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Hidden heroes realizing a low-carbon economy – The future of power semiconductors

Hidden heroes realizing a low-carbon economy – The future of power semiconductors

The Japanese government’s fall 2020 decision to realize carbon neutrality by 2050 quickly attracted a lot attention, and a lot of public support. A Cabinet Office poll, Public Opinion Survey on Climat…

2021/08/06
Toshiba’s young engineers: Drawing on the spirit of kyudo to improve reliability

Toshiba’s young engineers: Drawing on the spirit of kyudo to improve reliability

In 2020, the coronavirus has pushed us into a paradigm shift that is bringing dramatic changes to the world. But there are people who are not just idly standing by and watching this, who know that it’…

2021/04/14
Fighting invisible enemies to support the manufacture of high-quality semiconductors

Fighting invisible enemies to support the manufacture of high-quality semiconductors

Japan Semiconductor Corporation’s Oita Operations, the facility responsible for Toshiba Groups semiconductor manufacturing, manufactures semiconductors primarily for use in automobiles, an application…

2021/02/17
How to make semiconductors, the brains of everything

How to make semiconductors, the brains of everything

Smartphones, cars, toys. Semiconductor products are used wherever electricity is used. You could say our lives would not be possible without them. Do you know how these semiconductor products are form…

2021/02/10
Creating Together Opens a New Future of Self-Driving Cars

Creating Together Opens a New Future of Self-Driving Cars

Here at Toshiba, we offer two in-house awards named after our founding fathers, Hisashige Tanaka and Ichisuke Fujioka. Tanaka, born in 1799, was nicknamed “Karakuri Giemon”, the genius of mechanical w…

2019/11/27
The ABCs of Semiconductor Development – a Lesson from a Toshiba Engineer –

The ABCs of Semiconductor Development – a Lesson from a Toshiba Engineer –

“I’ve loved playing with parts from broken PCs and appliances ever since I was a child. You could say that semiconductors were my toys. I enjoyed finding electronic devices and taking them apart to se…

2019/10/23
Semiconductors: What Are the New Possibilities of Discrete Components in the IoT Age?

Semiconductors: What Are the New Possibilities of Discrete Components in the IoT Age?

Look around. How many electronic devices do you see? The ubiquity of electronic devices means we are surrounded by semiconductors all the time. But, wait—what exactly are semiconductors? What do they …

2019/05/22
Harnessing the Strengths of a Semiconductor Technology to Power a Hydrogen Economy

Harnessing the Strengths of a Semiconductor Technology to Power a Hydrogen Economy

The idea of a hydrogen-powered future might seem like something straight out of science fiction, but believe it or not, the technology for hydrogen energy is real. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade a…

2019/04/17
The Future of Automobiles from the Perspective of the Semiconductor: What’s Happening on the Front Line

The Future of Automobiles from the Perspective of the Semiconductor: What’s Happening on the Front Line

Semiconductors—you may never have seen one, but they’re most definitely a part of your life, integral as they are to everything from smartphones, tablets, and computers, to digital appliances like TVs…

2019/04/03
Power Devices: The Tiny, Eco-Friendly Key to Our Low-Carbon Society Dreams?

Power Devices: The Tiny, Eco-Friendly Key to Our Low-Carbon Society Dreams?

Nowadays, semiconductors are everywhere, hidden within the electronic devices that support our everyday lives.Of particular interest, however, are power devices—a type of discrete components. Demand f…

2019/03/06