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'''Fujitsu''' is a [[Japanese company]] specializing in semiconductors, computers ([[supercomputer]]s, personal computers, servers) , [[telecommunications]], and consulting services, and is headquartered in [[Tokyo]]. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.00 trillion [[yen]] for the fiscal year which ended [[March 31]], [[2002]]. |
'''Fujitsu''' is a [[Japanese company]] specializing in semiconductors, computers ([[supercomputer]]s, personal computers, servers) , [[telecommunications]], and consulting services, and is headquartered in [[Tokyo]]. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.00 trillion [[yen]] for the fiscal year which ended [[March 31]], [[2002]]. |
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The company was established in 1935 under the name Fuji Tsūshinki Seizō (富士通信機製造, Fuji Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing), a spinoff of the [[Fuji Electric]] company, this in turn being a joint venture between the [[Furukawa]] mining company and German conglomerate [[Siemens]]. Despite its connections to the Furukawa [[zaibatsu]], Fujitsu escaped the [[Allied occupation of Japan]] mostly unscathed. |
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Established in 1935, the name Fujitsu is a contraction of Fuji Tsushinki (Fuji Telecommunications). |
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By 1954 Fujitsu had rolled |
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out Japan's first computer, the [[FACOM 100]], and 7 years |
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later its transistorized big brother [[FACOM 222]] joined |
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the fray. In 1967, the company's name was officially changed to the contraction Fujitsu (富士通). |
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Today Fujitsu, the communications spinoff of the electric spinoff |
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of a mining company, employs some 200,000 people and has another |
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500 [[subsidiary]] companies itself. The active partnership has been |
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Major acquistions include UK-based [[ICL]] and US-based [[Amdahl]]. |
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revived in the form of [[Fujitsu-Siemens]] (est. 1999), |
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Europe's largest [[IT]] supplier owned 50/50 by Fujitsu and Siemens. |
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Revision as of 16:10, 8 November 2003
Fujitsu is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers) , telecommunications, and consulting services, and is headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 5.00 trillion yen for the fiscal year which ended March 31, 2002.
The company was established in 1935 under the name Fuji Tsūshinki Seizō (富士通信機製造, Fuji Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing), a spinoff of the Fuji Electric company, this in turn being a joint venture between the Furukawa mining company and German conglomerate Siemens. Despite its connections to the Furukawa zaibatsu, Fujitsu escaped the Allied occupation of Japan mostly unscathed.
By 1954 Fujitsu had rolled
out Japan's first computer, the FACOM 100, and 7 years later its transistorized big brother FACOM 222 joined the fray. In 1967, the company's name was officially changed to the contraction Fujitsu (富士通).
Today Fujitsu, the communications spinoff of the electric spinoff of a mining company, employs some 200,000 people and has another 500 subsidiary companies itself. The active partnership has been revived in the form of Fujitsu-Siemens (est. 1999), Europe's largest IT supplier owned 50/50 by Fujitsu and Siemens. Internationally, Fujitsu considers IBM to be its main competition. It's historical domestic rival is NEC. Major acquistions include UK-based ICL and US-based Amdahl.
External links:
History
- http://www.fnc.fujitsu.com/company/history.jsp?categoryId=History
- http://pr.fujitsu.com/en/profile/history/hist1.html