NEC Electronics
The History of Semiconductors
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32-Mb flash memory,  set top box LSIs
1999 Commercialized the world's first MPEG2 video encoder
Commercialized the world's first MPEG2 video encoder
1998 Commercialized mixed signal ASIC (MA-8)
1998 Commercialized modulator integrated laser diodes
1998 Developed 32-Mb flash memory
1998 Leading edge system on chip
Commercialized set top box LSIs
1999 Announced LSIs for i-mode mobile phone
1999 Commercialized the world's first MPEG2 video encoder

1998 Winter Olympics held in Nagano
1999 Scientists measure the fastest wind speed ever recorded on earth, 509 km/h(318 mph)
Products of the time
1998 Sega Dreamcast released
1998 (NEC EE) The world's first single chip solution for digital set top boxes / MPEG decoder, µPD61030 developed in Europe
1999 NEC VS46H/1DV (simplem)
NEC VS46H/1DV (simplem)
From vacuum tubes to transistors
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