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Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (アルプス電気, Arupusu Denki) (TYO: 6770) produces electronic devices, including touchpads. Alps is a multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1948. As of 2004, the CEO is Masataka Kataoka. Alps is also well-known for the Alpine brand of car audio. The main trading room of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, where nowadays the trading is done by computers The Stock Exchange occupies a narrow site in Tokyos securities district The Tokyo Stock Exchange (abbreviated TSE) is a stock exchange market located in Tokyo, Japan. ... Electronics is the study and use of electrical devices that operate by controlling the flow of electrons or other electrically charged particles in devices such as thermionic valves and semiconductors. ... Touchpad and a pointing stick on a Laptop A touchpad is an input device commonly used in laptop computers. ... A multinational corporation (MNC) or multinational enterprise (MNE) or transnational corporation (TNC) is one that spans multiple nations; these corporations are often very large. ... Long a symbol of Tokyo, the Nijubashi Bridge at the Kokyo Imperial Palace. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004(MMIV) is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Alpine is a car audio manufacturer, famed for their range of in-car sources commonly known as headunits. It is a subsidiary of Alps Electric Corporation of Japan. ...


Alps licenses their touchpad hardware from Cirque Corporation, but write their owns drivers. Their drivers are Windows certified. They all have simple features such as edge scrolling, but no programmability. They are mostly found in Sony notebooks. Cirque Corporation is a United States based company which develops touchpad. ... Microsoft Windows is a range of operating environments for personal computers and servers. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), NYSE: SNE is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ...


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Encyclopedia: Alps Electric Corporation (359 words)
Alps is a multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
It is a subsidiary of Alps Electric Corporation of Japan.
Alps licenses their touchpad hardware from Cirque Corporation, but write their owns drivers.
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