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Sony Corporation Annual Report 1997
Personal Computers
Sony’s home-use PCs went on sale in the
United States in September 1996. These PCs
combine Sony’s expertise in digital audio-
visual and computer peripherals with the
advanced microprocessor technology of U.S.-
based Intel Corporation. The following January,
the company introduced in the United States a
new series of PCs that have Intel Pentium®
processors with MMX® technology and Sony’s
most advanced CD-ROM drives.
Computer Peripherals
Sony introduced a range of CD-ROM drives
during the year, raising data transfer speeds to
new heights. To support the rapid expansion
of the write-once CD-R drive market in the
United States and elsewhere, the company
developed a unique file system that is much
easier to use for consumers.
With the DVD-ROM now on the horizon,
Sony in January 1997 began shipping samples
of the first-ever DVD-ROM drive able to read
CD-R discs.
Displayed on the screen is a simulated picture from Sony Computer Entertainment’s hit title
PARAPPA THE RAPPER
.
Home-use PCs, which Sony launched in the United States,
feature an application menu that allows easy access to video,
audio, and networking capabilities.