Research and Development

Developing Technologies that Help to Combat Climate Change

One of the energy-saving technologies that Fujitsu Laboratories, Ltd., has developed is an innovation, based on optical fibers, that enables detailed, real-time temperature distribution measurement in large datacenters containing many servers.

Through a single optical fiber, this technology makes it possible to measure simultaneously the temperature of over 10,000 areas in a facility, thereby enabling detailed visibility of temperature distribution in large datacenters. Combining this technology with an air-conditioning control system will enable finely-tuned air conditioning, allowing for more energy-efficient large-scale data centers. We intend to offer this as an air conditioning monitoring and control solution in the future.

Developing Plant-Based Plastics

Although plant-based plastics impose a lower burden on the environment and help to reduce the consumption of petroleum resources, their use in products such as PCs has been problematical because of their poor heat resistance and lack of flameproofing.

Fujitsu has developed a new plant-based plastic with better heat resistance, and has incorporated it into its FMV-BIBLO NW90C notebook computer model (released in Spring 2009), where it forms 70% of the notebook's case.

Fujitsu will continue to develop versatile plant-based plastics applicable to a wide range of products and promote their more extensive use in electronic equipment. It will also pursue the use Product value of non-food raw materials that do not compete with food crops in the production of these plastics.