<s>
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
multinational	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
and	O
electronics	O
corporation	O
,	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Minato	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
IT	O
and	O
network	O
solutions	O
,	O
including	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
,	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Internet	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
(	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
)	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
telecommunications	O
equipment	O
and	O
software	O
to	O
business	O
enterprises	O
,	O
communications	O
services	O
providers	O
and	O
to	O
government	O
agencies	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
the	O
biggest	O
PC	O
vendor	O
in	O
Japan	O
since	O
the	O
1980s	O
when	O
it	O
launched	O
the	O
PC-8000	B-Device
series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Communications	O
adopted	O
a	O
new	O
technology	O
in	O
1903	O
:	O
the	O
common	O
battery	O
switchboard	B-Device
supplied	O
by	O
NEC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
automatic	O
switching	O
systems	O
were	O
the	O
Strowger-type	O
model	O
made	O
by	O
Automatic	O
Telephone	O
Manufacturing	O
Co	O
.	O
(	O
ATM	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
developed	O
its	O
own	O
Strowger-type	O
automatic	O
switching	O
system	O
in	O
1924	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
supplied	O
Comsat	O
Corporation	O
with	O
the	O
SPADE	O
satellite	B-Application
communications	O
system	O
in	O
1971	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1972	O
,	O
Switzerland	O
ordered	O
a	O
NEC	O
satellite	B-Application
communications	O
earth	O
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
a	O
small	O
transportable	O
satellite	B-Application
communications	O
earth	O
station	O
was	O
set	O
up	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1977	O
,	O
Japan	O
's	O
National	O
Space	O
Development	O
Agency	O
launched	O
the	O
NEC	O
geostationary	O
meteorological	O
satellite	B-Application
,	O
named	O
Himawari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1980	O
,	O
NEC	O
created	O
the	O
first	O
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
the	O
NEC	O
µPD7710	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
introduced	O
the	O
8-bit	O
PC-8800	B-Device
series	I-Device
personal	O
computer	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
16-bit	O
PC-9800	B-Operating_System
series	I-Operating_System
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
also	O
released	O
the	O
V-series	B-Device
processor	I-Device
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
NEC	O
delivered	O
its	O
SX-2	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
to	O
the	O
Houston	O
Advanced	O
Research	O
Center	O
,	O
The	O
Woodlands	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
NEC	O
Technologies	O
(	O
UK	O
)	O
Ltd	O
.	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
to	O
manufacture	O
VCRs	O
,	O
printers	O
,	O
and	O
computer	B-Device
monitors	I-Device
and	O
mobile	O
telephones	O
for	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
NEC	O
licensed	O
technology	O
from	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
,	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
manufacturer	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
called	O
the	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
as	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
market	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
PC-Engine	B-General_Concept
achieved	O
a	O
considerable	O
following	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
said	O
that	O
NEC	O
held	O
a	O
much	O
stronger	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
through	O
its	O
role	O
as	O
a	O
leading	O
semiconductor	O
manufacturer	O
than	O
through	O
any	O
of	O
its	O
direct	O
video	O
game	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Competition	O
heated	O
up	O
later	O
as	O
rival	O
Fujitsu	O
started	O
to	O
aggressively	O
market	O
its	O
computers	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
industry	O
standard	O
(	O
x86	B-Operating_System
)	O
instead	O
of	O
NEC	O
's	O
indigenous	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
decades	O
,	O
NEC	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
console	O
for	O
its	O
predecessor	O
SuperGrafx	B-General_Concept
,	O
the	O
Japan-only	O
PC-FX	B-Device
,	O
a	O
32-bit	O
system	O
with	O
a	O
tower-like	O
design	O
;	O
it	O
enjoyed	O
a	O
small	O
but	O
steady	O
stream	O
of	O
games	O
until	O
1998	O
,	O
when	O
NEC	O
finally	O
abandoned	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
also	O
supplied	O
rival	O
Nintendo	O
with	O
the	O
RISC-based	B-Architecture
CPU	O
,	O
V810	O
(	O
same	O
one	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
PC-FX	B-Device
)	O
for	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
VR4300	O
CPU	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
–	O
1996	O
,	O
and	O
both	O
SNK	O
updated	O
VR4300	O
CPU	O
(	O
64-bit	O
MIPS	O
III	O
)	O
on	O
Hyper	B-Application
Neo	I-Application
Geo	I-Application
64	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
former	O
rival	O
Sega	O
with	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
PowerVR	B-Device
2	O
GPU	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
–	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
supplied	O
Bandai	O
's	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
handheld	O
console	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Gunpei	O
Yokoi	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
V30	O
MZ	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2000s	O
,	O
NEC	O
manufactured	O
dynamic	O
RAM	O
process	O
chips	O
and	O
produced	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
GPU	O
,	O
Flipper	O
,	O
a	O
graphics	O
card	O
development	O
by	O
ArtX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
NEC	O
formed	O
a	O
joint-venture	O
with	O
Samsung	O
SDI	O
to	O
manufacture	O
OLED	B-Device
displays	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
NEC	O
built	O
the	O
Earth	B-Device
Simulator	I-Device
Computer	O
(	O
ESC	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
fastest	O
supercomputer	B-Architecture
in	O
the	O
world	O
from	O
2002	O
to	O
2004	O
,	O
and	O
since	O
produced	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
N343i	I-Device
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
NEC	O
abandoned	O
not	O
only	O
the	O
OLED	B-Device
business	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
display	O
business	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
,	O
by	O
selling	O
off	O
their	O
plasma	O
display	O
business	O
and	O
exiting	O
from	O
the	O
joint-venture	O
with	O
Samsung	O
SDI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	O
bought	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
shares	O
and	O
related	O
patents	O
owned	O
by	O
NEC	O
,	O
incorporating	O
Samsung	O
OLED	B-Device
,	O
which	O
subsequently	O
merged	O
with	O
Samsung	O
Display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
Bloomberg	O
News	O
said	O
the	O
joint	O
venture	O
would	O
allow	O
Lenovo	O
to	O
expand	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
NEC	O
's	O
Masato	O
Yamamoto	O
said	O
NEC	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
grow	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
NEC	O
was	O
the	O
biggest	O
PC	B-Application
server	I-Application
manufacturer	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
23.6	O
%	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2014	O
,	O
NEC	O
Corporation	O
was	O
commissioned	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
super-fast	O
undersea	O
data	O
transmission	O
cable	O
linking	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Japan	O
for	O
a	O
consortium	O
of	O
international	O
companies	O
consisting	O
of	O
China	O
Mobile	O
International	O
,	O
China	O
Telecom	O
Global	O
,	O
Global	O
Transit	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
KDDI	O
and	O
SingTel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
NEC	O
is	O
the	O
largest	O
supplier	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
surveillance	O
technology	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-General_Concept
Engine	I-General_Concept
(	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
US	O
)	O
and	O
all	O
related	O
hardware	O
and	O
successors	O
;	O
co-produced	O
by	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2017	O
Announced	O
the	O
SX-Aurora	B-Device
TSUBASA	I-Device
,	O
computing	O
platform	O
that	O
expands	O
the	O
horizons	O
of	O
supercomputing	B-Architecture
,	O
Artificial	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
and	O
Big	O
Data	O
analytics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
for	O
mobile	O
phones	O
,	O
NEC	O
pioneered	O
key	O
technologies	O
like	O
color	B-Device
displays	I-Device
,	O
3G	O
support	O
,	O
dual	O
screens	O
and	O
camera	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
