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NEC Corporation
Type Corporation TYO: 6701, NASDAQ: NIPNY
Founded Tokyo, Japan (1899)
Headquarters Tokyo, Japan
Key people Hajime Sasaki, Chairman of the Board; Kaoru Yano, President
Industry Electronics
Revenue ▼ 4,855 billion Yen (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2005)
Employees 148,540 (Consolidated, as of September 30, 2005)
Website NEC Global Gateway

NEC Corporation (日本電気株式会社 Nippon Denki Kabushiki Gaisha?, TYO: 6701, NASDAQ: NIPNY) is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan. The, or TSE, located in Tokyo, Japan, is the second largest Stock exchange market in the world by market value second only to the New York Stock The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" In business revenue or revenues is Income that a company receives from its normal business activities usually from the sale of goods and services Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages The, or TSE, located in Tokyo, Japan, is the second largest Stock exchange market in the world by market value second only to the New York Stock The NASDAQ (acronym of National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations) is an American Stock exchange. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Multinational corporation ( MNC) or transnational corporation ( TNC) is a Corporation or enterprise that manages Production or delivers is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of March 1 2008, it had an official Population of 217335 and a The are 23 municipalities that together make up the core and the most populous part of Tokyo, Japan. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. NEC, part of the Sumitomo Group, provides information technology (IT) and network solutions to business enterprises, communications services providers and government. is one of the largest Keiretsus ' founded by Masatomo Sumitomo. Information technology ( IT) as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA is "the study design development implementation support

The company was formerly known as Nippon Electric Company, Limited, before it was renamed in 1983. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) It still goes by the full name in Japan. As a chip maker, NEC Semiconductors is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. This article lists the top 20 largest semiconductor companies by sales leaders over the past 20 years

Contents

History

Former NEC logo (1899-1992)
Former NEC logo (1899-1992)

Early development

Company formation

Nippon Electric Limited Partnership was established in August 31, 1898 by Kunihiko Iwadare and Takeshiro Maeda using facilities that they had bought from Miyoshi Electrical Manufacturing Company. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common was a Japanese businessman A graduate of the Imperial College of Engineering (Kobu Daigaku in Tokyo, he worked as a Telegraph engineer for the Japanese government Iwadare was the representative partner. Maeda handled company sales. Western Electric, who had an interest in the Japanese phone market, was represented by Walter Tenney Carleton. Western Electric Company (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was an American Electrical engineering company the manufacturing arm Walter Tenney Carleton ( 24 December 1867 - 6 July 1900) was an American businessman Carleton was also responsible for the renovation of the Miyoshi facilities. It was agreed that the partnership would be reorganized as a joint-stock company when treaty would allow it. On July 17, 1899 the revised treaty between Japan and the United States went into effect. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nippon Electric Company, Limited was organized the same day with Western Electric Company to become the first Japanese joint venture with foreign capital. Iwadare was named managing director. Ernest Clement and Carleton were named as directors. Maeda and Mototeru Fujii were assigned to be auditors. The overall management was handled by Iwadare, Maeda and Carleton.

Early production

They started with the production, sales and maintenance of telephones and switches. A switch is a mechanical device used to connect and disconnect an electric Circuit at will NEC modernized the production facilities with the construction of the Mita Plant in 1901 at Mita Shikokumachi. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting It was completed in December 1902. Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting

The Ministry of Communications also adopted a new technology in 1903. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting It was the common battery switchboard supplied by NEC. The common battery switchboards powered the subscriber phone, eliminating the need for a permanent magnet generator in each subscriber's phone. The switchboards were initially imported, but were manufactured locally by 1909.

NEC started exporting telephone sets to China in 1904. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on

Changes in management

In 1905, Iwadare set out to change the plant management policy. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting He visited Western Electric to see their management and production control. On his return to Japan he discontinued the "oyakata" system of sub contracting. It was replaced by a new system where managers and employees were all direct employees of the company. Inefficiency was also removed from the production process. The company paid higher salaries with incentives for efficiency. New accounting and cost controls were put in place. Time clocks were installed.

Expansion of the Japanese telephone service

Between 1899 and 1907, the number of telephone subscribers in Japan rose from 35,000 to 95,000. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year NEC entered the China market in 1908 with the implementation of the telegraph treaty between Japan and China. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year They also entered the Korean market, setting up an office in Seoul in January 1908. During the period of 1907 to 1912 sales rose from 1. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting 6 million yen to 2 million yen. The expansion of the Japanese phone service had been a key part of NEC's success during this period. This expansion was about to take a pause.

