| year/month |
Timeline |
| 1964/02 |
Hitachi & Japan Railroad developed the seat-reservation system, MARS-101
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| 1964/04 |
NEC announced an economical small computer, NEAC-2200
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| 1964/04 |
【World】IBM annonced IBM S/360
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| 1964/05 |
Fujitsu announced a medium (scale) general purpose computer, FACOM 230(later renamed to FACOM 230-30)
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| 1964/09 |
Hitachi developed HITAC 5020, the first large general purpose computer in Japan
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| 1964/10 |
Toshiba developed a digital scientific computer(micro -programming), TOSBAC 3400 with Univ. of Kyoto
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| 1964/10 |
Toshiba made a contract of technological support by GE
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| 1964/11 |
Electric Computer Technology Research Association developed a very large computer, FONTAC
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| 1965/03 |
ETL developed the large transistor-computer, ETL Mark VI
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| 1965/03 |
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| 1965/04 |
【World】IBM announced IBM S/360 model 65, 75
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| 1965/05 |
NEC announced NEAC series 2200, which was the first one-machine-concept model in Japan
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| 1965/05 |
Bank of Mitsui began to operate the online-banking system
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| 1965/09 |
Hitachi announced medium and large, general purpose computer, HITAC 8000 series
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| 1965/11 |
Toshiba announced a digital business-computer (micro-programming), TOSBAC-5100
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| 1965/12 |
Hitachi: Announced the HITAC-8100 small business coomputer.
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| 1966/01 |
Mitsubishi Electric announced a family-concept computer, MELCOM3100 series
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| 1966/10 |
NEC developed NEAC series 2200 model 500, a large scale general purpose computer which used IC's in full scale first in Japan.
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| 1966/10 |
Japan Software Co.Ltd. was established by NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu
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| 1966/12 |
VHSCS(Very High Speed Computer System)project started
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| 1967/08 |
Hitachi announced HITAC 8210, the medium-scale, general purpose computer using integrated circuits
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| 1967/12 |
Oki-Univac Co., Ltd. developed OUK9400, adopted the disk operating system, builded with integrated circuits
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| 1968/01 |
Osaka Univ. began to operate the time sharing system, MAC system first in Japan
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| 1968/03 |
Fujitsu developed a large general purpose computer, FACOM 230-60 using integrated circuits(supporting multiprocessor system)
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| 1968/08 |
Fujitsu announced a medium and large scale general purpose computer built with integrated circuits, FACOM 230-25, 35 and 45
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| 1968/10 |
NTT made a trial experiment of cooperative use of TSS by DIPS-0 multi processor
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| 1968/11 |
NEC announced a very large TSS computer, NEAC series 2200 model 700
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| 1968 |
【World】IBM developed IBM S/360 model 85(the first cache memory model)
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| 1969/04 |
NTT, NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu began to do cooperative research about the large data-communication computer, DIPS-1
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| 1970/02 |
Toshiba developed TOSBAC-5600/10, 20, 30 which were domesticative model of GE 600series
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| 1970/04 |
Mitsubishi Electric announced a large-scale computer, MELCOM 7000 series based on XDS's technology
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| 1970/05 |
【World】GE withdrew from the computer business
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| 1970/06 |
Fujitsu developed a very large, general purpose computer, FACOM 230-75
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| 1970/06 |
【World】IBM announced IBM S/370 model 155, 165
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| 1970/09 |
【World】IBM announced S/370 model 145(all IC on main memory)
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| 1970/11 |
Hitachi announced HITAC 8700, a very large general purpose computer, based on the national project, VHSCS
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| 1971/09 |
【World】RCA withdrew from the computer business
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| 1971/10 |
NEC announced NEAC series 2200 model 375, 575, which adapted to an online real time transaction
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| 1971/10 |
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| 1971/12 |
【World】Intel developed 4004 microprocessor(first 4bit microprocessor)
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| 1971 |
Hitachi announced a middel range, general purpose computer, HITAC 8350, 8450 with more price/performance ratio than HITAC 8000 series
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| 1972/03 |
Japanese three R&D groups (Fujitsu-Hitachi, NEC-Toshiba, Mitsubishi-Oki) submitted a new computer development plan to MITI
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| 1972/03 |
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| 1972/08 |
【World】IBM announced S/370 model 158, 168(virtual memory system)
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| 1972/10 |
【World】IBM announced new magnetic disk 3333-2
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| 1973/02 |
【World】IBM announced S/370 model 158, 168(multi processors)
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| 1973/08 |
Fujitsu announced a general purpose computer with a virtual memory architecture, FACOM 230-8 series
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| 1973/08 |
Nippon Electric: Announced the NEAC System 100 SBC.
