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02 Jun, 2021

Toshiba’s Triple-Gate IGBT Power Semiconductors Cut Switching Power Losses by 40.5% -Support high efficiency power converters for electrical systems and contribute to the realization of carbon-neutral economy-

TOKYO─Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has developed a prototype triple-gate IGBT that reduces overall power loss by up to 40.5% when switching on and off (switching losses), the process of allowing and stopping electricity flow, in power semiconductors used to control electric power.

13 May, 2021

Toshiba and Dharma Capital’s Joint Experiment in Financial Markets to Verify the Effectiveness of a Quasi-Quantum Computer When Applied to High Frequency Trading -The world’s first attempt to verify the effectiveness of investment strategies based on optimal solutions presented by a quasi-quantum computer, Toshiba's Simulated Bifurcation Machine™-

Toshiba Corporation (President and CEO, Satoshi Tsunakawa, hereinafter “Toshiba”) and Dharma Capital. K.K. (Founder and CEO, Akiyoshi Shiotani, hereinafter “Dharma Capital”) will launch a joint project to verify the effectiveness of high frequency trading (hereinafter “HFT”) strategies for the Japanese listed stocks based on optimal solutions presented by a quasi-quantum computer, Toshiba’s Simulated Bifurcation Machine™. This is the world's first attempt to verify the effectiveness of quasi-quantum computers when they are applied to the HFT strategies in actual financial trading systems.

30 Mar, 2021

Toshiba Offers On-premises Simulated Bifurcation Machine™ for Market Trials in Japan -World’s fastest combinatorial optimization computer suitable for real-time, large-scale, complex problem-solving. Three reference blueprints to facilitate application development by users.-

TOKYO – Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), the industry leader in solutions for large-scale combinatorial optimization problems, today announced that its Simulated Bifurcation Machine™ is now available for on-premises trial and testing in Japan. Developers, researchers, and businesses in Japan can now experience the world’s fastest, high accuracy optimization computer for complex problem-solving in real-time by requesting a trial from Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation.

22 Mar, 2021

Toshiba’s Carbon Recycling Technology Realizes World’s Highest CO₂ Conversion Speed and Achieves Decarbonization in a Limited Space
-CO₂ electrocatalyst electrode stack technology can convert up to 1.0 ton of CO₂ a year at ambient temperatures, with an installation space the size of an envelope-

TOKYO – Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has developed the world’s most efficient electrocatalyst technology for converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, a raw material for fuel and chemicals. The electrocatalyst has an installation area about the size of a C5 envelope, operates at room temperature, and can process up to a ton of CO₂ a year. This dramatic improvement in processing speed and conversion rate was achieved with a proprietary technology for stacking CO₂ electrocatalyst electrodes.

12 Mar, 2021

Cutting-edge Scale-Out Technology from Toshiba will Take Fintech and Logistics to New Level -Multi-chip architecture points way to continued increases in performance of Toshiba’s optimization computer. Potential to create a game-changing shift in complex financial transactions and robotics.-

TOKYO – Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), the industry leader in solutions for large-scale optimization problems, today announced a scale-out technology that minimizes hardware limitations, an evolution of its optimization computer, the Simulation Bifurcation Machine (SBM), that supports continued increases in computing speed and scale. Toshiba expects the new SBM to be a game changer for real-world problems that require large-scale, high-speed and low-latency, such as simultaneous financial transactions involving large numbers of stock, and complex control of multiple robots. The research results were published in Nature Electronics on March 1.

04 Feb, 2021

Toshiba’s New Algorithms Quickly Deliver Highly Accurate Solutions to Complex Problems
-Breaks the limitations of classical mechanics by introducing a quasi-quantum effect Expected to accelerate complex problem-solving in finance, pharmaceuticals and logistics.-

TOKYO --Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) and Toshiba Digital Solutions Corporation (collectively Toshiba), industry leaders in solutions for large-scale optimization problems, today announced the Ballistic Simulated Bifurcation Algorithm (bSB) and the Discrete Simulated Bifurcation Algorithm (dSB), new algorithms that far surpass the performance of Toshiba’s previous Simulated Bifurcation Algorithm (SB). The new algorithms will be applied to finding solutions to highly complex problems in areas as diverse as portfolio management, drug development and logistics management.

01 Feb, 2021

Toshiba's Inspection Information Management AI Automatically Recognizes and Manages Imaging Locations and Subject Sizes from a Single Photo
-Contributing to automation of patrol and maintenance inspection tasks in power plant facilities and work-style reforms for the “new normal”-

TOKYO―Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has developed inspection information management AI for equipment inspections that can recognize the location as well as any signs of deterioration in equipment, including the size of any crack, simply by analyzing a single photo taken with a general-purpose camera. The system combines two Toshiba technologies: position-recognition AI that identifies locations from images, and 3D-recognition AI that accurately estimates sizes. The new AI will contribute to the efficiency of maintenance inspections at power plants and other facilities with weak or no GPS signals.

