Here is the official drivers release by the support site and the link directly from HCL ftp server. Note that this model released with Windows 7 pre-installed and I strongly recommend to install according to the order given below. The following drivers compatible with Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit Intel Installation Framework: Intel Chipset Driver: Graphic Intel HD Graphic 3000: AHCI (Sata Controller Driver): Audio (realtek HD Audio): Touchpad: LAN/Ethernet (Realtek 8169/8168/8101E): Hotkey (Pegatron Hotkey): Card Reader - Realtek USB 2.0 Card Reader Software: Fingerprint: Windows 7 32-bit: Windows 7 64-bit: TPM Intel Trusted Platform Module: Windows 7 32-bit: Windows 7 64-bit: Combo Card - refers to Wireless and Bluetooth: There are 2 variant for HCL 1044 using Intel and Non-intel combo card. A intel combo card require separate installation of wireless and bluetooth which mean you need to install them one at a time. For non-intel HCL already provide the wireless and Bluetooth driver in one driver packages. So you need to choose base on your specification. If you does not know how to check, just test which work for you.
Non Intel Combo Card: 2. Intel combo Card: Bluetooth 32-bit: Bluetooth 64-bot: Wireless 32-bit: Wireless 64-bot. This drivers support all HCL Me 74 series including Icon M 74 and L 74. DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS 7 and VISTA 32/64 BIT Audio: Choose one base on your specification: Wireless and Bluetooth Botes: Choose base on your specs, combo card refer to device that use the same driver or manufacturer for wireless and bluetooth, while non-combo requires separate installation. Download the file and read the readme file on the installation folder. Combo Card: - NON-combo Card: - Graphic: SATA Controller Card reader Chipset Installation utility: Leyboard and Mouse: Intel Management Engine: Lan/Ethernet Controller: Touchpad: Camera/Webcam: DRIVERS FOR WINDOWS XP 32-bit Audio: Choose one base on your specification: Wireless and Bluetooth Botes: Choose base on your specs, combo card refer to device that use the same driver or manufacturer for wireless and bluetooth, while non-combo requires separate installation.
Download the file and read the readme file on the installation folder. Combo Card: - NON-combo Card: - - Graphic: Card reader: Chipset Installation utility: Please install before chipset installation. Leyboard and Mouse:H Intel Management Engine: I Lan/Ethernet Controller: L Touchpad: Camera/Webcam: Drivers for Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit Wireless LAN zip: D.
The following downloads support: HCL Me Notebook 1015 HCL Me Notebook 2025 HCL Me Notebook 2035 Intel model means model that use Intel Hardware (refer to the wireless section). OS: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit Chipset Driver: Sata Drivers: Graphics Drivers:, Audio Drivers: Card Reader: Hotkey Driver: Intel Management Interface: LAN/Ethernet: Touchpad Driver: USB Driver (3.0): Camera/Webcam: Wireless and Bluetooth Select base on your computer specification: For NON - Intel Model: Combo Card Wireless + Bluetooth: This package contain azuware and chicony combo card. You need to choose base on your specification. For Intel Model: Wireless and Bluetooth Wireless:, Bluetooth:, How to Install? Download the drivers and extract the zip file. Run the setup or executable file within the extracted driver folder to install. Notes: This driver can be use with windows XP and windows Vista, HCL only release for windows 7 but the package itself contain driver file for windows XP Vista and 7.
Listing Program At89s51 Isp here. Intel Graphics Driver, free and safe download. Intel Graphics Driver latest version: Keep Your Intel Graphics Card Up To Date. Intel Graphics Driver is a catch-all name for a variety of drivers for an even bigger variety of. On HCL Support server this drivers listed under HCL ME Laptop L 1065; Please Install according to the order. Graphic Intel HD (4000) Graphic Driver With Intel Core i5 3rd Generation. Windows 7 (32/64-bit): Download Windows 8 (32/64-bit): Download Hotkey Drivers for Quicklaunch and Keyboard Windows 7.
