FUJITSU INTRODUCES 2.5" SERIAL ATA HARD DISK DRIVE.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a supplier of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, has introduced the MHT-BH. The Fujitsu MHT-BH is the world's first 2.5" 9.5mm mobile hard disk drive (HDD) with SATA Extensions that supports Native Command Queuing.

The new Fujitsu hard disk drive will be among the world's smallest, fastest and most efficient hard disk drives available today, enabling innovation and improvements in everything from laptop and notebook computers, to other platforms and applications.

In unveiling the MHT-BH, Fujitsu becomes the world's first hard disk drive vendor to deliver the power of the integrated Serial ATA SOC in a 2.5" form factor. Additionally, the new Fujitsu hard disk drive features Native Command Queuing (NCQ), an important feature that intelligently and simultaneously coordinates up to 32 instructions to be queued and reordered by the hard disk controller, contributing to a significant improvement in overall hard disk drive performance.

"Fujitsu is pleased to deliver yet another industry-first," said Joel Hagberg, vice president of marketing at Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. "Fujitsu's hard disk drive technology enables the introduction of the native Serial ATA II interface into new notebook systems, with better performance, improved value and years of exciting product development."

The Fujitsu MHT-BH was developed with the support of Marvell Semiconductor, Inc., a long-standing Fujitsu partner, whose single chip Serial ATA SOC eliminates the need for a bridge chip providing the benefits of a Serial ATA interface and a price point that rivals traditional parallel ATA products.

"Marvell is excited to join Fujitsu in this critical industry-first," said Dr. Alan Armstrong, Marvell's vice president of marketing for the Storage Business Group. "We are pleased that we could bring the performance and innovation inherent in the Marvell 88i6535 SOC to Fujitsu's long legacy of technical HDD superiority, in a manner that will serve customers and raise the bar for the entire HDD industry."

Specifications

Fujitsu designed the MHT-BH 2.5" Serial ATA mobile hard disk drive to provide specifications that are critical for today's mobile and enterprise computing applications:

-- Capacity: 40GB, 60GB, 80GB -- Rotational Speed: 5400rpm -- Areal Density: 69Gb/sq.inch -- Interface: SATA II Phase 1, ATA-7 -- Native Command Queuing -- Staggered Spin Up -- Hot Plug -- Track to Track Seek Time: 1.5ms -- Host Transfer rate: 150 MB/s -- Operating Shock: 225G (2ms)

Availability Qualification samples will be available in April 2004.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.

Fujitsu can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA) conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. FCPA's current product and service offerings include scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, tape drives, and magneto-optical drives. FCPA is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.fcpa.fujitsu.com/.

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