
Toshiba Launches Portege R600, World's First PC Integrating 512GB SSD
Toshiba Launches the World's First SDXC Memory Card 64GB, with world's fastest transfer rate –
Toshiba Unveils the CELL REGZA 55X1, The World's First LCD TV Integrating the Cell Broadband Engine™
Toshiba Introduces Industry's Largest-Capacity, 320GB 1.8-inch HDD Enabling Next-Generation Portable Media Players
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2008 |
Toshiba introduces
the world’s first laptops to feature a cell based quad-core media
processor, the Qosmio G50 and F50.
Toshiba Introduces Industry's First Quarter-Terabyte
1.8-inch HDD in High-Performance Configuration for Mobile PCs.
Toshiba launches industry's first 512GB Solid State
Drive and Next-Generation SSD family using 43nm MLC NAND.
Toshiba develops breakthrough SCiB (Super Charge ion
Battery) rechargeable battery for Schwinn Electric bicycle.
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2007 |
Established Environmental Vision 2050.
Developed 80GB 2.5-inch HDD for
Automotive Applications with Industry’s Largest Storage
Capacity.
Commercialized
Industry's Highest Capacity Embedded NAND Flash Memory for Mobile
Consumer Products. |
2006 |
Introduced World's Highest Class of SDHC Card to
World Market.
Announced "REGZA" as
Global Brand for Superb Flat Panel Televisions.
Introduced new Corporate Brand Tag Line
“TOSHIBA Leading Innovation" reflecting Toshiba's core
message. |
2005 |
130th
Anniversary of Corporation
20th Anniversary of Mobile Computers
Developed a 8-gigabit NAND Flash Memory chip with 70 nm
process technology, with SanDisk. |
2004 |
Joined United Nation's Global Compact.
Introduced a 4-gigabit (gb) single-die NAND flash memory.
Developed the world's smallest direct methanol fuel cells
(DMFC), with energy output of 100 mw.
Developed SED (Surface-conduction Electron-emitter Display)
with Canon Inc. |
2003 |
In
conjunction with NEC, developed and introduced HD DVD the next
generation DVD format.
Introduced a 2-gigabit (Gb) single-die NAND flash memory.
Introduced to Japan a high-definition TV, upgradeable to
receive terrestrial digital broadcasts. |
2002 |
Established a joint venture with Matsushita
Electric Industrial to unify LCD business.
Developed the world's first
networked home appliances.
Developed the world's first
65-nanometer (nm) CMOS process technology for embedded DRAM
system LSIs. |
2001 |
Commercialized the world's first HDD & DVD
video recorder. |
2000 |
Manufactured BS digital TVs. |
1997 |
First
to introduce progressive scan televisions.
First to offer ColorStream component video connections on
DVD and television consumer product. |
1996 |
Introduced DVD video players and DVD-ROM
drives. |
1979 |
Completed world's first optical disc-based data
filing systems. |
1959 |
Tokyo
Shibaura completed Japan's first transistor Television.
Tokyo Shibaura develops and applies helical scan technology,
which is now the standard for all VCR’s. |
1952 |
Shibaura electric completed Japan’s first TV
broadcast transmitters and TV microwave relay
system. |
1927 |
A
cathode ray tube made by Shibaura is the first in the world to
receive a television image. Kenjiro Takayanagi succeeds in
displaying a Japanese letter on the screen. |
1921 |
Shibaura Engineering started experimental
production of the first cathode-ray tubes. |
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