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December 28, 1998
Hitachi Invests in Amtrex

December 24, 1998
Hitachi Announces Changes to Top Management

December 21, 1998
Project to Develop Next-Generation Superfast, high-function Internet capabilities

December 18, 1998
Hitachi Transfers Semiconductor Silicon Crystal Operations to Shin-Etsu Chemical

December 14, 1998
Hitachi Releases 2-D Graphics Renderer Chip for SuperH Family

December 10, 1998
Eight Consumer Electronics Companies to Establish HAVi(TM) Licensing Program

December 7, 1998
Nissan, Hitachi, and Unisia JECS Agree to Start Feasibility Studies To Strengthen Joint Development Structure for ITS Driveway Control Technologies

Hitachi Releases XGA TFT Driver Offering Reduced Output Voltage Deviation

December 1, 1998
NEW PROCESSOR PLATFORM FROM HITACHI AND EQUATOR TECHNOLOGIES ACCELERATES DEVELOPMENT OF VIDEO, MULTIMEDIA AND DTV PRODUCTS

November 30, 1998
Hitachi Releases 128-Mbit and 168-Mbit Flash Memories Providing Large Capacity through Use of Stacking Technology

November 26, 1998
Hitachi Reorganizes Manufacturing Operations in Consumer Products Group

Hitachi, Ltd. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Financial Statements For the Half Year Ended September 30, 1998

November 12, 1998
Hitachi Releases Four Products in Low-On-Resistance Power MOS FET Series Using 1.1 mm-thick Small, Thin TSOP-6 Package

November 11, 1998
Hitachi to Release New FLORA Prius 330J Model PCs with Preinstalled BeOS(TM) for the Consumer Market

November 5, 1998
Seven affiliated companies in the Hitachi region to be reorganized into three companies

HITACHI AND EQUATOR TECHNOLOGIES TO JOINTLY DEVELOP AND COMMERCIALIZE HIGH-PERFORMANCE MULTIMEDIA PROCESSOR

October 27, 1998
Hitachi, Ltd. Unconsolidated Financial Statements For the Half Year Ended September 30, 1998

October 22, 1998
HITACHI LAUNCHES H8/3112 MULTOS CHIP

October 19, 1998
Hitachi Releases the SH7750V Low-Power SH-4 RISC Microprocessor, and HD64463, HD64464, and HD64465 Peripheral LSIs for Handheld PCs

October 15, 1998
Hitachi Releases Low-Power Color Liquid Crystal Driver Chip-Set for PDAs

Hitachi Announces New Management System

October 13, 1998
Benjamin Franklin Medal Awarded to Akira Tonomura, Senior Chief Research Scientist at Hitachi, Ltd.

HITACHI RELEASES GR2000 GIGABIT ROUTER FOR GIGABIT-LEVEL INTERNET CONNECTIONS

October 12, 1998
Hitachi Releases Industry's Highest Speed 64-Mbit Synchronous DRAMs

October 8, 1998
Hitachi Releases Graphic Liquid Crystal Controller/Driver Capable of 128x80-Dot Graphic Display-the Highest Level in this Class

October 1, 1998
Hitachi Releases 64-Mbit Synchronous DRAMs Using DDR system for High-Speed Data Transfer

September 28, 1998
Hitachi Releases Two 4-Mbit, Low-Power SRAM Series Using Ultra-Small TFBGA Package

September 21, 1998
Hitachi Releases the C++ Compiler for H8S and H8/300 Series Microcontrollers

September 18, 1998
Production is Halted at Ibaraki Semicon Material Co., Ltd.