I already check it one by one except for graphic and LAN, it is only for windows 7. Windows XP/Vista graphic Driver: You can download it from Intel download center, search for Intel 2nd generation processor HD graphics. Chipset Intel(R) 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Version 9.2.0.1030, 2.16MB Windows 7 32 Bit: Windows 7 64 Bit: AHCI Intel SATA AHCI Driver Version 10.1.1.1008, 5.63MB Windows 7 32 Bit: Windows 7 64 Bit: MEI Intel Management Interface Version 3.1.0 (Build 1722), 3.26MB Windows 7 32 Bit: Windows 7 64 Bit: VGA - Graphic Intel HD Graphics 3000 (2nd generation) Graphics: 8., 45.63MB Display Audio Driver: 6. Windows 8 Upgrade Note: 1. Most of the drivers installed in windows 8, in case there are driver missing you can download the drivers below. Run Microsoft updates to check the latest drivers available. Drivers that available on Microsoft update includes graphic, audio, LAN, USB 3.0 and card reader.
Chipset Intel Chipset Installation Utility Version 9.4.0.1026, 5.4MB Graphic Intel HD 3000 (2nd Generation i3) Graphic Version: 15. Version: 15.28. SATA Intel Serial ATA AHCI Drivers Version 11.5.0.1207, 0.3MB Version 11.7.1.1001, 8.7MB Audio Conexant High Definition Smart Audio Driver Version 8.54.14.50 (If installation failed, install in for windows 7.) LAN Atheros AR813x/815x PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (NDIS 6.30) Driver Version 2.1.0.4 94KB version 2.1.0.4 100KB LAN Installation: (extract the driver using winrar or 7z software first.) 1. Open device manager by press Windows + R Button 2. Look for Network adapter marked with yellow. Right click and select update driver. Select browse computer for driver software.
Click browse and point to the driver folder we extract earlier. Other Driver: For other driver just use original windows 7 drivers for your model. Install all the drivers in for windows 7. First extract the driver file, right click on setup - properties - compatibility -run this program in compatibility mode for, select windows 7. Touchpad: USB 3.0: Webcam: Card Reader.
Model: HCL Notebook P28 PDC Series: HCL Me Notebook Series 28 Other Names: HCL Me Leaptop 28 Compatibility: Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit There are no official drivers release for Windows 7, so i listed the drivers for windows 7 here. HCL site also seems to be down. FTP site also only list Series 29 model without 28 model. First the main drivers is chipset, audio and graphic.
If it take longer to download, right click on the download link and select 'save link as' or 'open link in new tab'. If still didn't work, download trial version of IDM (Internet Download Manager), Install it. After installation finish, Copy download link and add to IDM download. (since the FTP site for HCL is down the download link from the server sometimes didn't respond to request) Chipset: Automatically Installed in windows Vista and Windows 7 (Via southbridge). Some P28 models Use Intel Q33/G33/G31/P35 Chipset which automatically installed during windows 7 installation. Graphic CN896 VIA Chrome9™, P4M900 VIA Chrome9™, VN896 VIA Chrome9™ HC Version: 24.12.01 size:14MB (32-bit) 64-bit drivers not supported. (default VGA applied in windows 7) Audio: Realtek High Definition Audio Drivers (Windows 7 already installed High Definition Audio by default - windows updates available through automatic updates for Realtek Audio devices) Other Drivers: For other drivers - bluetooth, webcam, touchpad and others, just use Your original Vista drivers and install it using compatibility mode for Windows Vista (tutorial to install using ).
Model: HCL Me Laptop l1114 Series: 1114 Manufacture: HCL Last Updated: May 8th 2014 Notes: Currently my service provider change their Fair Usage Policy which my Unlimited Quota is limited to 24GB a month (I'm on a tight quota budget). So, I can't download and check all the driver files for now. That is why only few information I manage to provide here. If you urgently need certain information do let me know. HCL Me Tablets Drivers, All HCL Me tablets Drivers, Utilities and Documents. Image files Normally more than 100MB, no additional information provided since the manufacture web server seems to be down. Model: HCL Me Leaptop 39 Series: HCL Me Notebook 39 Series Compatibility: Windows XP Download and Extract the file.
Run setup within the extracted folder to Install. HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver Chipset Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver VGA Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver Audio Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver MODEM Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver LAN Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver Card Reader Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver Touch Pad Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver KB Manager Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver Bluetooth Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver AHCI Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 Driver Video View Windows XP HCL Me Laptop 39 DriveWireless Windows XP.
Number of employees 187,809 (2016) Toshiba America, Inc. Toshiba Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.
