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Native name | Dynabook株式会社 |
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| Formerly | Kawasaki Typewriter (1954-1958) Toshiba Typewriter (1958-1968) Toshiba Business Machine (1968-1984) Toshiba Information Equipment (1984-2016) Toshiba Client Solutions (2016-2019) |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | |
| Founded | 9 September 1954 |
| Headquarters | Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan |
| Products | Personal computers |
| Parent | Sharp Corporation |
| Website | dynabook |
Dynabook Inc. (Dynabook株式会社, Dainabukku Kabushiki-gaisha), formerly Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd., is a Japanese personal computer manufacturer owned by Sharp Corporation; it was owned by, and branded as, Toshiba from 1958 to 2018. It claims its Toshiba T1100, launched in 1985, as the first mass-market laptop PC.[1] Toshiba had used "DynaBook" or "dynabook" as a sub-brand since 1989,[2] but Dynabook became the worldwide brand in 2019.[3]
As of 2019[update], Dynabook Inc. had 162.9 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) in annual sales and 2,680 employees;[4] as of 2020[update], Dynabook Americas described the business as being a "$60 billion global company employing nearly 200,000 in 30 countries".[5]
- ^ "Dynabook the Note PC". Tokyo: Dynabook Inc. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
- ^ "Chronology of History". Tokyo: Toshiba Corporation. Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
- ^ Kan, Michael (2019-04-02). "RIP Toshiba-Branded PCs, Long Live Dynabook". PCMag.com. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
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