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Fujitsu Unveils 60GB 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drives,
Extends Push for HDD Market Leadership
New Low-Profile, 4,200 RPM, 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drives Achieve
Best-in-Class Areal Density, Offer Ideal Storage Solution for
Notebooks, Digital Home Appliances
Tokyo, July 17, 2002 - Fujitsu Limited, a worldwide leader in hard
disk drive technology, today introduced its MHS Series of next-
generation 2.5-inch hard disk drives (HDD), a family of three 9.5mm-
height products that feature the highest-ever areal density in the
2.5-inch HDD class. Moreover, the new products are standardized on
Fujitsu's fluid dynamic bearing (FDB) motor technology, which renders
the drives virtually silent. The new drives are available immediately
worldwide, with volume shipments to follow.
Fujitsu's new mobile MHS Series drives offer a best-in-class areal
density of 53.2Gb/in², enabling 30GB of storage to be provided on a
single 2.5" disk. The new drives come with capacities of 60, 40 and
30GB at speeds of 4,200 RPM.
A 60GB capacity point is equivalent to about 1.2 million emails,
60,000 digital photographs, 900 CD-quality MP3 music files, or 15
DVD-quality full-length motion pictures. Together, the large
capacity, low form-factor, and 2.5-inch configuration make Fujitsu's
new drives well suited not only for intensive mobile computing
applications, but also for emerging markets that include digital
home appliances, MP3 players, and portable HDD systems.
"Fujitsu's 30 GB/disk mobile drive is a well-timed solution for a
variety of applications," said Mark Geenen, president of TrendFOCUS,
a leading data storage research firm. "This product has the speed,
small size, and durability to make it ideal for not only mobile
computing environments, but also for enterprise and non-PC
applications."
The new MHS Series supports the Ultra ATA/100 interface and offers
exceptional performance with 12ms average seek time and up to 38.1MB/s
(max) transfer rate. The new drives are the third generation of
Fujitsu HDD mobile products to utilize the company's FDB technology,
which vastly improves the drive's acoustic performance, achieving
virtually silent operation while offering better tolerance to shock
and improved "drive" performance by eliminating errors due to Non-
Repeatable Run-Out. Additionally, the drives incorporate Fujitsu's
Synthetic Ferrimagnetic (SF) Media technology, which uses an advanced
recording medium highly resistant to thermal instability and will
enable hard disk drives to eventually achieve recording densities up
to 300 gigabits per square inch.
About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications
solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies,
high-reliability/performance computing and telecommunications platforms,
and a worldwide corps of systems and services experts make Fujitsu
uniquely positioned to unleash the infinite possibilities of the
broadband Internet to help its customers succeed. Headquartered in
Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of
5 trillion yen (about US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended
March 31, 2002. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/
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[Press Contacts]
Tomohiro Onagi, Scott Ikeda
Fujitsu Limited, Public & Investor Relations
Tel: +81-3-3215-5259 (Tokyo)
Fax: +81-3-3216-9365
Press Inquiries
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[Customer Contact]
Yuichi Nanno
Fujitsu Limited, Hard Disk Business Div.
Tel: +81-44-754-8345
E-mail: ynanno@jp.fujitsu.com
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