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| 1974/05 |
Mitsubishi Electric & Oki announced the large computer, COSMO series
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| 1974/05 |
NEC & Toshiba announced ACOS series 77 system 200, 300, 400, 500
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| 1974/09 |
【World】IBM announced SNA
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| 1974/11 |
Fujitsu & Hitachi announced a general purpose computer, M series
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| 1974/11 |
NEC & Toshiba announced ACOS series 77 system 600, 700
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| 1974 |
The Second Bank Online began to operate
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| 1974 |
【World】Intel developed an 8bit microprocessor, MPU 8080
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| 1974 |
【World】IBM announced System/3
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| 1975/07 |
【World】Amdahl delivered its first 470V/6(IBM compatible machine)
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| 1975/09 |
NTT developed DIPS-11/10 series aimed at expansion of an application domain
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| 1975 |
【World】IBM announced System/32
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| 1977/04 |
NTT, NEC, Hitachi, Fujitsu, and Oki Electric Industry started joint research of data-communications network architecture ( DCNA ) which realizes mutual use of the resources between different-types of computers
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| 1977 |
【World】IBM announced IBM3033
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| 1978/01 |
Fujitsu announced the world-largest and fastest, very large general purpose computer, FACOM M-200
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| 1978/09 |
Hitachi announced the world-fastest, very large, general purpose computer, HITAC M-200H
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| 1978 |
JIS Japanese character code was made
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| 1978 |
【World】Intel developed the 16bit microprocessor, MPU 8086
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| 1979/01 |
【World】IBM announced IBM4300 series
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| 1979/02 |
NEC announced a small computer, ACOS system 250, which could do processing at multi dimention
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| 1979/04 |
Fujitsu announced a middle range, general purpose computer, FACOM M-130F, 140F, 150F and 160F
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| 1979/04 |
Fujitsu announced JEF(Japanese Processing Extended Feature)
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| 1979/06 |
Hitachi announced a middle range, general purpose computer, HITAC M-160H, 150H and 140H
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| 1979/10 |
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| 1979/12 |
NTT developed the DIPS-11/5 series, which reached the top-level performance in the world at that time
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| 1979/12 |
Mitsubishi Electric announced the high-end model of COSMO series, model 900 II
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| 1979 |
Mitsubishi Electric announced the middle-range computer COSMO 700 series and COSMO 800 series oriented for interactive and distributed processing
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| 1980/09 |
NEC announced ACOS system 1000, a general purpose computer with the highest speed in the world.
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| 1980/09 |
【World】NAS: AS9000 was announced
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| 1981/02 |
Hitachi announced the M-200 series which was enhanced model of M series
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| 1981/05 |
Fujitsu announced a very large, general purpose computer, FACOM M-380 and 382
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| 1982 |
【World】IBM announced IBM 8084, 8083
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| 1982 |
【World】Burroughs announced B-7900
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| 1982 |
【World】Intel delivered 80286 microprocessor
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| 1983/01 |
Hitachi announced HITAC L series for OA system
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| 1983/04 |
NEC announced a small computer for total OA system, ACOS system 410
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| 1983/11 |
NTT developed a small machine, DIPS-V series which adopted the 20k gate CMOS-VLSI
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| 1983 |
【World】IBM announced System/36
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| 1983 |
【World】C++ was announced
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| 1984 |
【World】Motorola announced Motorola 68020 microprocessor
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| 1985/01 |
Mitsubishi Electric announced a general purpose computer, MELCOM EX series
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| 1985/02 |
NEC announced the world-largest and fastest general purpose computer, ACOS system 1500 series
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| 1985/03 |
Hitachi announced M-600 series ( M-68X, M-66X, M-620/630/640 ) which was succesor machine of M-200
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| 1985/09 |
NTT developed the large-scale highly reliable computer system, DIPS-11/5E series adopting 100Mbps optical-fiber loop complex configuration
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| 1985/11 |
NTT developed the small DIPS-V Enhanced series to enlarge the performance range
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| 1985/11 |
Fujitsu announced the world-fastest, very large computer, FACOM M-780
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| 1985 |
MITI began the Sigma System Project for impoving software development efficiently
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| 1985 |
【World】Intel delivered 80386 microprocessor
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| 1986/02 |
NEC announced the largest and fastest general purpose computer, ACOS system 2000 series
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| 1987/07 |
NEC announced a small-scale general-purpose computer ACOS system 3300, which realized compactness by employing 3 dimentional packaging using a SIM (Single Inline memory Module) with memory chips surface-mounted on both sides.
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| 1987 |
NTT developed the DIPS database processing equipment (RINDA) which accelerated 2 figures of data search processings
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| 1987 |
【World】Motorola announced Motorola 68030 MPU
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| 1988 |
NTT, IBM, DEC, NEC, Hitachi and Fujitsu started a joint research of Multivendor Integration Architecture ( MIA ) Which prescribes NTT general-purpose computer procurement specifications
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| 1988 |
【World】IBM delivered AS/400
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| 1989 |
【World】Intel delivered 80486 microprocessor
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| 1989 |
【World】CERN developed WWW(World Wide Web)
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| 1990/06 |
Hitachi announced M-880 processor group, a very large, general purpose computer with the highest speed in the world.
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| 1990/07 |
NEC announced ACOS system 3800, a general purpose computer with the highest speed in the world.
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| 1990/09 |
Fujitsu announced the world-fastest, very large general purpose computer, FUJITSU M-1800 model
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| 1990 |
NTT developed DIPS-11/5EX series which was the successor of 5E series
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| 1990 |
【World】IBM announced ES/9000
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| 1990 |
【World】IBM delivered System390
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| 1990 |
【World】Motorola announced Motorola 68040 MPU
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