September 10, 1998
Hitachi Releases the H8S/2623F 16-Bit Single-Chip Microcontroller with On-Chip CAN interface

September 7, 1998
Hitachi Releases Single-Chip LCD Controller With On-Chip Bitmap RAM for Use in Portable Information Equipment

September 3, 1998
FISCAL 1998 BUSINESS FORECAST REVISION AND INTERIM DIVIDEND

MEASURES TO IMPROVE RESULTS

September 2, 1998
HITACHI FORMS NORTH AMERICA SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS UNIT

August 31, 1998
Hitachi to Release H8S/2633F and Two Other 16-bit Single-Chip Microcomputer Models with 256-kbyte On-Chip Flash Memory

August 27, 1998
Hitachi Releases The HVC376B VCXO Variable-Capacitance Diode Achieving High Capacitance Change Ratio and Low Loss

August 24, 1998
Hitachi Breaks the Density Barrier with Industry's First 256-Mbit Flash Memory Components New Flash Chips Enables Industry's Highest-Density Flash Cards,Delivering Optimized Performance for Next-Generation Portable Computing, Digital Imaging and Industrial Applications

August 20, 1998
Fujitsu and Hitachi to Jointly Develop Next-Generation PDP Technology

EUROPEAN ESPRIT GRANT AWARDED TO HITACHI DUBLIN LABORATORY & TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

August 19, 1998
HITACHI DEVELOPED NEXT GENERATION INTERNET PROTOCOL IPV6 SOFTWARE "TOOLNET6" WORKING ON WINDOWS(R)

August 3, 1998
INTRODUCING "CYBERFRONT" A NEW SYSTEM FOR BUSINESS SOLUTIONS

July 28, 1998
Hitachi Restructures Semiconductor Operations for Speedier Market Response

July 27, 1998
Hitachi Releases Graphic Liquid Crystal Controller/Driver Enabling Switching between 112 x 80-Dot Graphic Display and 10-line/16-digit Character Display

July 23, 1998
GMD FOKUS AND HITACHI TO DEVELOP NEW ACTIVE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE

Hitachi Releases HVC321B VCR Tuner Variable-Capacitance Diode With Industry's First 10V Low-Voltage Drive

July 22, 1998
Toppan Printing, Hitachi, and Asahi Shimbun to establish joint venture: Image Mall Japan, Inc.

July 15, 1998
Hitachi releases the 32-bit Single-chip RISC Microcontroller With Industry-leading Built-in Flash Memory of 512kB

July 13, 1998
Hitachi Releases 256-Mbit Synchronous DRAMs and the Industry's Highest Density 1-GB Synchronous DRAM Module

July 8, 1998
Hitachi Releases DF400 Disk Array for Open Systems

July 7, 1998
Hitachi Expands Lineup of M Parallel Series of Large-Scale Computer Systems

July 6, 1998
Hitachi Releases Plastic Mini-DIL type Laser Diode

July 1, 1998
Microsoft, Hitachi Announce Strategic Alliance On Windows CE Platform

June 30, 1998
Hitachi Enhances Line-up of PC Servers and Releases "Hitachi Advanced Server HA8000 Series"

June 29, 1998
Hitachi Releases 78MIPS SH-DSP with Built-in Large Capacity Single Power Supply Flash Memory

June 15, 1998
Hitachi Releases Schottky Barrier Diode for High-Speed Switching

June 8, 1998
Hitachi Releases High-performance (37 MIPS) 32-bit SuperH RISC Microcontroller with On-chip Single-voltage Flash Memory

June 4, 1998
Hitachi Releases Two High-output Red Semiconductor Laser Diodes for Laser Levelers

June 1, 1998
Hitachi Releases 10-Mbyte and 20-Mbyte CompactFlash Cards Incorporating 84-Mbit Flash Memory Enhanced 8/10/15/20/30/45-Mbyte CompactFlash Lineup for Data Storage in Digital Still Cameras, etc. -

May 28, 1998
Scheduled Changes of Directors and Corporate Auditors of Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. Unconsolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 1998

Hitachi, Ltd. and Subsidiaries Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended March 31, 1998

May 26, 1998
Hitachi to Collaborate with Microsoft and Expand Windows NT Server Business in Mission Critical Environments

Hitachi and Hitachi ULSI Systems Jointly Develop Slanted Package Mounting Technology that Quadruples Mounting Density of Earlier Hitachi TSOP Mounting Technologies

May 19, 1998
Hitachi Releases Super-technical Server with Performance Exceeding That of a Supercomputer

May 18, 1998
Hitachi Releases 64-Mbit Synchronous DRAMs that Support CAS Latency of 2 Clock Cycles in 100-MHz Memory Bus Systems and 64-MB and 128-MB Synchronous DRAM Modules Using Those Chips