The Ministry of Communications delayed a third expansion plan of the phone service in March, 1913. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This was despite there being 120,000 potential telephone subscribers waiting for phone installations. NEC Sales fell sixty percent between 1912 and 1915. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year During the interim, Iwadare started importing appliances including electric fans, kitchen appliances, washing machines and vacuum cleaners. Electric fans had never been seen in Japan before. The imports were intended to prop up company sales. In 1916, the government resumed the delayed telephone expansion plan, adding 75,000 subscribers and 32,6000 kilometers of new toll lines. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Thanks to this third expansion plan, NEC expanded at a time when the rest of Japanese industry was mostly in decline.

Association with Sumitomo

In 1919, NEC started its first association with Sumitomo. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common is one of the largest Keiretsus ' founded by Masatomo Sumitomo. Sumitomo Densen Seizosho was engaged to manufacture cables. As part of the venture, NEC provided cable manufacturing equipment to Sumitomo Densen. Rights to Western Electrics duplex cable patents were also transferred to Sumitomo Densen.

The Great Kanto Earthquake

Japan was struck by the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. The struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 1158 on the morning of September 1, 1923. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 140,000 people were killed and 3. 4 million were left homeless. Four of NEC's factories were destroyed, killing 105 of NEC's engineers and workers. Thirteen of Tokyo's telephone offices were destroyed by fire. Telephone and telegraph service was interrupted by damage to telephone cables. In response, the Ministry of Communications accelerated major programs to install automatic telephone switching systems and enter radio broadcasting. The first automatic switching systems were the Strowger-type model made by Automatic Telephone Manufacturing Co. The Strowger switch, also known as Step-by-Step or SXS, is an early electromechanical telephone switching system invented by Almon Brown Strowger. (ATM) in the United Kingdom. NEC participated in the installation of the automatic switching systems, ultimately becoming the general sales agent for ATM. NEC developed its own Strowger-type automatic switching system in 1924, a first in Japan. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One of the plants almost leveled during the Kanto Earthquake, the Mita Plant, was chosen to support expanding production. A new three-story steel-reinforced concrete building was built, starting in 1925. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was modeled after the Western Electric Hawthorne Works. Western Electric Company (sometimes abbreviated WE and WECo) was an American Electrical engineering company the manufacturing arm

Stable growth

Radio broadcast

NEC started their radio communications business in 1924. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Japan's first radio broadcaster, Radio Tokyo was founded in 1924 and started broadcasting in 1925. NEC imported the broadcasting equipment from Western Electric. The expansion of radio broadcasting into Osaka and Nagoya marked the emergence of radio as an Industry. NEC established a radio research unit 1924. NEC started developing electron tubes in 1925. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. By 1930, they were manufacturing their first 500 W radio transmitter. They provided the Chinese Xinjing station with a 100 kW radio broadcasting system in 1934. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Photo-telegraphic equipment

Photo-telegraphic equipment was developed by NEC that was used to transmit photos of the accession ceremony of Emperor Hirohito. also known as, (April 29 1901 – January 7 1989 was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order reigning from December 25 1926 until his death The ceremony was held in Kyoto in 1928. (IPA /kʲoːto / is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Newspapers Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun were competing to cover the ceremony. The is the second most circulated out of the five national Newspapers in Japan; the other four are the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Mainichi Shimbun The is one of the major Newspapers in Japan, published by. History The history of the Mainichi Shinbun begins with founding of two papers The Asahi Shimbun was using a Siemens device. The Mainichi was planning to use French photo-telegraphic equipment. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. In the end, both papers acquired and used the NEC product, due to its faster transmission rate and higher picture quality.

Carrier transmission equipment

In 1929 Nippon Electric provided Japan's Ministry of Communications with the A-type switching system. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first of these systems to be developed in Japan. Nippon supplied Japan's Ministry of Communications with nonloaded line carrier equipment for long distance telephone channels in 1937. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Microwave research

In 1939, Nippon Electric established a research laboratory in the Tamagawa plant. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They became the first Japanese company to successfully test microwave multiplex communications.

World War II

World War II has been described as being the company's blackest days (NEC 1984, p. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including 31). In 1938 the Mita and Tamagawa plants were placed under military control, with direct supervision by military officers. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. On December 22, 1941, the enemy property control law was passed. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. NEC shares owned by International Standard Electric Corporation (ISE), an ITT subsidiary and Western Electric affiliate were seized. Capital and technical relations were abruptly severed. The "Munitions Company Law" was passed in October 1943, placing overall control of NEC plants under military jurisdiction. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Ueno plant was leveled by military attack in March 1945. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Fire bombings in April and May heavily damaged the Tamagawa Plant, reducing its capacity by forty percent. The Okayama Plant was totally destroyed by a bombing attack in June of the same year. At the end of the war, NEC’s production had been substantially reduced by damage to its facilities, and by material and personnel shortages. After the war, production was slowly returned to civilian use. NEC re-opened its major plants by the end of January 1946. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Domestic growth

