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History of Hitachi, Ltd.
1980-1989
- 1980
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- Completed 300 MW high-voltage direct current transmission between Hokkaido and Honshu
- Completed nuclear fusion equipment
- 1981
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- Developed magnetic recording video camera
- Established color picture tube dry process technology
- 1982
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- Hitachi Europe Ltd. established
- Succeeded in world's first micro-level observation of magnetic field by the use of electron beam holography
- Hitachi's first supercomputer announced
- Listed on New York Stock Exchange
- Hitachi Australia Ltd. established
- 1983
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- Manufactured 1-megabit high-speed CMOS mask ROM
- Developed air conditioners with scroll compressors
- 1984
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*7- Completed Japan's first model of improved standard-type boiling water reactor
- Started mass production of 256-kilobit DRAMs *7
- 1985
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*8- Completed the "JT-60" large-scale Tokamak device for break-even plasma experiments
- Established the Hitachi Foundation to promote cultual, educational and scientific exchanges between Japanese and the U.S.
- Developed CAD/CAE systems with high-definition color displays
- The Hitachi Foundation was established to promote cultural, educational and scientific exchanges between Japan and the U.S.
- Released the first large-scale computer with fully applied LSI *8
- 1986
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- Completed scanning electron microscope that can record electron spin
- 1987
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- Put fuzzy control to a practical use
- Completed rear-projection large liquid crystal color display
- 1988
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- Developed basic technology of neural network
- Developed 4-legged robot
- Design Center upgrade brings corporate laboratory count to nine
- Hitachi Asia Pte. Ltd. established
- 1989
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- Developed world's fastest superconductive computer
- Developed superconductive MR imaging equipment
- Established two R&D centers in the U.S. and two laboratories in Europe
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