Hardware
| Name Sort descending | Description |
|---|---|
| HITAC M-620 | The mid-size model, the M-630, and the low-end model, the M-620, were one-box systems with set-up areas, respectively, of 0.6m2 and 0.27m2. These systems were designed for office installation,… |
| HITAC M-640 | This was a processor group of small and mid-size general-purpose machines. This group simultaneously achieved both compactness and higher performance through innovations like development of a… |
| HITAC M-660/160E | The M-680 Processor Group E Models achieved a performance range of about 4.5 times in terms of the instruction execution speed ratio, from the M-680/160E entry model to the M-680/420E 4-way… |
| HITAC M-660H | The M-660H was a large machine, positioned as the successor of the M-260H, and the processor was miniaturized with fewer gates by using an efficient logic system. At the same time, 1 megabit DRAM… |
| HITAC M-680H | At the time, the M-680H was in the world's top class in terms of speed, being 2--2.5 times faster than the previous M-280H in business processing, and 2--3 times faster than the previous M-280H in… |
| HITAC M-684H | The M-684H was comprised of four instruction processors. Key processor mechanisms were duplicated, just as in the M-683H. |
| HITAC M-880/210 | The lineup was comprised of four models: the M-880/210 and M-880/220 2-way processor models, the M-880/310 3-way processor model and the M-880/420 4-way processor model. The entry model 210 had… |
| HITAC M-880/420 | The lineup was comprised of four models: the M-880/210 and M-880/220 2-way processor models, the M-880/310 3-way processor model and the M-880/420 4-way processor model. The entry model 210 had… |
| HITAC S-810 | This was Hitachi's first supercomputer, anounced in August 1982. It employed parallel pipeline arithmetic processing, with multiple computing elements operating in parallel, and thus had the world… |
| HITAC S-820 | The successor of the S-810 supercomputer. It was announced in July 1987, and the first machine was shipped in December of that same year. In addition to instruction parallel pipeline control, for… |
| HITAC-1 | This system was manufactured by Nippon Signal, and was equipped with a printing bar type electric typewriter, a paper tape reader and a paper tape punch. A distinguishing feature of the HITAC-1 is… |
| HITAC-8100 | This was a small computer which used ICs throughout for processing units. It was announced in December 1965. The operating system was a disk oriented system developed independently by Hitachi. It… |
| Hitachi 2050/32 | The Hitachi 2050/32 Creative Workstation was developed as a workstation, applicable to creative work, which could serve as the core of future OA. This was done by integrating a conventional… |
| Hitachi 2050G | With superior graphics capability, the Hitachi 2050G Series of engineering workstations was developed for use in a wide range of fields, such as CAD/CAM/CAE, as a rationalization tool for… |
| Hitachi 2050G/ET | The 2050G and 2050G/EX achieved high-speed display of about 60K vectors/second by adding a 3-dimensional graphics processor. For graphics processing, the 2050G/ET used a RISC processor, and it had… |
| Hitachi 2050G/EX | The 2050G and 2050G/EX achieved high-speed display of about 60K vectors/second by adding a 3-dimensional graphics processor. For graphics processing, the 2050G/ET used a RISC processor, and it had… |
| Hitachi A241 Line Printer | The A241 was the first type-band printer from Hitachi. It was developed through technical collaboration with the Nortech Corporation (U.S.), and connected to the HITAC8150. |
| Hitachi Creative Workstation 2050 | In September 1985, Hitachi Limited marketed the Hitachi Creative Workstation 2050, to serve as a core for OA, and the Hitachi Personal Workstation 2020, a mass-market version of the same machine… |
| Hitachi elles | In December 1993 Hitachi announced the elles office server series, which was more than twice as cost effective as previous office processors. The series maintained compatibility with previous… |
| Hitachi FLORA 310 | The series consisted of eight models in two configurations, led by the FLORA 310, a model with an integrated 13.3-inch LCD monitor that made it the narrowest in its class, at just 19 centimeters,… |
| Hitachi FLORA 3100 series | Hitachi announced the FLORA 3100 series of PC servers in August 1993. Running on either the Intel Pentium microprocessor or the i486DX2 microprocessor, the servers were expandable to 352 MB of… |
| Hitachi FLORA 3100LP | Hitachi announced the FLORA 3100LP in February 1995 as its high-end 3100 series model. The FLORA 3100LP implemented microprocessing with up to eight Intel Pentium (100 MHz) processors thanks to… |
| Hitachi FLORA 330 | The series consisted of eight models in two configurations, led by the FLORA 310, a model with an integrated 13.3-inch LCD monitor that made it the narrowest in its class, at just 19 centimeters,… |
| Hitachi FLORA SM1 | Hitachi announced the new FLORA-S series of PC servers starting with the SM1 in February 1996 and the SS1, SB1, and SA1 in April 1996. |
| Hitachi HA8000-ie/InterStation | Hitachi announced the first model, the InterStation, of the HA8000-ie series in October 1999. The four keywords for this series of appliance servers were “easy to use,” “connectivity,” “all in one… |
