Company milestones(Chronological table)

5. A Decade of Personalization (1980-1991)

1980

Opens Iwate Plant (merges memory chip mass production line from Aizu Plant)
Mar. Becomes largest computer company in Japan
May Introduces Japanese word processor, OASYS100
OASYS 100
Thumb Shift Keyboard
Jun. Fujitsu Laboratories succeeds in development of High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT)
HEMT
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1981

Number of telephone subscribers exceeds 40 million in Japan

Lists stock on London Stock Exchange
Receives orders from Singapore for world's first fully digital electronic switching system, the FETEX-150
Digital Switching System FETEX-150
Delivers Fujitsu's first optical submarine repeater to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation
Introduces Fujitsu's first business-use personal computer, FACOM9450
FACOM 9450
May Introduces Fujitsu's first personal computer, FM-8
FM-8

1982

Aug. MCI project (135 Mbps fiber optical system) is opened to traffic
D70-type Digital Electronic Switching System
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My OASYS
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1983

1984

Deregulation of Japanese telecommunication market
U.S. based AT&T is split up

Opens Dallas Plant in U.S.
Opens Mie Plant for prototype development and mass production of large-density memories and large-scale gate arrays
Opens Wakamatsu Plant for prototype development and mass production of customized LSI products
Introduces Corporate Information Network System (COINS)
Starts car phone production
FACOM K series leads small business computer market in Japan
Car Phone

1985

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation privatized
Science World Expo, Tsukuba '85 in Japan
Japan longitudinal fiber-optic system completed

Exhibits at Science World Expo, Tsukuba "FUJITSU Pavilion"
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Tsukuba "FUJITSU Pavilion"
Delivers 405M optical transmission system for New York-to-Washington MAFOS project
Launches FENICS Value Added Network (VAN) service
810M Optical Transmission System
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FACOM M-780 Model Group
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1-Mbit DRAM
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1988

Seoul Olympics

Launches world's first commercial ISDN service, running on Fujitsu FETEX-150 digital switching system in Singapore

1989

Berlin Wall falls in Germany

Adopts new corporate logo
With the globalization, the present corporate logo in English was enacted. The infinity mark at the top of the "j" and "i" at the center of the "FUJITSU" symbolizes the "Earth" and "Sun," representing the expanse of space and infinite possibilities. FUJITSU Red (red) symbolizes challenging, human and exciting companies.
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Unveils FM TOWNS 32-bit "hyper-media" personal computer
FM TOWNS
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1990

Iraqi troops invade Kuwait
German reunification

Takes 80% stake in UK-based International Computers Limited (ICL)
Releases M-1800, the world's fastest ultra-large general-purpose computer
FUJITSU M-1800 Model Group
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