Zax Corporation
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| Zax Corporation | ||
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| Founded: 1973[1] | ||
| Merged with: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd | ||
| Merged into: Sumitomo Heavy Industries Mechatronics, Ltd. | ||
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Zax Corporation (株式会社ザックス, Kabushiki Gaisha Zakkusu), was a Japanese company, founded in 1973, who was one of the world's leading manufacturers of microcomputer development and support systems such as in-circuit emulators, in-circuit debuggers and ROM writers.
With the establishment of its department of research and development in 1977, Zax Corporation introduced many innovations in the field of microcomputer development, with their line of in-circuit debuggers and in-circuit emulators, becoming famous for the reliability of its hi-tech development systems and attracting companies like Sega, who from the late 1980s to early 1990s comissisoned several ERX 318P and ERX308P in-circuit emulators, included as part of its Mega Drive software development kit, sold to licensed third-party video game development companies.
In 1997[1] Zax Corporation was acquired by Tokyo-based company Lightwell Co. Ltd (founded in 1973), becoming ZAX Division Lightwell Co., Ltd. and continued improving and innovating its line of microcomputer development and support systems until April 1, 2006[2], when the company was acquired by Japanese heavy machinery manufacturing company Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. becoming Sumitomo Heavy Industries Mechatronics, Ltd. its mechatronics division.
The company had for many years an american sales division called ZaxTek based in Irvine, California responsible for distribution of its products in USA which had previously been distributed[3] by AI Electronics Corp., acquired in 1992 by Sega and renamed to SI Electronics Ltd..
Development hardware/tools produced
Promotional material
External links
- www.lightwell.co.jp/ZAX (archived 2002-06-15 01:57)
- www.lightwell.co.jp
- www.shi.co.jp
- www.shi-mechatronics.jp
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.lightwell.co.jp/ZAX/e-gaiyo.htm (Wayback Machine: 2000-10-26 01:13)
- ↑ http://www.lightwell.co.jp/zax/ (Wayback Machine: 2006-12-01 10:25)
- ↑ File:AIElectronicsCorpZAXMC177 Brochure.pdf, page 2