May 14, 1998
Eight Consumer Electronics Companies Release Home Audio/Video Interoperability (HAVi) Core Specification for Networking Digital AV Appliances

May 13, 1998
Hitachi Releases 2.5" HDD with Giant Magnetoresistive Heads for Notebook PC

May 11, 1998
Hitachi Releases Two 133-MHz High-end SH-3 RISC Microprocessors

April 24, 1998
Computation of Extraordinary Losses for Fiscal Year Ended March 1998 (Unconsolidated basis)

April 22, 1998
Unisys and Hitachi, Ltd., Collaborate on Object-Oriented Software

April 21, 1998
Two Graphic Liquid Crystal Controller/Drivers, Providing Single-Chip Implementation of Graphic Display and Character Display for Mobile Communication Products

Hitachi Releases First Modular Type Sample Preprocessing System

April 16, 1998
Hitachi Announces World's Fastest Hard Disk Drive

April 15, 1998
Amtrex & Hitachi Announce Strategic Alliance for Air Conditioners in India

April 13, 1998
Hitachi Releases E10A PCMCIA I/F Card Emulator for SH-4 Microprocessor

April 9, 1998
Hitachi Releases the HD74ALVC16835 and the HD74ALVC162835 High-Speed Standard Logic ICs Supporting 100 MHz Memory Bus

April 6, 1998
Hitachi Releases the HG75C Series 0.18-micrometer ASIC High Integration Density Cell-Based ICs

April 3, 1998
Hitachi Renews Its Product Line-up of DF350 Disk Arrays for Open Systems

March 31, 1998
World 1st Verification Test Successful

Hitachi and Sony Reach Agreement on Licensing of SuperH RISC CPU Cores

March 24, 1998
Hitachi Semiconductor (America) Realigns Manufacturing to Adjust to Market Changes and Product Mix

March 23, 1998
Hitachi Releases the Industry's First 256M-byte 168-pin Large Capacity DIMM and 128M-byte 144-pin Large Capacity SODIMM Achieved by Using 64M-bit SDRAM

Hitachi to Develop Kiln-type Waste Thermolysis System

March 17, 1998
Hitachi to Release World's First Libraries with DVD-RAM Drives

Hitachi DVD-RAM External Unit Debuting in Japan

March 16, 1998
Hitachi Releases the Industry's First Graphics LCD Controller/driver with a Character Generator ROM for JIS Level 1 and 2 Kanji Characters

March 12, 1998
Hitachi Develops New System That Represents Windows(R) Screen in Sound and Voice

March 11, 1998
HITACHI TO LAUNCH "PERSONA" COLOR HANDHELD PC WITH JAPANESE-LANGUAGE VERSION OF MICROSOFTR WINDOWSR CE 2.0

March 9, 1998
Hitachi and EDW to Develop Next-Generation Simulator Ride System

March 3, 1998
Hitachi to Market a New Semiconductor Ultra-thin Film Evaluation System Featuring High Sample Throughput and High Image Contrast

February 25, 1998
Hitachi Releases Disk Array Subsystem Using the World's Fastest Disk Drives

February 19, 1998
Hitachi and Perkin-Elmer Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop and Manufacture New Genetic Analysis Systems

Hitachi Releases Slim-microtower PC with LCD for Under 160,000 Yen

February 10, 1998
Revised business forecast for fiscal 1997

February 9, 1998
Hitachi and Texas Instruments End Joint-Venture Arrangement Operation Becomes TI Wholly Owned Subsidiary

Development Co-operation Between Hitachi and Nortel Strengthens Support for Industry Standard MiniDIL Portfolio

January 29, 1998
Hitachi Forms Information Media Systems Group to Strengthen Its Multimedia Business

January 27, 1998
Hitachi to Establish Semiconductor Design/Engineering Company

January 26, 1998
Hitachi Releases the Industry's First 128M Bit EDO and Synchronous DRAM Products

January 21, 1998
ASCII and Hitachi to cooperate in Multimedia Content Business

January 5, 1998
Hitachi to Start Information Service Via Satellite Channel


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