Toshiba China Co., Ltd. Toshiba of Europe Ltd. (See ) Website Toshiba Corporation ( 株式会社東芝, Kabushiki-gaisha Tōshiba, English: ), commonly known as Toshiba and stylized as TOSHIBA, is a Japanese headquartered in,. Its diversified products and services include information technology and communications equipment and systems, electronic components and materials, power systems, industrial and social infrastructure systems, consumer electronics, household appliances, medical equipment, office equipment, as well as lighting and logistics. Toshiba was founded in 1939 as Tokyo Shibaura Denki K.K.
Through the merger of Shibaura Seisaku-sho (founded in 1875) and Tokyo Denki (founded in 1890). The company name was officially changed to Toshiba Corporation in 1978. Toshiba made a large number of corporate acquisitions during its history, including of Semp in 1977, of in 2006, of in 2011, and 's business in 2012. Toshiba is organized into four groupings: the Digital Products Group, the Electronic Devices Group, the Home Appliances Group and the Social Infrastructure Group. It is listed on the, where it is a constituent of the and indices, the and the.
Toshiba is the seventh largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world. [ ] On 11 April 2017, Toshiba filed unaudited quarterly results because of uncertainties at Westinghouse, which had filed for protection. Toshiba stated that 'substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern exists'. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] 1939 to 2000 [ ] Toshiba was founded in 1939 by the merger of (Shibaura Engineering Works) and (Tokyo Electric). Shibaura Seisakusho had been founded as by in July 1875 as Japan's first manufacturer of equipment. In 1904, it was renamed Shibaura Seisakusho. Through the first decades of the 20th century, Shibaura Seisakusho had become a major manufacturer of heavy electrical machinery as Japan modernized during the and became a world industrial power.
Tokyo Denki was founded as in 1890 and had been Japan's first producer of incandescent electric lamps. It later diversified into the manufacture of other consumer products and in 1899 had been renamed Tokyo Denki. The merger of Shibaura and Tokyo Denki created a new company called Tokyo Denki (Tokyo Shibaura Electric) ( ). It was soon nicknamed Toshiba, but it was not until 1978 that the company was officially renamed Toshiba Corporation. The Toshiba pavilion. The group expanded rapidly, driven by a combination of organic growth and by acquisitions, buying heavy engineering and primary industry firms in the 1940s and 1950s.
Groups created include (1960), Toshiba International Corporation (1970s) Toshiba Electrical Equipment (1974), Toshiba Chemical (1974), Toshiba Lighting and Technology (1989), Toshiba America Information Systems (1989) and Toshiba Carrier Corporation (1999). Toshiba is responsible for a number of Japanese firsts, including radar (1912), the TAC digital computer (1954), transistor television and microwave oven (1959), (1971), Japanese (1978), MRI system (1982), laptop personal computer (1986), NAND EEPROM (1991), DVD (1995), the sub-notebook personal computer (1996) and (2005). In 1977, Toshiba acquired the Brazilian company Semp (Sociedade Eletromercantil Paulista), subsequently forming Semp Toshiba through the combination of the two companies' South American operations. Current Toshiba logo used since 1984. In 1987, Tocibai Machine, a subsidiary of Toshiba, was accused of illegally selling CNC used to produce very quiet propellers to the in violation of the agreement, an international on certain countries to countries.
The involved a subsidiary of Toshiba and the Norwegian company. The incident strained relations between the and, and resulted in the arrest and prosecution of two senior executives, as well as the imposition of on the company by both countries. Senator of Pennsylvania said 'What Toshiba and Kongsberg did was ransom the security of the United States for $517 million.' 2000 to 2010 [ ] In 2001, Toshiba signed a contract with, one of the world's largest consumer video electronic makers and suppliers, to manufacture and supply finished consumer TV and video products for Toshiba to meet the increasing demand for the North American market.
The contract ended in 2008, ending seven years of OEM production with Orion. In December 2004, Toshiba quietly announced it would discontinue manufacturing traditional in-house (CRT) televisions. In 2006, Toshiba terminated production of in-house plasma TVs.
