1980s: Advent of Personal Computing
| Mar 1980 | Information processing division is ranked number one in revenues in Japan for fiscal year 1979. |
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| May 1980 | Japanese word processor, OASYS 100, is introduced. |
| Jun 1980 | Fujitsu Laboratories succeeds in development of High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT). |
| Aug 1980 | Iwate Plant opens (incorporates memory chip mass production line from Aizu Plant). |
| May 1981 | FM-8, the first in the FM series of personal computers, is launched. FACOM M-380/382, the second generation of ultra-large LSI computers, is unveiled. |
| Oct 1981 | Business-use PC, FACOM 9450, is introduced. |
| Jul 1982 | Fujitsu announces development of FACOM VP-100/200, Japan's first supercomputers. |
| Jan 1983 | Fujitsu Laboratories opens new lab in Atsugi, Japan. |
| May 1984 | Corporate information communications network systems (COINS) is introduced. Battery-operated personal word processor, OASYS Lite, is unveiled. FACOM K series of office computers is launched. |
| Jul 1984 | Japan's first artificial intelligence processor, FACOMĪ±, is launched. |
| Sep 1984 | ATLAS English-Japanese and Japanese-English automated translation software is announced. Mie Plant opens for prototype development and mass production of large-density memories and large-scale gate arrays. |
| Oct 1984 | Fujitsu Limited takes equity interest in General Inc. (now Fujitsu General Ltd.). Wakamatsu Plant opens for mass production of customized LSI products. |
| Dec 1984 | Corporate headquarters is moved to Marunouchi Center Building in Tokyo. |
| Jan 1985 | Fujitsu unveils digital telephone handsets. Fujitsu exhibits at Science World Expo, Tsukuba '85. |
 Fujitsu Pavillion at '85 Science World Expo in Tsukuba |
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| Apr 1985 | FENICS value added network (VAN) service is launched. FACOM VP 400/50 supercomputer announced. |
| May 1985 | ESHELL development tool for expert systems is introduced. |
| Jun 1985 | Fujitsu Asia Pacific Scholarship (Fujitsu Scholarship) Program is established. |
| Nov 1985 | FACOM M-780 mainframe computer is announced. |
| Mar 1986 | FETEX-3000 series digital switching system is introduced. |
| Apr 1986 | A series of super-minicomputers is launched. Kansai Systems Laboratory opens. |
| Jan 1987 | FMR series of enterprise-use PCs is unveiled. |
| May 1987 | FACOM G Series of 32-bit workstations is launched. SDAS comprehensive system development framework is introduced. |
| Jul 1987 | KSA-Knowledge System, new artificial intelligence-based system, is introduced. |
| Jan 1988 | Development of neurocomputer announced. |
| Mar 1988 | Fujitsu ISDN System service launched in Japan. |
| May 1988 | New main building (technology building) at Kawasaki Research and Manufacturing Facility is completed. |
 Main Building at the Kawasaki Site |
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| Jul 1988 | Fujitsu joins X-Open as first Japanese member. |
| Aug 1988 | Fujitsu S-family engineering workstations introduced. |
| Dec 1988 | World's first commercial ISDN service, running on Fujitsu FETEX-150 digital switching system, is launched in Singapore. |
| Feb 1989 | FM-TOWNS 32-bit "hyper-media" personal computer is unveiled. |
| Jun 1989 | MSP-EX mainframe operating system is announced. |
| Aug 1989 | New corporate symbol and logo adopted. |
