- Headquarters
- Kawasaki, Japan · East Asia
- Value chain
- Hardware & devices(Products); also Components & subsystems
- What that means
- Makes physical products under its own name: computers, robots, vehicles, aircraft, drones, satellites, batteries, solar modules, reactors and medical devices.
- Founded
- 1875
- Staff
- 105,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Private
- Website
- global.toshiba
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Quantum Communication
Kawasaki, JapanIn 4 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Quantum CommunicationVery high
Quantum Technologies · Manufacture · listed #1 of 50
Largest international patent holder in quantum communication and a leading commercial QKD vendor (multiplexed and twin-field QKD systems) deployed in BT's London network, in Korea and in Southeast Asia; taken private by JIP in 2023.
Relevance: Top QKD patent holder and leading commercial QKD vendor
- Compound & Power SemiconductorsModerate
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Manufacture · listed #8 of 50
Through Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage it is a top power MOSFET/IGBT and SiC supplier, building a 300mm power fab in Ishikawa and collaborating with ROHM on power devices; it has been privately owned since its 2023 buyout.
Relevance: Major power MOSFET and IGBT supplier
- Advanced Nuclear & FusionModerate
Energy Technologies · Manufacture · listed #24 of 50
BWR and ABWR vendor developing the iBR advanced BWR, the 4S microreactor and superconducting fusion components; taken private in 2023.
Relevance: BWR vendor with advanced reactor programmes.
Quantum Technologies · Research · listed #30 of 50
Develops quantum-inspired SQBM+ optimisation and double-transmon coupler superconducting qubit research; delisted in 2023 after a JIP-led buyout.
Relevance: Quantum-inspired optimisation; limited quantum hardware relevance