To ensure its future competitiveness in the flat-panel digital television and display market, Toshiba has made a considerable investment in a new kind of display technology called. Before, Toshiba was a member of the ( ). Today Toshiba is a member of the Mitsui (a set of companies with interlocking business relationships and shareholdings), and still has preferential arrangements with Mitsui Bank and the other members of the keiretsu. Membership in a keiretsu has traditionally meant loyalty, both corporate and private, to other members of the keiretsu or allied keiretsu. This loyalty can extend as far as the the employees consume, which in Toshiba's case is. In July 2005, confirmed it planned to sell, then estimated to be worth $1.8 billion (£1 billion).
The bid attracted interest from several companies including Toshiba, and and when the reported on 23 January 2006 that Toshiba had won the bid, it valued the company's offer at $5 billion (£2.8 billion). The sale of Westinghouse by the Government of the United Kingdom surprised many industry experts, who questioned the wisdom of selling one of the world's largest producers of nuclear reactors shortly before the market for nuclear power was expected to grow substantially;, the and the are all expected to invest heavily in nuclear power. The acquisition of for $5.4 billion was completed on 17 October 2006, with Toshiba obtaining a 77 percent share, and partners a 20 percent share and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co.
A 3 percent share. In late 2007, Toshiba took over from as the sponsor of the top-most screen of in. It displays the iconic 60-second countdown on its screen, as well as messages, greetings, and advertisements for the company. In January 2009, Toshiba acquired the business of. 2010 to 2013 [ ] Toshiba announced on 16 May 2011, that it had agreed to acquire all of the shares of the Swiss-based advanced-power-meter maker for $2.3 billion.
In 2010 the company released a series of television models including the WL768, YL863, VL963 designed in collaboration with Danish designer. Toshiba Television WL768 In April 2012, Toshiba agreed to acquire 's point-of-sale business for $850 million, making it the world's largest vendor of point-of-sale systems. In July 2012, Toshiba was accused of fixing the prices of LCD panels in the United States at a high level. While such claims were denied by Toshiba, they have agreed to settle alongside several other manufacturers for a total of $571 million.
In December 2013, Toshiba completed its acquisition of Vijai Electricals Limited plant at Hyderabad & set up its own base for manufacturing of Transmission & Distribution products(Transformers & Switchgears) under the Social Infrastructure Group in India as Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Private Limited. 2014 OCZ Storage Solutions Acquisition [ ]. In January 2014, Toshiba completed its acquisition of. OCZ Technology stock was halted on November 27, 2013. OCZ then stated they expected to file a petition for bankruptcy and that Toshiba Corporation had expressed interest in purchasing its assets in a bankruptcy proceeding. On December 2, 2013, OCZ announced Toshiba had agreed to purchase nearly all of OCZ's assets for $35 million.
The deal was completed on January 21, 2014 when the assets of OCZ Technology Group became a new independently-operated subsidiary of Toshiba named OCZ Storage Solutions. OCZ Technology Group then changed its name to ZCO Liquidating Corporation; on August 18, 2014, ZCO Liquidating Corporation and its subsidiaries were liquidated. Was dissolved on April 1, 2016 and absorbed into Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc., with OCZ becoming a brand of Toshiba. In March 2014, Toshiba sued SK Hynix accusing the company for stealing technology of their NAND flash memory.
In October 2014, Toshiba and agreed a deal to expand their joint venture outside. Toshiba announced in early 2015 that they would stop making televisions in its own factories.
From 2015 onward, Toshiba televisions will be made by for the U.S., or by and other manufacturers for the European market. In January 2016, Toshiba's security division unveiled a new bundle of services for schools that use its surveillance equipment. The program, which is intended for both K-12 and higher education, includes education discounts, alerts and post-warranty support, among other features, on its IP-based security gear.
As of March 2016, Toshiba is preparing to start construction on a cutting-edge new semiconductor plant in Japan that will mass-produce chips based on the ultra-dense flash variant. Toshiba expects to spend approximately 360 billion yen, or $3.2 billion, on the project through May 2019.
In April 2016, Toshiba recalled 100,000 faulty laptop lithium-ion batteries, which are made by Panasonic, that can overheat, posing burn and fire hazards to consumers, according to the U.S. Consumer PRoduct Safety Commission. Toshiba first announced the recall in January, and said it was recalling the batteries in certain Toshiba Notebook computers sold since June 2011. In September 2016, Toshiba announced the first wireless power receiver using the 1.2.2 specification, developed in association with the. In late December 2016 Toshiba announced losses in the Westinghouse subsidiary from nuclear plant construction would lead to a write-down of several billion dollars.
