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and HDD storage technologies to create new strategic products for our age of digital
convergence. In our current DVD business, while prices continue to ease, Toshiba num-
bers among the market leaders in Japan, thanks to sales promotions focused on prod-
ucts that can record terrestrial digital broadcasts, and we will continue to operate the
DVD player and recorder business.
While Toshiba faces price pressure and a tough competitive environment, our
superior technological capabilities will allow us to stimulate the market through the
proactive launch of cutting-edge products suited to the market’s needs.
PERSONAL COMPUTER & NETWORK COMPANY
The worldwide notebook PC market continues to see high annual growth. Given this,
our main emphasis is on expanding overseas sales, and in FY2007 we achieved ship-
ments of over 10 million units for the first time. As sales grew, we also promoted intensi-
fied cost reduction measures, and succeeded in generating greater sales and operating
income than in previous fiscal years.
In FY2007, we made the most of our capabilities in notebook PCs and Toshiba’s
position as an imaging equipment manufacturer to launch products with cutting-edge
functions. The “Qosmio” series of AV notebook PCs was strengthened as we led the
industry in commercializing “Qosmio G40/97D”, in Japan, which integrates two digital
terrestrial broadcasting tuners and offers enhanced compatibility with AV equipment. In
our “Thin & Light” series of “PORTE
´GE
´,” we started sales of the world’s lightest notebook
PC; under 900g, even with a built-in optical drive and a 12.1-inch wide LCD. We also
announced the world’s first notebook PC with a 128-gigabyte Solid State Drive (SSD).
At Toshiba, we will continue to direct our attention to the notebook PC field, and to
work for and look forward to consistent business expansion. In this age of ubiquitous
connectivity, we will also continue to release products incorporating the latest
advances in core technologies for the home, office and mobile spaces. Our goal is to
realize highly functional computing and network environments that are a pleasure to
use.