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Chapter 1 Introduction
The Invention Age
NEC began its solid tradition with some of the first manual telecommunications systems in Japan.
During the Invention Age, NEC had achieved the following:
In 1900 - NEC began manufacturing its own products
In 1903 - NEC manufactured the first battery phone in Japan
In 1923 - NEC entered the radio transmission field
In 1927 - NEC began automatic switching manufacturing
In 1938 - NEC began manufacturing crossbar switching systems
The Industrial Age
The Industrial Age in America brought great strides in business communication systems with the
development of the electro-mechanical system. NEC successfully delivered step-by-step, crossbar,
and cross-reed technology to the world marketplace. During this era;
In 1950 - NEC began manufacturing some of the world's first semiconductors
In 1952 - NEC won the Deming prize awarded in communications
In 1956 - NEC introduced step-by-step, cross-reed technology, and crossbar
telephone switching systems to the world marketplace.
In 1959 - NEC developed one of the first transistorized computers
In 1963 - January 17, 1963 NEC entered the American marketplace with a sales
office in New York
In 1965 - NEC became a world innovator in digital transmission equipment
The Electronic Age
NEC entered the Electronic Age with solid-state technology, stored program control, and digital
switching throughout the 1970's and 1980's.
In 1972 - NEC developed the world's first 10K single element LSI chip
In 1976 - NEC introduced the first skinny wire system
In 1978 - NEC introduced the first digital hybrid, the Electra-100
In 1979 - NEC entered the personal computer market
In 1980 - NEC patented its Distributor Processor design (US Patent # 4,210,782).
This little known patented process, invented by Kazunori Fujita, ushered in a new
era of business communications systems through the use of distributed processing,
modular building block concept, and fully integrated voice and data switching. Out of
this patent came NEC's premier flagship product, the NEAX 2400 IMS
In 1983 - NEC introduced the NEAX 2400 IMS
In 1983 - NEC introduced one of the world's first super computers
In 1985 - NEC introduced the Electra IMS
In 1986 - NEC created one of the first 4MBit processor chips
In 1988 - NEC opened the Software Development Center in the U.S. market
In 1989 - NEC introduced the NEAX1400 IMS
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