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Fujitsu Announces World’s First 300GB 2.5” Hard Disk Drive
Groundbreaking 2.5” Mobile Series Developed Using Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) Technology to Achieve Industry Leading Capacity
11 December, 2006 — Fujitsu Europe Limited today announced as part of a coordinated global launch the MHX2300BT series of mobile hard disk drives (HDDs). The newest Fujitsu products feature impressive storage capacities of 250GB and 300GB and are the first 2.5” PMR hard disk drives in the industry to attain these high levels of capacity.
Just last March, Fujitsu successfully launched the world’s first 2.5” Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive to feature up to 200GB of storage space. Today, less than a year later, Fujitsu sets the standard even higher as it introduces its latest ultra-high capacity mobile hard disk drive series. Engineered using perpendicular magnetic recording technology, which is essential in achieving the increased capacity per platter, the new small form factor HDDs will address the growing demand for higher capacity storage solutions. Additional benefits of the Fujitsu second-generation PMR products include best-in-class low power consumption at 1.6W as well as high shock tolerance and near-silent operation. These qualities make the MHX2300BT series highly desirable for audio/video (A/V) applications such as gaming, video editing, audio recording and DVR functionality, as well as for the high-end personal computing market.
“With this enormous breakthrough in developing the industry’s first 2.5” 300GB capacity small form factor drive and last week’s announcement of Fujitsu’s new 1Terabit thermal assist recording, Fujitsu again demonstrates its global leadership in storage technology,” said Georg Dietsch, Director Storage Products Group EMEA.
Hard Disk Drive Specifications
Fujitsu designed the MHX2300BT hard disk drive series to provide specifications that are vital for today's mobile computing
applications, including storage capacities of 250GB and 300GB; 4,200RPM rotational speed; SATA 2.5, ATA-8 interface with native
command queuing, DIPM and HIPM support, staggered spin-up & active LED support and hot plug provision; best-in-class read/write
power consumption of an average 1.6W; an average idle power consumption of 0.5W; an average track-to-track seek time of 1.5ms;
a maximum host transfer rate of 150MB/s; and with a high operating shock tolerance of 300G (2ms).
Fujitsu’s new MHX2300BT series will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2007.
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About Fujitsu
Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting
device technologies, highly reliable computing and communications products, and a worldwide corps of systems and services
experts uniquely position Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite possibilities for its customers'
success. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of about 4.8 trillion yen (US$40.6
billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.
About Fujitsu Europe Limited
Operating in Europe/Middle East/Africa, Fujitsu Europe Limited is a market leading provider of document image scanners for
professional desktop, workgroup and high volume production environments; Enterprise SCSI, FCAL and SAS, and Mobile ATA and
SATA hard disk drives; high capacity external 2.5-inch drives; KVM devices including switches, CAT-5 extenders and pull-out
drawers; biometric authentication sensors as well as dot-matrix printers. Established in the United Kingdom in 1981, Fujitsu
Europe Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of the global electronics giant Fujitsu Limited and has its head office in the
UK as well as subsidiary offices in Germany, Italy and Spain.
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One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment
and formatting.
