Fujitsu is an international electronics company based in Japan. Specializing in products such as semiconductors, computers, and telecommunications, its main rivals are considered to be IBM and NEC.
The company was originally founded in 1935 under the name Fuji Telecommunications Equipment Manufacturing before being shortened to Fujitsu(contrary to common belief, Fujitsu is not actually a person’s name). Fujitsu has had quite a number of historical firsts in Japan’s electronics industry. 1954 saw the manufacture of Japan’s first computer, the FACOM 100. In 1992, Fujitsu produced the world’s first 21-inch color display base off of plasma technology.
Among their more popular product lines is the Lifebook series which are a range of notebook computers. The P series notebooks are among some of the lightest and smallest notebooks on the market. Besides computers, the U.S. market is also home to Fujitsu’s hard drives, many of which can be found in various computer brands ranging from Apple to
Dell. Fujitsu(in concert with European firm Siemens) is also among the world’s top five server providers.
Currently, Fujitsu is the world’s fourth largest IT services provider and is also number one in Japan. Along with their research and development, they have received over 34 thousand patents.