21 Dec, 2020

Beginning Joint Verification Tests on Quantum Cryptography Technology to Enhance Cybersecurity in the Financial Sector
-Testing practicality in large-capacity and low-latency communications in stock transactions-

TOKYO—Nomura Holdings, Inc. (Representative Executive Officer and President, Kentaro Okuda, hereinafter “Nomura HD”), Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. (Representative Director and President, Toshio Morita, hereinafter “Nomura Securities”), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (President, Hideyuki Tokuda, Ph.D. hereinafter “NICT”), Toshiba Corporation (Representative Executive Officer and President and CEO, Nobuaki Kurumatani), and NEC Corporation (President and CEO, Takashi Niino, hereinafter “NEC”) will jointly verify the effectiveness and practicality of quantum cryptography technology in order to strengthen the security of data communications and storage in the financial sector. The tests will commence in December 2020.

14 Dec, 2020

Toshiba Develops AI Technology for World-Class Accuracy in Image-Based Anomaly Detection
-Achieving high accuracy even when the appearance of the inspection target differs by imaged area or product type, and improving productivity at diverse manufacturing sites-

TOKYO―Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has improved detection accuracy for public data by almost 10% over conventional methods (from 69.5% to 79.1%), achieving world-best detection performance in AI for anomaly detection using images of products at manufacturing sites. The company’s proprietary deep-learning methods allow highly accurate learning from only normal data, eliminating the need for anomaly data that can be difficult to collect at manufacturing sites. Anomalies are detected with high accuracy even when the appearance of the inspection target differs by imaged location or product type (Fig. 1). This AI will help automate quality control inspection of semiconductor wafers, which is conventionally performed visually, and will contribute to improved productivity at manufacturing sites.

04 Dec, 2020

Toshiba’s New Magnetic Material Greatly Improves Motor Energy Conversion Efficiency
-Reducing energy loss, and suitable for train drive systems, automobiles, robots and other applications requiring high reliability. Expected to contribute to realization of a carbon-free economy.-

TOKYO―Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has developed a new magnetic material with characteristics that deliver major improvements in motor efficiency at minimum cost, and with the potential to win significant reductions in power consumption, necessary toward achieving a low-carbon future.

02 Dec, 2020

Six Companies to Start Studying Carbon Recycling Business Models
-Converting CO2 from Sources such as Exhaust Gases into Sustainable Aviation Fuel-

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation ,Toshiba Corporation, Toyo Engineering Corporation, Idemitsu Kosan Co.,Ltd. , All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. and Japan CCS Co., Ltd. have reached an agreement to begin reviewing recycling business models for reuse of CO2 from sources such as exhaust gases into Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) via Power-to-Chemicals (P2C) processes, using technologies developed by Toshiba Corporate Research & Development Center which convert carbon dioxide (CO2) to carbon monoxide (CO) through electrolysis.

30 Nov, 2020

Toshiba Develops AI that Segments Regions of Individual Packages in Images from Visible-Light Cameras with World's Highest Accuracy
-Aims to commercialize logistics robots capable of high accurate recognition without onsite pre-learning in FY2021. Promoting accelerating automation of logistics industry-

TOKYO―Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has developed AI that accurately estimates regions of randomly piled individual objects in images taken with standard, visible-light cameras. Logistics robots integrating the AI perform highly accurate unloading and picking, and in tests against a public-data set the AI recorded the world’s best performance in respect of low measurement errors. Because it uses images from a standard camera, the AI has a much shorter learning process than AI based on three-dimensional sensors. It also delivers easy implementation without any onsite pre-installation learning.

26 Nov, 2020

Toshiba’s New Analysis Technology for a Hard Disk Write Head is World’s First to Image Dynamics of a Write Head with Precision of One Ten-billionth of a Second, Will Contribute to Increased Hard Disk Capacities

Tokyo, Sendai, Sayo—Using synchrotron radiation at SPring-8, large-scale synchrotron radiation facility, Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502), the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), and Tohoku University have succeeded in imaging the magnetization dynamics of a hard disk drive (HDD) write head for the first time ever, with a precision of one ten-billionth of a second. The method makes possible highly precise analysis of write head operations, and will accelerate the development of the next-generation write head and further increase in HDD capacity.

20 Nov, 2020

Toshiba Develops World’s First Aqueous Lithium-ion Battery with Nonflammable Electrolyte
-Greater freedom in locating large-scale stationary energy storage systems expected to contribute to stable management of renewable energy sources and realization of a decarbonized society-

TOKYO--Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has developed a prototype aqueous rechargeable lithium-ion battery that points the way to realization of the world's first aqueous large-capacity stationary storage battery that can operate at -30°C.

29 Sep, 2020

Toshiba Develops High-Sensitivity, Compact Superconducting Multiband Receiver for Radio Telescopes
-Contributing to astronomy and study of black holes by capturing previously inaccessible frequency bands and receiver miniaturization-

TOKYO―Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has achieved two major advances in radio telescopes that together improve observation sensitivity, shorten observation time, allow installation in space-restricted places, and reduce power consumption. The technologies are expected to help to advance understanding of celestial bodies, including black holes.