In January 2017, a person with direct knowledge of the matter reported that the company plans on making its chip division a separate business. 2015 accounting scandal [ ] Toshiba first announced in May 2015 that it was investigating an accounting scandal and it might have to revise its profits for the previous three years. On 21 July 2015, CEO Hisao Tanaka announced his resignation amid an accounting scandal that he called 'the most damaging event for our brand in the company's 140-year history.' Profits had been inflated by $1.2 billion over the previous seven years. Eight other senior officials also resigned, including the two previous CEOs.
Chairman Masashi Muromachi was appointed acting CEO. Following the scandal, Toshiba Corp. Download Fullmetal Alchemist Eng Dubbed Episodes. Was removed from a stock index showcasing Japan's best companies. That was the second reshuffle of the index, which picks companies with the best operating income, return on equity and market value. In September 2015, Toshiba shares fell to their lowest point in two and a half years.
The firm said in a statement that its net losses for the quarterly period were 12.3 billion yen ($102m; £66m). The company noted poor performances in its televisions, home appliances and personal computer businesses. In December 2015, Muromachi said the episode had wiped about $8 billion off Toshiba's market value.
He forecast a record 550 billion yen (about US $4.6 billion) annual loss and warned the company would have to overhaul its TV and computer businesses. Toshiba would not be raising funds for two years, he said. The next week, a company spokesperson announced Toshiba would in early 2016 seek 300 billion yen ($2.5 billion), taking the company's indebtedness to more than 1 trillion yen (about $8.3 billion). In May 2016, it was announced that Satoshi Tsunakawa, the former head of Toshiba's medical equipment division, was named CEO.
This appointment came after the accounting scandal that occurred. 2017 US nuclear construction liabilities [ ] In February 2017, Toshiba revealed unaudited details of a 390 billion yen ($3.4 billion) corporate wide loss, mainly arising from its majority owned US based nuclear construction subsidiary which was written down by 712 billion yen ($6.3 billion). On 14 February 2017, Toshiba delayed filing financial results, and chairman Shigenori Shiga, formerly chairman of Westinghouse, resigned. Construction delays, regulatory changes and cost overruns at Westinghouse built nuclear facilities in Waynesboro, Georgia and in South Carolina, are cited as the main causes of the dramatic fall in Toshiba's financial performance and collapse in share price.
Fixed priced construction contracts negotiated by Westinghouse with Georgia Power have left Toshiba with uncharted liabilities that will likely result in the sale of key Toshiba operating subsidiaries to secure the company's future. Westinghouse filed for protection on 29 March 2017. It was estimated this would cost 9 billion dollar annual net loss. On April 11, 2017, Toshiba filed unaudited quarterly results. Auditors had not signed of the accounts because of uncertainties at Westinghouse.
Toshiba stated that 'substantial doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern exists'. On April 25, 2017, Toshiba announced its decision to replace its auditor after less than a year. Earlier in April, the company filed twice-delayed business results without an endorsement from auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). On September 20, 2017, Toshiba's board approved a deal to sell its memory chip business to a group led by for US$18 billion, with financial backing by companies such as,,,,, and.
On November 15, 2017, reached a deal to acquire 95% of Toshiba Visual Solutions for US$113.6 million. Later that month, the company announced that it would pull out of its long-standing sponsorships of the Japanese television programs, Nichiyo Gekijo, and the video screens topping out in. The company cited that the value of these placements were reduced by its exit from consumer-oriented lines of business.
Toshiba Europe offices in, Toshiba is headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan and has operations worldwide. It had around 210,000 employees as of 31 March 2012. Toshiba is organised into four main business groupings: the Digital Products Group, the Electronic Devices Group, the Home Appliances Group and the Social Infrastructure Group. In the year ended 31 March 2012, Toshiba had total revenues of ¥6,100.3 billion, of which 25.2 percent was generated by the Digital Products Group, 24.5 percent by the Electronic Devices Group, 8.7 percent by the Home Appliances Group, 36.6 percent by the Social Infrastructure Group and 5 percent by other activities.
