Evaluations from Third Parties
Global Evaluation
Awarded the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators™ for 15 Consecutive Years
Fujitsu was selected as one of the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators™ 2026 by Clarivate™. Fujitsu has been recognized for the 15th consecutive year, along with many of the 100 companies selected. Global companies such as Qualcomm and Samsung have been selected.
Since 2012, the Clarivate Top 100 Global Innovators have selected 100 companies and institutions annually that are contributing to the generation of new ideas and creating economic value.
The evaluation of this award is mainly related to the evaluation of the value of the invention. Among the companies that meet the Quantity (More than 500 inventions have been filed since 2000, and more than 100 inventions have been registered during the 5 years of the evaluation period of the 2026 ranking.), the score is based on four factors: Influence, Success, Investment, and Rarity. In particular, Fujitsu is highly regarded for "Influence," which is in recognition of the impact of our broad innovation in research and development at other companies based on the number of citations of Fujitsu patents filed by other parties.
National Commendation for Invention
The Fujitsu Group has won many awards at the National Commendation for Invention sponsored by the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation. This award honors those who have completed outstanding inventions rich in originality and those who have been instrumental in the implementation of inventions, with the aim of contributing to the improvement of science and technology and the development of industry. The Fujitsu Group has been awarded the prestigious Imperial Invention Prize for Ontenna (design of a body-worn device that senses sound through vibration and light), supercomputer-related technology (high-dimensional connection technology), and a high electron mobility transistor (HEMT).
The following achievements are evidence of our technology, knowledge, and innovation capabilities over almost 90 years of history, including network technology cultivated from the development and manufacturing of telecommunications equipment by our founding business in 1935 and the successful domestic development of computer technology in the 1950s.
Imperial Invention Prize
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Invention of high-dimensional connection technology for a processor for massively parallel computers in FY 2014 (Patent No. 5212469)
The award was given for our inventions related to high-dimensional connection technology used in the K computer and Fugaku supercomputer we jointly developed with RIKEN. We also received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2020 for our contribution to the development of science and technology in Japan.
Invention of heat-stable magnetic recording media by magnetic exchange coupling in FY 2007 (Patent No. 3421632)
Our invention of magnetic recording media for hard disk drives was recognized as the best invention.
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Interrupt method by interrupt counter in 1970 (Patent No. 518202)
It was invented by Toshio Ikeda, who was featured on "The Man Who Beat the United States-A Life of Turbulence-" (broadcast by TV Asahi in 1995) and "Project X Challengers"(broadcast by NHK in 2002).
Prime Minister's Award for Invention
Invention of Television Image Display Method of Plasma Display Panel in FY 2002 (Patent No. 2720943)
A full-color plasma television image display method was evaluated. The story of this development was introduced on the NHK program "Project X: Challengers."
