NEC 2000 IPS Manuale Utente

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Chapter 1   Introduction 
 
 
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UNIVERGE 
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 2000 IPS Request for Proposal (RFP) Reference Guide 
 
 
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The Invention Age 
NEC began its solid tradition with some of the first manual telecommunications systems in Japan. 
During the Invention Age, NEC had achieved the following: 
 
 
In 1900 - NEC began manufacturing its own products 
 
In 1903 - NEC manufactured the first battery phone in Japan 
 
In 1923 - NEC entered the radio transmission field 
 
In 1927 - NEC began automatic switching manufacturing 
 
In 1938 - NEC began manufacturing crossbar switching systems 
The Industrial Age 
The Industrial Age in America brought great strides in business communication systems with the 
development of the electro-mechanical system. NEC successfully delivered step-by-step, crossbar, 
and cross-reed technology to the world marketplace. During this era; 
 
 
In 1950 - NEC began manufacturing some of the world’s first semiconductors 
 
In 1952 - NEC won the Deming prize awarded in communications 
 
In 1956 - NEC introduced step-by-step, cross-reed technology, and crossbar 
telephone switching systems to the world marketplace. 
 
In 1959 - NEC developed one of the first transistorized computers 
 
In 1963 - January 17, 1963 NEC entered the American marketplace with a sales 
office in New York 
 
In 1965 - NEC became a world innovator in digital transmission equipment 
 
The Electronic Age 
NEC entered the Electronic Age with solid-state technology, stored program control, and digital 
switching throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s. 
 
 
In 1972 - NEC developed the world’s first 10K single element LSI chip 
 
In 1976 - NEC introduced the first skinny wire system 
 
In 1978 - NEC introduced the first digital hybrid, the Electra-100 
 
In 1979 - NEC entered the personal computer market 
 
In 1980 - NEC patented its Distributor Processor design (US Patent # 4,210,782). 
This little known patented process, invented by Kazunori Fujita, ushered in a new 
era of business communications systems through the use of distributed processing, 
modular building block concept, and fully integrated voice and data switching. Out of 
this patent came NEC’s premier flagship product, the NEAX 2400 IMS 
 
In 1983 - NEC introduced the NEAX 2400 IMS 
 
In 1983 - NEC introduced one of the world’s first super computers 
 
In 1985 - NEC introduced the Electra IMS 
 
In 1986 - NEC created one of the first 4MBit processor chips 
 
In 1988 - NEC opened the Software Development Center in the U.S. market 
 
In 1989 - NEC introduced the NEAX1400 IMS