Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO:6502) today announced that the
company’s T1100 laptop PC, first shipped in Europe in 1985, has received
certification as a major innovation under the IEEE Milestone Program. The T1100
was recognized for its invaluable contribution to the development of laptop PC.
The IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers, Inc., the world’s leading professional association for electrical
and electronics engineers, established the Milestones Program in 1983 in order
to recognize important historical achievements. Approximately 140 milestones
have been awarded worldwide. For Toshiba, this will be 2nd award since
Toshiba's JW-10 Japanese-language word processor also won recognition as an
IEEE Milestone in 2008.