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Native name | Dynabook株式会社 |
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Formerly | Kawasaki Typewriter (1954-1958) Toshiba Typewriter (1958-1968) Toshiba Business Machine (1968-1984) Toshiba Information Equipments (1984-2016) Toshiba Client Solutions (2016-2019) |
Company type | Subsidiary |
Industry | |
Founded | 9 September 1954 1 January 2019 (as Dynabook) | (original)
Headquarters | Toyosu, Tokyo, Japan |
Key people | Tetsuji Kawamura (chairman) Kiyofumi Kakudo (president) |
Products | Personal computers |
Parent | Sharp Corporation |
Website | dynabook |
Dynabook Inc. (Dynabook株式会社, Dainabukku Kabushiki-gaisha), stylized dynabook, is a Japanese personal computer manufacturer based in Kōtō, Tokyo, owned by Sharp Corporation; it was previously part of, and branded overseas as, Toshiba, until 2018. The Dynabook name had already been used by Toshiba in the Japanese market since 1989 for laptop products.[1][2]
Under Toshiba, it notably launched the Toshiba T1100 in 1985, cited as the first ever commercial laptop PC.[3] The company was a major manufacturer of PCs until a decline in fortunes led to Toshiba selling the business to Sharp in 2018, with new products since rebranded to Dynabook worldwide.[2]