Fujitsu Delivers Industry Leading 160GB 2.5’’ 7200 RPM SATA Hard Disk Drive

Desktop Performance and Functionality Offered in a Laptop Hard Disk Drive Form Factor

12 March, 2007 — Fujitsu Europe Limited today announced the global launch of its MHW2160BJ series mobile hard disk drives (HDDs). The newest Fujitsu products feature impressive storage capacities of up to 160GB* and industry leading performance with 7200RPM speed. This is also the 3rd product family Fujitsu has developed using perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR). The MHW2160BJ series attains the industry’s highest capacity points while utilizing an industry first SATA 3.0Gb/sec interface on a 2.5” HDD. The MHW2160BJ series will begin shipping in second quarter 2007.

With the introduction of the 7200RPM product, Fujitsu now offers a comprehensive portfolio of notebook hard disk drives featuring capacity points up to 300GB and spindle speeds from 4200RPM to 7200RPM. Engineered using PMR technology, the new mobile HDDs will address the growing demand for higher performance and higher capacity laptop storage solutions. Laptop PCs continue to overtake desktop sales and market share, and high-performance mobile hard disk drives are required to help run graphic intensive applications and the increasing capacity of audio and video files.

"With the introduction of Fujitsu´s MHW2160BJ series, we have expanded our comprehensive mobile range with a new high-performance HDD which can also be applied to blade server solutions. Energy savings has been a prime factor in the drive´s development. As a result, the MHW2160BJ consumes less power and emits less heat, yet still offers the same 7200RPM performance as corresponding 3.5" desktop solutions," emphasizes Georg Dietsch, Director Storage Products Group EMEA.

Fujitsu has been an industry leader in the research and development of PMR technology to support capacity expansion. Valuing the reputation for high quality that Fujitsu HDDs have earned to date, the company has successfully developed perpendicular hard disk drives that maintain the same high quality standards and going forward, plans to steadily expand and enhance its lineup of high performance, large-capacity PMR products.

Hard Disk Drive Specifications

Fujitsu´s new MHW2160BJ series of 7200RPM, 2.5” small form factor hard disk drives provide specifications that are vital for today´s mobile computing applications and compact high-end desktop solutions. These include perpendicular recording (PMR) technology, storage capacities of up to 160GB, average seek times of 10.5ms, data transfer rates to/from host of up to 300MB per second, power consumption of typically 0.8W in the idle mode, 8MB buffer, and an operating shock resistance of 300G (2ms).

Note: One gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment and formatting.
Buffer: Small portion of buffer memory is used for drive firmware control.

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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.

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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.

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