Fujitsu

:For the district in Saga, Japan, see Fujitsu, Saga.

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Fujitsu (富士通) is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers), telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu Limited {{tyo|6702}} {{lse|FUJ}} reported consolidated revenues of 5.00 trillion yen for the fiscal year which ended March 31, 2002.

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Japanese company - Semiconductor - Computer - Supercomputer - Personal computers - Servers - Telecommunications - Services - Tokyo - Yen - March 31 - 2002

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The company was established in 1935 under the name Fuji Tsūshinki Seizō (富士通信機製造, Fuji Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing), a spinoff of the Fuji Electric Company, this in turn being a joint venture between the Furukawa Electric Company and German conglomerate Siemens. Despite its connections to the Furukawa zaibatsu, Fujitsu escaped the Allied occupation of Japan mostly unscathed.

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1935 - Fuji Electric Company - Furukawa Electric Company - Siemens - Zaibatsu - Occupation of Japan

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By 1954 Fujitsu had rolled out Japan's first computer, the FACOM 100, and 7 years later its transistorized big brother FACOM 222 joined the fray. In 1967, the company's name was officially changed to the contraction Fujitsū (富士通).

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1954 - FACOM 100 - FACOM 222 - 1967

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Today Fujitsu, the communications spinoff of the electric spinoff of a mining company, employs some 200,000 people and has another 500 subsidiary companies itself. The active partnership with Siemens AG has been

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Subsidiary - Siemens AG

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revived in the form of Fujitsu Siemens Computers (est. 1999), Europe's largest IT supplier owned 50/50 by Fujitsu and Siemens. Internationally, Fujitsu considers IBM to be its main competitior. Its historical domestic rival is NEC. Major acquisitions include UK-based International Computers Ltd (ICL) and US-based Amdahl.

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Fujitsu Siemens Computers - IT - IBM - NEC - International Computers Ltd - Amdahl

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