Starting Logitech and developments for mouse cost reductions

While in Stanford in the boiling microcomputer industry at the end of the 70’s, the concept of a multilanguage word processor became the Beezy project. After Bobst Graphics was stopped, Ricoh became a first customer. Graphical interface was burgeoning hence the need for a mouse. Noticing a strong demand for mice on the Arpanet, Logitech contacted the LAMI at EPFL. After some issues with suppliers, Logitech started to build computer mice first in Apple, VD, then in Taiwan.

Logitech could take advantage of Moore’s Law only in a limited way. But we had to follow the general trend… We needed a lot of creativity to imagine ways to make our products simpler and cheaper but still solid, reliable and comfortable. During the first years we took advantage of OEM volumes to develop optimized components and use them in retail products with higher margins.

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Länge / Length / Durée / Durata: 30-45 min