<s>
Canon	O
Computer	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
CCSI	O
)	O
,	O
sometimes	O
shortened	O
to	O
Canon	O
Computer	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
American	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Canon	O
Inc	O
.	O
formed	O
in	O
1992	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
market	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
's	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
workstations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
AS-100	O
in	O
1982	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
more-traditional	O
albeit	O
heavier	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
ran	O
a	O
Intel	B-Device
8088	I-Device
and	O
ran	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
released	O
the	O
Canon	B-Device
Cat	I-Device
—	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
Jef	O
Raskin	O
who	O
pioneered	O
Apple	O
's	O
original	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subsidiary	O
's	O
first	O
offerings	O
were	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
desktop	O
computers	O
and	O
notebooks	B-Device
,	O
branded	O
as	O
the	O
Innova	O
and	O
Innova	O
Book	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
if	O
not	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
notebooks	B-Device
in	O
the	O
Innova	O
Book	O
line	O
were	O
produced	O
offshore	O
by	O
Taiwanese	O
OEMs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
former	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
subnotebook	B-Device
four	O
pounds	O
in	O
weight	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
latter	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
sported	O
the	O
largest	O
screen	O
of	O
any	O
laptop	B-Device
up	O
to	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
at	O
11.3	O
inches	O
diagonal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canon	O
Computer	O
collaborated	O
with	O
IBM	O
's	O
Japanese	O
subsidiary	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
Canon	B-Device
NoteJet	I-Device
,	O
a	O
notebook	B-Device
computer	I-Device
with	O
a	O
built-in	O
inkjet	O
printer	O
,	O
introduced	O
to	O
market	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1994	O
,	O
Canon	O
Computer	O
took	O
the	O
reins	O
of	O
the	O
NeXTstation	B-Device
after	O
NeXT	O
ceased	O
manufacturing	O
hardware	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
later	O
released	O
the	O
Object.Station	O
,	O
an	O
x86-based	O
workstation	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
NeXTstation	B-Device
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Canon	O
Computer	O
set	O
a	O
goal	O
of	O
$1	O
billion	O
sales	O
by	O
1997	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
considered	O
late	O
newcomers	O
to	O
the	O
market	O
of	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Innovas	O
and	O
Innova	O
Books	O
continued	O
to	O
be	O
sold	O
until	O
January	O
1997	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
company	O
quietly	O
left	O
the	O
desktop	O
and	O
notebook	B-Device
market	O
,	O
citing	O
poor	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subsidiary	O
shifted	O
its	O
focus	O
to	O
silicon-on-insulator	B-Algorithm
manufacturing	O
,	O
spending	O
billion	O
(	O
US	O
$25.8	O
million	O
in	O
1997	O
)	O
to	O
open	O
up	O
a	O
clean	O
room	O
facility	O
at	O
Canon	O
's	O
plant	O
in	O
Hiratsuka	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
.	O
</s>
