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Year Month JAPAN SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
2016 Apr. Oita Operations of Toshiba Corporation and Iwate Toshiba Electronics Co., Ltd. were consolidated into JAPAN SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
Year Month Iwate Toshiba Electronics Toshiba Oita Operations
2015 Jul.   Receives a Minister-of-the-Environment award as commendation 2015 for our exemplary efforts associated with environmental measures.
2014 -   Starts the production of the Visconti series (image-recognition LSIs).
2013 May Iwate Toshiba Electronics celebrates its 40th anniversary. Starts full-scale mass production of image sensor products for smartphones.
2012 Oct.   Receives a METI-Minister award as a commendation for our 3-R promotion activities.
Sep. Iwate Toshiba Electronics shipped its first CMOS area image sensor products (2M 1.75μm).  
Aug. Mass production of WLCSP products. Starts the production of sensor products for single-lens reflex cameras.
Jul. Mass production of Analog ICs.  
2011 Sep. Commended by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as an excellent business that employs disabled people.  
Mar.   Achieves the Class-five no-accident record (fifth time).
2010 Sep. The total production of semiconductor exceeded 10 billion packages. Reaches the 40th anniversary.
Mar. Iwate Toshiba Electronics shipped its first CMOS linear image sensor.  
Feb. Iwate Toshiba Electronics shipped its first Gratron™ (linear image sensor).  
2009 Oct. Commended by the minister of the Environment as a business that made successful efforts to form a recycling-oriented society.  
Apr.   Consolidated Kita-Kyushu Operations
2008 Jul. Iwate Toshiba Electronics obtains ISO14001 certification. Iwate Toshiba Electronics obtains ISO14001 certification.
As a group, the Toshiba Semiconductor Company obtains the ISO14001 consolidated certification. As a group, the Toshiba Semiconductor Company obtains the ISO14001 consolidated certification.
May Iwate Toshiba Electronics celebrates its 35th anniversary.  
Mar. Iwate Toshiba Electronics and Toshiba Corporation obtain the OHSAS18001 consolidated certification. Iwate Toshiba Electronics and Toshiba Corporation obtain the OHSAS18001 consolidated certification.
Iwate Toshiba Electronics shipped its first CSCM.  
Feb. Mass production begins in TSV operation line.  
2007 Sep. Receives an encouragement award (for the continuation of no disasters) form the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.  
Mar.   Hosts an IR observation tour.
2006 Sep. Iwate Toshiba Electronics shipped its first CMOS3E (LCD driver).  
Feb. Iwate Toshiba Electronics obtains ISO/TS16949 certification (for in-car microprocessors).  
Jan. Achieves the Class-five no-accident record (first time).  
2005 Dec. Mass production begins in clean room facility #3.  
    Reaches the 35th anniversary.
Jun. Collaboration between Iwate Toshiba Electronics and Himeji Operations-Semiconductor for manufacturing power MOSFET products begins.  
Apr.   Initiates Oita LSI Cluster Formation Promotion Conference.
Feb.   Ships the world's first 65-nm-process product based on 300 mm wafers.
2004 Dec.   The 34-year history of (5-se) ends.
Oct. Iwate Toshiba Electronics shipped its first 8-inch products.  
Jan.   The welcome room in Building 280 is completed.
  Receives a gold merit medal (for our blood donation activities) from the Japanese Red Cross Society.
Jun.   A building-to-building passage is completed between the clean rooms in Buildings 150 and 170 and a connecting corridor is completed between Buildings 170 and 270
2003 Jun.   Begins construction of a new 300 mm building (Building 280).
2002 Dec. Iwate Toshiba Electronics obtains QS-9000 certification (for in-car microprocessors).  
Nov.   Obtains the QS-9000 certification.
Jan.   Starts mass production of CMOS 3 (for printers and digital cameras).
Dec.   Achieves the Class-five no-accident record (fourth time).
2001 Dec.   The clean room in Building 420 comes to an end.
Feb.   Started an 8-inch wafer line in Bldg. 170
Jan. Amkor Iwate co., ltd, a company specialized in assembly and testing processes, is established on the Iwate Toshiba Electronics site.  
2000 Jan.   Reaches the 30th anniversary.
Jun.   Began construction of Bldg. 170
Mar. Toshiba Corporation and Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. jointly establish D. T. Fine Electronics Co., Ltd. Its Kitakami plant is established on the Iwate Toshiba Electronics site.  
1999 Apr.   The MI 2001 movement starts.
Feb.   Receives an ITI-ministry award (for our energy saving activities).
1997 Oct.   Began manufacturing system-on-chips (SoCs)
Sep. Iwate Toshiba Electronics obtains ISO14001 certification.  
Jun.   Began mass production of flash memory
1996 -   Obtains the ISO 14001 certification.
1995 Dec.   Began fabrication of 8-inch wafers
May Clean room facility No.3 completed.  
1993 Mar. Iwate Toshiba Electronics obtains ISO9001 certification.  
1991 Aug.   Began manufacturing 16-Mb DRAM
Apr. New assembly building completed.  
1990 Jun.   Completed construction of Bldg. 270
1989 Feb. Clean room facility No.2 completed.  
Jan.   Held a ceremony for the completion of Bldg. 530
1988 Oct.   Began manufacturing 4-Mb DRAM
1987 Oct.   Held a ceremony for the completion of Bldg. 120
1985 Dec. Integrated production begins.  
Nov.   Began mass production of 1-Mb DRAM
Apr.   Held a ceremony for inaugurating construction of Bldg. 110
Jan.   Held a ceremony for the completion of Bldg. 100
1984 Sep. Head office plant and clean room facility No.1 completed.  
Jul.   Began manufacturing 256-Kb DRAM
1982 Nov.   Began manufacturing CPUs (microcontrollers)
Oct.   Began manufacturing ultra-high-speed C2MOS logic ICs
1979 Oct.   Began manufacturing 4K CRAM
Aug.   Began manufacturing high-speed C2MOS logic ICs
1974 May   Completed construction of Bldg. 430
1973 Oct.   Began manufacturing C2MOS logic ICs
Jul.   Completed construction of Bldg. 420
May Iwate Toshiba Electronics begins high-voltage transistor assembly and testing processes.  
Jan. Iwate Toshiba Electronics established.  
1971 Nov.   Began manufacturing ICs for television applications
1970 Jul.   Began operation of Oita Operations
Began manufacturing standard logic ICs

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