apple

Sharp Corporation (シャープ株式会社, Shāpu kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese multinational corporation that designs and manufactures electronics products, headquartered in Sakai-ku, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture. Since 2016 it has been majority owned by the Taiwan-based Foxconn Group.[2][3][4] Sharp employs more than 50,000 people worldwide.[1]

History

In September 1912, Tokuji Hayakawa founded a metal workshop in Tokyo. The first of his many inventions was a snap buckle named 'Tokubijo'. Another of his inventions was the Ever-Sharp mechanical pencil in 1915, from which the Sharp Corporation derived its name.[5] After the pencil business was destroyed by the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the company relocated to Osaka and began designing the first generation of Japanese radio sets. These went on sale in 1925.

The company was established as "Hayakawa Metal Works" in 1924, in Tanabe-cho, Osaka. In 1942, the name was changed to "Hayakawa Electric Industry Company". In 1953, Hayakawa Electric started producing the first Japanese-made television set, the Sharp TV3-14T.

Apple and Sharp

Sharp has produced LCD displays for Apple Computer since the first PowerBook 100, which was released in October 1991.[6][7]

Sharp collaborated with Apple to manufacture the first MessagePad, along with its own Newton-based device, the Sharp Expert Pad PI-7000.[8] Both were released on August 3, 1993 at Macworld Expo Boston.[9] It was followed by the Expert Pad PI-7100, which was discontinued after disappointing sales.[8]

Sharp has been major part of the supply chain of Apple Inc. in producing displays for iPads and iPhones based on IGZO technology.[10] In August 2020, Sharp acquired a manufacturing plant from Japan Display which supplies displays for the 2nd-generation iPhone SE, reportedly at Apple's request.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Annual Report 2019. Sharp Corporation (March 2020).
  2. ↑ Mochizuki, Takashi (13 August 2016). Taiwan's Foxconn Completes Acquisition of Sharp.
  3. ↑ Subscribe to read.
  4. ↑ Chanthadavong, Aimee. Foxconn completes acquisition of Sharp.
  5. ↑ Eversharp history. Vintage Pens.
  6. ↑ PowerBook 100 LCD screen replacement, the sad conclusion by Fred Mart, Very Computer. 1992-08-15.
  7. ↑ PowerBook 190cs/5300cs CFSTN LCD Display Sharp / Torisen, Visual Information Services. Accessed 2021-02-03.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sharp's Newton ExpertPad by Douglas Luckie, Michigan State University. Archived 1999-01-29.
  9. ↑ Newton steals the show at Boston Macworld Expo by Knight-Ridder News Service, The Baltimore Sun. 1993-08-09.
  10. ↑ Sharp dedicates an entire LCD plant to Apple: Executive cites 'volatility' by Brooke Crothers, C|NET. 2014-06-30.
  11. ↑ Apple was behind Sharp decision to buy Japan Display plant by Stephen Warwick, iMore. 2020-08-29.

External links

IPod Nano 6 This article is a semistub. You can help by expanding it with some more information.
Wikipedia-logo-v2 This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia (view authors).