| Hitachi HIPAC 101 | This was a parametron-based computer, developed by enhancing the HIPAC MK-1 for display at a computer exhibition sponsored by UNESCO and held in Paris in June 1959. The main improvements included… |
| Hitachi HIPAC 103 | This machine was developed as a computer for sophisticated scientific and engineering computations, suitable for the economic power load distribution equipment of Kansai Electric Power. It used… |
| Hitachi HIPAC MK-1 | This was Hitachi's first digital computer, developed to calculate the sag and tension of power transmission lines. It was completed in 1957. |
| Hitachi HITAC 10 | The HITAC 10 was Japan's first minicomputer, developed by Hitachi and announced in February 1969. It had a 16-bit word architecture (32-bit words were optional). All circuit elements were… |
| Hitachi HITAC 10II | The HITAC 10II was the successor of the HITAC 10 minicomputer developed by Hitachi, and was announced in 1973. Although the 16-bit word (32-bit words: optional) architecture was unchanged, the… |
| Hitachi HITAC 150H | This was a mid-range machine in the HITAC M Series of general-purpose computers. At this time, many computer users faced severe problems with increasing system developing costs, and obtaining… |
| Hitachi HITAC 20 | Announced in 1975, the HITAC 20 was a minicomputer positioned as a high-end version of the HITAC 10II. In terms of architecture, the machine had 16-bit general-purpose registers, and provided 90… |
| Hitachi HITAC 201 | After the completion of the HITAC 301, Hitachi started working on an affordable compact computer in 1960 that was easy to set up for smaller businesses to do their business accounting on. The… |
| Hitachi HITAC 301 | This was Hitachi's first transistor computer. Development began around May 1958, with guidance from the Electrotechnical Laboratory (which had completed the ETL Mark IV). Whereas the purpose of… |
| Hitachi HITAC 3010 | This machine was a mid-size computer for office use, modeled on the RCA301 made by RCA (a technology partner of Hitachi) and produced domestically in Japan. With the standard system, it had a… |
| Hitachi HITAC 5 | The HITAC 5 was a true billing machine, developed as the successor of the HITAC-1. Although the majority of previous products used paper tape as their program memory media, the HITAC 5 used… |
| Hitachi HITAC 5020 | This was a large general-purpose electronic computer, developed based on Hitachi's own technology. It was designed and manufactured primarily for calculations relating to science/engineering or… |
| Hitachi HITAC 8700 | These were high-end machines in the HITAC-8000 Series of general-purpose machines. The HITAC 8700 was announced in 1970, and the HITAC 8800 in the following year. In 1967, a national… |
| Hitachi HITAC 8800 | These were high-end machines in the HITAC-8000 Series of general-purpose machines. The HITAC 8700 was announced in 1970, and the HITAC 8800 in the following year. In 1967, a national project to… |
| Hitachi HITAC M-140H | This was a mid-range machine in the HITAC M Series of general-purpose computers. At this time, many computer users faced severe problems with increasing system developing costs, and obtaining… |
| Hitachi HITAC M-150 | The M-150 was a low-end mid-size machine, which achieved greater compactness and higher performance by employing state-of-the-art technology. |
| Hitachi HITAC M-160H | This was a mid-range machine in the HITAC M Series of general-purpose computers. At this time, many computer users faced severe problems with increasing system developing costs, and obtaining… |
| Hitachi HITAC M-160II | The M-160II was a large computer, which came next after the M-170, and its main feature was its particularly high cost-performance for a computer in this class. Just like the M-180 and M-170, it… |
| Hitachi HITAC M-170 | The M-170 was a large computer, which came next after the M-180, and was equipped with the same buffer memory as the high-end model. It exhibited superior performance as the key player in database… |
| Hitachi HITAC M-180 | The high-end M-180 exhibited outstanding capabilities as a central computer in computer networks and large-scale database/data communication systems, and as a computer playing a core role in large… |
| Hitachi HITAC M-200H | This machine employed state-of-the-art technology like semiconductors, and was announced in 1978 as the world's largest and fastest large general-purpose computer. A delay check system for… |
| Hitachi HITAC S-3000 | Hitachi announced the HITAC S-3000 series of supercomputers in April 1992. The series ran from the S-3800 model, with ultra-fast vector processing, to the S-3600, with excellent cost effectiveness… |
| Hitachi HITAC S-810 | The HITAC S-810 is a vector supercomputer developed, manufactured and marketed by Hitachi. The first models, the S-810/10 and S-810/20, were announced in August 1982, making the S-810 was the… |
| Hitachi HITAC S-820 | The HITAC S-820 is a vector supercomputer developed, manufactured and marketed by Hitachi. Announced in July 1987, it was Hitachi's second supercomputer, succeeding the HITAC S-810. The S-820 is… |
| Hitachi Personal Workstation 2020 | The 2020 was developed as a mass-market version of the 2050. It employed the high-performance 80286 microprocessor, and had high-capacity memory, high-reliability due to the adoption of LSI, a… |
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