NEC began transistor research and development in 1950. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They started exporting radio broadcast equipment to Korea under the first major postwar contract in 1951. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January NEC received the Deming prize for excellence in quality control in 1952. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Computer research and development began in 1954. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) NEC produced the first crossbar switching system in Japan. It was installed at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) in 1956. commonly known as NTT, is a telephone company that dominates the Telecommunication market in Japan. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. NEC began joint research and development with NTT of electronic switching systems the same year. NEC established Taiwan Telecommunication Company as their first postwar overseas joint venture in 1958. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They completed the NEAC-1101 and NEAC-1102 computers the same year. In 1959 NEC demonstrated their first transistorized computer, the NEAC-2201. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They demonstrated it at the UNESCO AUTOMATH show in Paris. The company began integrated circuit research and development in 1960. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1963 NEC started trading as American Depositary Receipts, ten million being sold in the United States. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nippon Electric New York (now NEC America Inc. ) was incorporated in the same year.

Global expansion

NEC supplied KDD with submarine cable systems to be laid in the Pacific Ocean in 1964. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. They supplied short haul 24 channel PCM carrier transmission equipment to NTT in 1965. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. NEC de Mexico, S. A. de C. V. , NEC do Brasil, S. A. , NEC Australia Pty. Ltd. were established between 1968 and 1969. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. NEC supplied Comsat Corporation with the SPADE satellite communications system in 1971. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. In 1972, Switzerland ordered a NEC satellite communications earth station. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The same year, a small transportable satellite communications earth station was set up in China. Shares of NEC common stock were listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 1973. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. NEC also designed an automated broadcasting system for the Japan Broadcasting Corporation the same year. NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH was also established. In 1974, the ACOS series computer was introduced. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The New Central Research Laboratories were completed in 1975. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1977, Japan's National Space Development Agency launched the NEC geostationary meteorological satellite, named Himawari. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

C&C era begins

During this period NEC introduced the concept of C&C, the integration of Computers and Communications. NEC America Inc. opened a plant in Dallas, Texas to manufacture PABX and telephone systems in 1978. A private branch exchange (PBX is a Telephone exchange that serves a particular business or office as opposed to one that a Common carrier or telephone company Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) They also acquired Electronic Arrays, Inc. of California the same year to start semiconductor chip production in the United States. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. In 1980, NEC created the first digital signal processor, the NEC µPD7710. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) A digital signal processor ( DSP or DSP micro) is a specialized Microprocessor designed specifically for Digital signal processing, generally NEC Semiconductors (UK) Ltd. was established in 1981, producing VLSIs and LSIs. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 NEC introduced the 16-bit PC-9800 series personal computer in 1982. The NEC PC-9801 (or the PC-98 for short is a Japanese Microcomputer manufactured by NEC. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) In 1983 NEC stock was listed on the Basel, Geneva and Zurich, Switzerland exchanges. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) NEC changed its English company name to NEC Corporation the same year. NEC Information Systems, Inc. started manufacturing computers and related products in the United States in 1984. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) NEC also released the V-series processor the same year. In 1986, NEC delivered its SX-2 super computer to the Houston Advanced Research Center. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) In the same year, the NEAX61 digital switching system went in to service. In 1987, NEC Technologies (UK) Ltd. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) was established in the United Kingdom to manufacture VCRs, printers and color TVs for Europe. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located PLEASE BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS IS A GENERAL ARTICLE ABOUT VCRs/VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS Also that year, NEC licensed technology from Hudson Soft, a video game manufacturer, to create a video game console called the PC-Engine (later released in 1989 as the TurboGrafx-16 in the North American market). The, known as TurboGrafx-16 in the USA is a Video game console developed by the Nippon Electric Company (NEC and released in Japan on October Its successor, the PC-FX, was produced in 1994. NEC USA, Inc. was established in 1989 as a holding company for North American operations. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar)

C&C for human potential

In 1990, the new head office building known as the "Super Tower" was completed. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The, headquarters of NEC Corporation, is a 180 metre (590 foot tall Skyscraper in Minato Tokyo, Japan. Additionally, joint venture agreements were established to manufacture and market digital electronic switching systems and LSIs in China. In 1993 NEC's asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching system, the NEAX61 (Nippon Electronic Automatic Exchange) ATM Service Node, went into service in the United States. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) NEC Europe, Ltd. was established as a holding company for European operations the same year. The NEC C&C Research Laboratories, NEC Europe, Ltd. were opened in Germany in 1994. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) NEC (China) Co, Ltd. was established as a holding company for Chinese operations in 1996. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) In 1997 NEC developed 4Gbit DRAM, and their semiconductor group was honored with one of the first Japan Quality Awards. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar In 1998, NEC opened the world's most advanced semiconductor R&D facility. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The phrase research and development (also R and D or more often R&D) according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers

A new century

NEC celebrated their 100th anniversary in 1999. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) NEC Electronics Corporation was separated from NEC in 2002 as a new semiconductor company. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. NEC Laboratories America, Inc. (NEC Labs) was created in November, 2002 as a merger of NEC Research Institute (NECI) and NEC USA’s Computer and Communications Research Laboratory (CCRL). NEC built the Earth Simulator Computer (ESC), the fastest supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004, and since produced the NEC N343i in 2006. The Earth Simulator ( ES) was the fastest Supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004 A supercomputer is a Computer that is at the frontline of processing capacity particularly speed of calculation (at the time of its introduction NEC N343i is a GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 Mobile phone manufactured by NEC, a multi-national information technologies company headquartered in Minato Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

In 2007, NEC and Nissan Co. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Corp. are considering a joint venture to produce lithium ion batteries for hybrid cars [1]

Company structure

NEC Super Tower, headquarters of NEC Corporation, in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
NEC Super Tower, headquarters of NEC Corporation, in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

NEC's business is divided into the three principal segments: IT Solutions, Network Solutions and Electronic Devices. Lithium-ion batteries (sometimes abbreviated Li-ion batteries) are a type of Rechargeable battery in which a Lithium ion moves between the Anode A hybrid vehicle is a vehicle that uses two or more distinct power sources to propel the vehicle is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan. As of March 1 2008, it had an official Population of 217335 and a For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

The IT Solutions business delivers computing solutions to business enterprises, government and individual customers in the form of software, hardware and related services.

The Network Solutions business designs and provides broadband network systems, mobile and wireless communications network systems, mobile handsets, broadcast and other systems.

NEC's Electronic Devices business includes semiconductors, displays and other electronic components. NEC produces Versa notebooks for the international market and the Lavie series for Japanese market.

Holdings

Products

Achievements

Achievements of NEC include the discovery of single-walled carbon nanotubes by Sumio Iijima, the creation of the Earth Simulator, the fastest supercomputer in the world at the time, the invention of the widely used MUX-scan design-for-test methodology (contrast with the IBM-developed LSSD-scan methodology), and the world's first demonstration of the one-qubit rotation gate in solid state devices. See also Graphene, Buckypaper Carbon nanotubes (CNTs are Allotropes of carbon with a nanostructure that can have a length-to-diameter Sumio Iijima (飯島 澄男 Iijima Sumio, born May 2, 1939) is a Japanese Physicist, often cited as the discoverer of Carbon nanotubes The Earth Simulator ( ES) was the fastest Supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004 A supercomputer is a Computer that is at the frontline of processing capacity particularly speed of calculation (at the time of its introduction International Business Machines Corporation abbreviated IBM and nicknamed "Big Blue", is a multinational Computer Technology A qubit is not to be confused with a Cubit, which is an ancient measure of length Over the past five years NEC has ranked consistently in the top 4 companies for number of U. S. patents issued, averaging 1764 granted each year. A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an

Supercomputers

Sponsorship

NEC sponsored the English football club Everton from 1985 to 1995. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The SX-6 is a Supercomputer built by NEC Corporation that debuted in 2001; the SX-6 was sold under license See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Earth Simulator ( ES) was the fastest Supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004 See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Measuring performance In order for FLOPS to be useful as a measure of floating-point performance a standard benchmark must be available on all computers of interest Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The SX-8 is a Supercomputer built by NEC Corporation. The SX-8 Series implements an eight-way SMP system in a compact node module and uses an enhanced Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The SX-8 is a Supercomputer built by NEC Corporation. The SX-8 Series implements an eight-way SMP system in a compact node module and uses an enhanced Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The SX-9 is a Supercomputer built by NEC Corporation. The SX-9 Series implements an SMP system in a compact node module and uses an enhanced version of England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Everton Football Club is an English football club located in the city of Liverpool. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 During NEC's sponsorship, Everton enjoyed mixed fortunes. In their first season, Everton were runners-up to Liverpool in both the Football League First Division and the FA Cup, Football League champions in 1987, FA Cup runners-up in 1989 and FA Cup winners in 1995. Liverpool Football Club are an English professional Association football club based in Liverpool England. The Football League First Division was the highest division of The Football League between 1993 and 2004 and the highest division of English football overall between The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football League, also known as the Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons is a league competition featuring professional football clubs Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The 1995 FA Cup triumph was Everton's final game of the decade-long NEC sponsorship, and Danka took over as their sponsors. Konica Minolta Danka Imaging is a St Petersburg Florida based North American independent provider of Copiers printers Fax machines and other

NEC also sponsor the Harlequin RUFC and RLFC rugby teams from London.

See also

References

  1. ^ Mitsubishi Heavy to make lithium ion car batteries
  2. ^ http://www6.lexisnexis.com/publisher/EndUser?Action=UserDisplayFullDocument&orgId=101846&topicId=103840033&docId=l:788745319

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