December 1998

• December 21, 1998 Sony Announces New Management Team at Sony Europe
• December 21, 1998 Jack Schmuckli Retires from Sony Europe
• December 10, 1998 Eight Consumer Electronics Companies to Establish HAVi™ Licensing Program For the Development of Digital AV Home Entertainment Networks
• December 10, 1998 Sony Announces Key Top Management Appointments

November 1998

• November 30, 1998 Sony Develops i.LINK (IEEE1394) Link LSI Incorporating 5C Digital Content Protection Technology
  
• November 12, 1998 Dr. Yoshiyuki Kaneda, Executive Deputy President and Representative Director of Sony Corporation, To Receive Singapore National Day Award (Public Service Star)
• November 2, 1998 Candescent and Sony to Jointly Develop High-Voltage Field Emission Display (FED) Technology

September 1998

• September 29, 1998 Sony Announces New Home-use Digital Color Printer Equipped with a 3.5-inch FDD for printing pictures taken by Digital Mavica
• September 29, 1998 Sony Announces New Personal LCD Monitor PC Glasstron
• September 29, 1998 Sony Announces Media Converter For converting analog video signals to digital video signals and vice versa
• September 29, 1998 Sony Announces New Line of VAIO Desktop Computers Equipped with optical digital output for connection to MD deck
• September 23, 1998 Five Leading Electronics Manufacturers Announce Licensing of Digital Transmission Content Protection Method
• September 3, 1998 Sony Announces New VAIO Notebook Computer Equipped with a Built-in Miniature CCD Video Camera for Sending Images over E-mail

July 1998

• July 30, 1998 Sony Announces High-Quality Interlaced/ Progressive Format 3-CCD Digital Handycam Camcorder [DCR-TRV900]
• July 30, 1998 Sony Announces "Memory Stick" Recordable IC Memory Card Products New Format Supports Recording and Playback of Audio/Video Content
• July 15, 1998 U.S. Students Arrive in Japan to Participate in Sony Student Project Abroad

June 1998

• June 17, 1998 Sony Chairman Norio Ohga Receives l'Ordine Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
• June 10, 1998 Sony Develops OPEN-R Architecture for Entertainment Robots Demonstrates 4-legged robot prototypes based on the architecture

May 1998

• May 14, 1998 Eight Consumer Electronics Companies Release Home Audio/Video Interoperability (HAVi) Core Specification for Networking Digital AV Appliances
• May 7, 1998 Sony Announces Executive-Level Changes in Management

April 1998

• April 7, 1998 Microsoft and Sony to Collaborate in Creating the Convergence of Personal Computer, Digital Television and Consumer Audio-Visual Platforms

March 1998

• March 31, 1998 Hitachi and Sony Reach Agreement on Licensing of SuperH RISC CPU Cores
• March 30, 1998 Sony Establishes Corporate IS Solutions to reinforce information systems capabilities for more efficient management in digital era
• March 18, 1998 Eight Electronics Giants Create Open Specifications for Networking Appliances

February 1998

• February 23, 1998 Sony Founder Akio Morita and Sony President Nobuyuki Idei Receive l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur
• February 17, 1998 Philips, Sony Announce Licensing Plans for DSD, Super Audio CD
• February 13, 1998 Sony Develops 'Living Worlds' Software Prototype

January 1998

• January 27, 1998 Sony Implements Changes in Top Management to reinforce the divisional company structure and to further strengthen Sony's global operations
• January 23, 1998 Fujitsu and Sony to Cooperate in the Development and Manufacture of Next Generation System LSI Chips
  
• January 6, 1998 Masaru Ibuka 1908-1997
• January 6, 1998 License Agreements for i.LINK(a.k.a.IEEE1394) Trademark Signed with 16 Companies in Japan, the US, and Europe