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Company activities and awards |
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| 1975 |
Nippon Precision Circuits Inc.established
Shiobara Factory (Building S) completed |
Developed the world's first PLL for CMOS LSI for CBs |
| 1976 |
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Developed the world's first quartz clock LSI for record players |
| 1978 |
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Developed a CMOS LSI for a clock running at 1 V |
| 1979 |
Increased capital to 250 million yen |
Developed a standard cell method and substantially shortened LSI design time |
| 1983 |
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Developed PLLs for 200-MHz CMOS LSI by putting the molybdenum gate multilayer CMOS process into practical use. |
| 1984 |
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Developed the 121-degree linear phase FIR digital filter LSI for CD players |
| 1985 |
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Developed a high-speed 16-bit parallel multiplier-accumulator LSI |
| 1986 |
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Developed the world's first digital filter for recording and playback for DAT |
| 1987 |
Received the Nikkei Excellent Service Award for the digital filter IC for recording and playback |
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| 1988 |
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Developed a high-performance 20-bit 8fs digital filter IC |
| 1989 |
Shiobara Technology Center (Building H) completed
Received the "Radio Technology Magazine" Award for the high-performance 20-bit 8fs digital filter IC, the "SM5803AP" |
Received the "Radio Technology Magazine" Award
Shiobara Technology Center (building H) completed |
| 1990 |
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Developed 1-bit DAC (sigma DECO) for audio |
| 1991 |
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Developed DSPs dedicated to Dolby Pro-logic |
| 1992 |
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Developed PLLs for pagers running at 1-V and 90-MHz |
| 1993 |
Received the "Radio Technology Magazine" Award for the high-performance 24-bit 8fs digital filter IC, the "SM5842AP" |
Developed an asynchronous sample rate converter for audio |
| 1994 |
Acquired ISO9001 accreditation
Received the "Radio Technology Magazine" Award for the asynchronous sample rate converter for audio, the "SM5844AF" |
Developed the world's first compression type shock-proof memory controller |
| 1996 |
Acquired ISO14001 accreditation |
Developed a high-sampling high-bit digital filter LSI |
| 1999 |
Acquired QS-9000 accreditation:
Received the "Radio Technology Magazine" Award for the DVD audio digital filter, the "SM5847AF" |
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| 2000 |
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Developed a DA converter for both SACD and DVD audio, multi-purpose high-frequency clock generator, high-speed charging control IC for Ni-MH/NiCd, and IC for high-frequency oscillator |
| 2001 |
Received the "Award for Excellence in Energy Control from Director-General of the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy"
Also given the "Radio Technology Magazine" Award for Asynchronous sample rate converter, the "SM5849AF"
Started mass production of ICs using lead-free mounting |
Developed a laser-switching driver IC for portable CD player |
| 2002 |
Received the 2002 TPM Excellence Award
Established the USA office in Californiaes Silicon Valley |
Developed a high-speed target trace vision chip |
| 2003 |
Received the "Radio Technology Magazine" Award for the 6-ch DSD-PCM converter, the "SM5816AF" |
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| 2004 |
Vision chip won a prize of Technology from The Society of Instrument and Control Engineers |
Developed the FSK Transceiver IC for Specified Low Power Radio Station |
| 2005 |
Nippon Precision Circuits Inc.'s equity ownership shifts to Seiko Corporation. |
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| 2006 |
Nippon Precision Circuits Inc. renamed Seiko NPC Corporation |
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