history
| 2000- |
2000 |
- Developed 52.5-Gbits/in2 perpendicular magnetic recording method
- Developed holographic electron microscope with 49.8-picometer resolution
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| 2001 |
- Developed mobile web-gateway system
- Developed application processor for mobile phones
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| 2002 |
- Developed world's smallest 0.3-mm square contactless IC chip *figure11
- Developed compact DNA analysis system genetic for SNP typing
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| 2003 |
- Developed and commercialized compact, highly accurate, high-speed finger vein authentication system *figure12
- Successful measurement of infant brain functions using optical topography
- Dr. Hideaki Koizumi, a Hitachi Fellow, presented a lecture at the 400th Anniversary of the Foundation of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Vatican City
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| 2004 |
- Developed world's smallest sensor-net terminal with a battery life of over one year
- Developed high-temperature lead-free solder paste
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| 2005 |
- Explosives Trace Detection System received U.S. TSA certification
- Exhibited "EMIEW" two-wheel mobile robot capable of direct dialogue at the 2005 World Exposition Aichi, Japan
- Established Hitachi (China) Research & Development Corporation
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| 2006 |
- Confirmation of electro-luminescence phenomena on injection of electrical current in ultra-thin silicon film
- Basic experiment on the application of Optical Topography as a brain-machine interface
- Mass production of 2.5-inch HDD using perpendicular magnetic recording technology
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| 2007 |
- Prototype of world's smallest noncontact RFID powder IC chip (dimensions 0.05mm × 0.05mm)
- Prototype of the 2-Mbit non-volatile SPRAM chip using magnetization reversal by spin injection
- Developed EMIEW 2, a small and lightweight interactive robot *figure13
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| 2008 |
- Developed lithium-ion battery system technology for use in high-speed diesel hybrid trains
- Developed technology for small but highly efficient electric motors that do not use rare metals
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| 2009 |
- Prototype 3-kV-class SiC diode
- Developed vehicular lithium-ion battery *figure14
- Developed thin-type finger vein authentication technology
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| 2010 |
- Developed power consumption reduction technology for data centers
- Developed rare metal recycling technology
- Successful control and measurement of spin current
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| 2011 |
- Dr. Hideaki Koizumi, a fellow of Hitachi, made a Fellow of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
- Proton beam therapy (PBT) system using spot scanning approved for manufacturing in Japan
- Developed technology for increasing speed of wide-area networks (WAN)
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