In the same year, 45 percent of Toshiba's sales were generated in Japan and 55 percent in the rest of the world. Toshiba has 39 R&D facilities worldwide, which employ around 4,180 people.
Toshiba invested a total of ¥319.9 billion in R&D in the year ended 31 March 2012, equivalent to 5.2 percent of sales. Toshiba registered a total of 2,483 patents in the United States in 2011, the fifth-largest number of any company (after IBM,, Canon and Panasonic). A ToshibaVision screen in use during the celebrations in 3D Television [ ] In October 2010, Toshiba unveiled the Toshiba Regza GL1 21' LED backlit LCD TV glasses-free at 2010. This system supports 3D capability without glasses (utilising an integral imaging system of 9 parallax images with vertical lenticular sheet). The retail product was released in December 2010. 4K Ultra HD Televisions [ ] (3840x2160p) TVs provides four times the resolution of 1080p Full HD TVs resulting in higher quality resolution.
Are powered by a CEVO 4K Quad + Dual Core Processor. On 19 February 2008, Toshiba announced that it would be discontinuing its HD DVD storage format following defeat in a format 'war' against. The HD DVD format had failed after most of the major US film studios backed the Blu-ray format, which was developed by Sony, Panasonic, Philips and Pioneer. Conceding the abandonment of HD DVD, Toshiba's President, said 'We concluded that a swift decision would be best [and] if we had continued, that would have created problems for consumers, and we simply had no chance to win'. Toshiba continued to supply retailers with machines until the end of March 2008, and continued to provide technical support to the estimated one million people worldwide who owned HD DVD players and recorders. Toshiba announced a new line of stand-alone Blu-ray players as well as drives for PCs and laptops, and subsequently joined the BDA, the industry body which oversees development of the Blu-ray format. REGZA ( Real Expression Guaranteed by Ama zing Architecture) is a unified television brand owned and manufactured by Toshiba.
In 2010 REGZA name disappeared from the North American market, and from March 2015 new TVs carrying the Toshiba name are designed and produced by, a Taiwanese company, which Toshiba has licensed its name to. REGZA is also used in -based smartphones that were developed by Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications. Chromebook [ ] In October 2014, Toshiba released the Chromebook 2, a new version with a thinner profile and a much-improved display. The Chromebook runs exclusively on the Chrome operating system and gives users free Google Drive storage and access to a collection of apps and extensions at the Chrome Web Store. 3D Flash Memory [ ] In March 2015, Toshiba announced the development of the first 48-layer, three-dimensional flash memory. The new flash memory is based on a vertical stacking technology that Toshiba calls BiCS (Bit Cost Scaling), stores two bits of data per transistor and can store 128Gbits (16GB) per chip. Environmental record [ ].
Toshiba as the current sponsor for the festivities in since 2007. Toshiba has been judged as making 'low' efforts to lessen their impact on the environment. In November 2012, they came second from the bottom in ’s 18th edition of the Guide to Greener Electronics that ranks electronics companies according to their policies on products, energy and sustainable operations.
Toshiba received 2.3 of a possible 10 points, with the top company () receiving 7.1 points. 'Zero' scores were received in the categories 'Clean energy policy advocacy,' 'Use of recycled plastics in products' and 'Policy and practice on sustainable sourcing of fibres for paper.' In 2010, Toshiba reported that all of its new LCD TVs comply with the standards and 34 models exceed the requirements by 30% or more. Toshiba also partnered with China’s Tsinghua University in 2008 in order to form a research facility to focus on energy conservation and the environment. The new Toshiba Energy and Environment Research Center is located in Beijing where forty students from the university will work to research electric power equipment and new technologies that will help stop the global warming process.
Through this partnership, Toshiba hopes to develop products that will better protect the environment and save China. This contract between Tsinghua University and Toshiba originally began in October 2007 when they signed an agreement on joint energy and environment research. The projects that they conduct work to reduce car pollution and to create power systems that don’t negatively affect the environment. On 28 December 1970 Toshiba began the construction of unit 3 of the which was damaged in the on 14 March 2011. In April 2011, CEO Norio Sasaki declared nuclear energy would 'remain as a strong option' even after the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. In late 2013, Toshiba (Japan) entered the solar power business in Germany, installing PV systems on apartment buildings.