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To: Xpiderman who wrote (58583)	6/23/1998 3:42:00 PM
From: Srini	Respond to of 186894

June 23, 1998 Tech Center Toshiba's PC Sales Rise Sharply Due to Reduction in Inventories By a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter IRVINE, Calif. -- Sales and unit shipments of Toshiba Corp.'s personal-computer line are up "dramatically" in the current quarter from the first quarter, in part on a reduction in excess inventories, a company executive said. The sharp rise ends a decline in Toshiba's PC business that began in the fourth quarter, according to the executive, Jeffrey Friederichs, marketing vice president of computer systems for the Tokyo-based company's Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. unit here. Toshiba mostly ships laptop computers, but recently began expanding into desktop machines and servers. Servers are computers that coordinate and manage networks of PCs. "We see demand ramping back up, and continued growth in the third and fourth quarters," Mr. Friederichs said. He declined to quantify the amount of increase. According to estimates by International Data Corp., a market-research firm in Framingham, Mass., Toshiba shipped 637,000 laptops world-wide in the first quarter, a 17% drop from the same period in 1997. During that year, according to IDC, Toshiba's 2.9 million shipments of laptops maintained its position as the industry leader. Toshiba does not break out revenue figures for business units, such as personal computers. URL for this Article: interactive.wsj.com Copyright c 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Printing, distribution, and use of this material is governed by your Subscription Agreement and copyright laws. For information, go to wsj.com