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Annual Report 1996
Year Ended March 31,1996

Table of contents

  • Page 1
    Annual Report 1996 Year Ended March 31,1996

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    ... 48 49 Cover: This year's cover symbolizes how the convergence of progress in digital technology, telecommunications and other fields means the dawn of a new era for the electronics industry. Toshiba's 1996 annual report explains the initiatives the company is taking to capitalize on the resulting...

  • Page 3
    ... makers by developing valueadded products with the characteristics most favored by users: high speed, low voltages and thinner packages. Toshiba's portable computers retained their number-one position in the global market, paced by strong sales worldwide. Computer peripherals such as CD-ROM drives...

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    ... borderless marketplace, Toshiba is accelerating its globalization by expanding overseas production, forming alliances with leading overseas companies, and enhancing worldwide marketing capabilities. In the Philippines, we will start to manufacture motherboards, hard-disk drives and other PC...

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    ...washing machine line is being installed at our air-conditioner and refrigerator plant. We are also restructuring key operations. In 1996, we transferred the head-office functions for video cassette recorder operations, including design, product development and marketing, to a subsidiary in Singapore...

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    ..., Toshiba's name is closely identified with this exciting new optical disc technology. We will take advantage of the coming DVD boom in every way possible. We are determined to offer a wide range of DVD products and systems, including video players and computer ROM drives. All will incorporate key...

  • Page 7
    ... TV system Toshiba helped to develop will begin commercial services in late 1996. NewsWatch, one of Toshiba's new joint ventures, has been set up to provide customized Japaneselanguage news services, delivering screened information to subscribers over the Internet. TITUS, our cable TV joint...

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    ...DVD is more than just another high-density data storage medium. Huge capacity and versatility give DVD a key role 6. everywhere digitized data is stored or processed, whether in home entertainment or information processing. It is a technology that will drive and help shape development of multimedia...

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    Toshiba and the Multimedia Era 7.

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    ... hard-disk and CD-ROM drives, Toshiba is best positioned to take advantage of the application of DVD for information equipment and systems. In line with the introduction of DVD-ROM drives for the world market, the company plans to introduce a desktop PC with integrated DVD in autumn 1996. This will...

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    ... the creation of content to the mass production of discs. Another Toshiba subsidiary, Shibaura Engineering, is a lead3. 9. ing supplier of DVD disc manufacturing equipment. 5. 1. The DVD video player brings theater-sound and images to the home. 2. DVD relies heavily on leading-edge semiconductors...

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    How DVD will mold our LOONEY TUNES, characters, names and all related indicia are trademarks of Warner Bros.© 1996

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    ... capacity. A DVD-ROM disc holds 4.7 gigabytes of digitized information, surpassing the volume of a CD-ROM disc by a factor of seven. That immense capacity translates into more realistic images and a lot more enjoyment: computer software will be freed from capacity limitations; games will accommodate...

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    ... revolution and multimedia, introducing the Advanced-I Project and setting up the Advanced-I Group (AD-I). Through AD-I and the Advanced-I Project, Toshiba intends to diversify and expand the scope of its activities. Plans call for entering such areas as network services, software, content creation...

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    ... customized news retrieval, will satisfy the growing demand for specific news items by E-mail. 4. Wiring the city: TITUS, a multiple cable TV system operator, is rapidly expanding its service area in Tokyo. 5. Pathfinder, the Web site operated by Time Inc., with which Toshiba has a key advertising...

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    Translating Advanced-I Concepts Into Viable Business Toshiba's Electronic Virtual Gallery in Tokyo uses high-definition imaging and large-capacity ATM networking technologies to give visitors instant access to famous works of art.

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    ...external data sources will become a home information center. Toshiba has developed a low-cost interactive TV system that adds simple interactivity to conventional terrestrial broadcasts. Viewers can send messages from a remote control via a modem through a standard telephone line. The remote control...

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    ... President Toshiki Miyamoto Vice President 16. Chairman of the Board Taizo Nishimuro President and Chief Executive Officer Naohisa Shimomura Senior... Taizo Wakayama Corporate Auditor Kensuke Fujimatsu Executive Vice President Kosaku Inaba Director Kazuhiko Ito Corporate Auditor Isamu ...

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    ... all-in-one model with pre-installed key application software that enhanced Toshiba's competitive edge in Japan. To support joint development and strengthen ties with Microsoft Corporation in the development of next-generation PC operating systems, Toshiba opened an engineering development center in...

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    ... to Internet connections. With Time Warner Cable (TWC), Toshiba in December 1995 began testing a high-speed data communication system using TWC's cable lines in San Diego, California. Toshiba plans to deliver its first system to TWC in summer 1996. Demand in the computer systems sector is centering...

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    ... United States is slated to start making these next-generation memory devices on a commercial scale in 1997. In Germany and Malaysia, Toshiba launched assembly of 16M DRAMs and 1M SRAMs. Insulated gate bipolar transistor assembly also began in Germany. A number of new products introduced during the...

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    ... stations in Japan. In the fields of power generation and distribution, Toshiba has earned a solid reputation in high-efficiency, environmentally friendly technologies. These include combined-cycle power plants, advanced boiling water reactors (ABWRs), adjustable speed, pumped-storage systems, and...

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    ... future demand for these products. To help develop the next generation of elevator technology, Toshiba is building a 150-meter research tower at the Fuchu plant outside Tokyo that will be completed in 1997. Overseas sales continued to climb, supported by rising demand in Southeast Asia and China. To...

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    ....4 28.5 26.4 26.9 24.0 '95 '96 22. Rear-projection, large-screen TVs, especially wide-screen models, turn the home into a cinema. Add DVD-Video players for even greater realism. An adapter and remote control unit for the test broadcasts of interactive TV promoted by Japan's Intertext Consortium.

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    ... Ltd. is at work on several projects. In September 1995, construction began on a facility to manufacture washing machines. The subsidiary is also adding production lines for air conditioners and refrigerators. Expanded output capacity not only positions Toshiba to benefit from growth in Asia and the...

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    .... The same technology may lead to the creation of smaller personal digital assistants, wireless card modems for computers, and many other portable telecommunications devices. A New Concept in Multimedia Servers Toshiba has developed multimedia server architecture that can provide video-on-demand...