NEC Electronics
The History of Semiconductors
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µPD416
1978 Released world's first floppy disc controller, the "µPD765"
Released world's first floppy disc controller, the "µPD765"

 
1977 Developed 16-Kb DRAM, the "µPD416"
1978 Released world's first floppy disc controller, the "µPD765"
1979 Developed single-chip 8-bit microcontrollers, the "µCOM-87 Family"

1975 Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a partnership known as Microsoft to write write software
1976 Air France and British Airways inaugurated regularly scheduled commercial supersonic airliners
Products of the time
1976 NEC TK-80 TK-80（マイコントレーニングキット）画像
  (a microcontroller training kit)
1976 Victor released VHS (Video Home System)
1979 NEC PC-8001 (the first full-fledged PC in Japan)
From vacuum tubes to transistors
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