Dynabook Inc.

Dynabook Inc.
Native name
Dynabook株式会社
FormerlyKawasaki Typewriter (1954-1958)
Toshiba Typewriter (1958-1968)
Toshiba Business Machine (1968-1984)
Toshiba Information Equipment (1984-2016)
Toshiba Client Solutions (2016-2019)
Company typeSubsidiary
Industry
Founded9 September 1954; 70 years ago (1954-09-09)
HeadquartersToyosu, Tokyo, Japan
ProductsPersonal computers
ParentSharp Corporation
Websitedynabook.com

Dynabook Inc. (Dynabook株式会社, Dainabukku Kabushiki-gaisha), formerly Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd., is a Japanese personal computer manufacturer owned by Sharp Corporation; it was owned by, and branded as, Toshiba from 1958 to 2018. It claims its Toshiba T1100, launched in 1985, as the first mass-market laptop PC.[1] Toshiba had used "DynaBook" or "dynabook" as a sub-brand since 1989,[2] but Dynabook became the worldwide brand in 2019.[3]

As of 2019, Dynabook Inc. had 162.9 billion yen (US$1.5 billion) in annual sales and 2,680 employees;[4] as of 2020, Dynabook Americas described the business as being a "$60 billion global company employing nearly 200,000 in 30 countries".[5]

  1. ^ "Dynabook the Note PC". Tokyo: Dynabook Inc. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. ^ "Chronology of History". Tokyo: Toshiba Corporation. Archived from the original on 2020-05-07. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  3. ^ Kan, Michael (2019-04-02). "RIP Toshiba-Branded PCs, Long Live Dynabook". PCMag.com. Ziff Davis. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference dynabook-outline was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "About Dynabook". Irvine, California: Dynabook Americas. Archived from the original on 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-06-28.