Awards
R&D

• 28 October 2010

  Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers Awards Fujitsu with 2010 SMPTE Journal Certificate of Merit for Technical Paper on Innovative Color-Sampling for High-definition Satellite Newsgathering (HD-SNG) Broadcast Applications
  - New chroma-sampling filter set completely suppresses color degradation blur for MPEG-4 AVC chroma sampling formats 4:2:0 and 4:2:2 -

  The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers (SMPTE), theleading technical society for the motion imaging industry and anaccredited and globally-respected industry standards-setting body, hasawarded Fujitsu Laboratories senior researcher Akira Nakagawa with the2010 SMPTE Journal Certificate of Merit, for his paper "The 4:2:2/4:2:0Perfect Reconstruction Filter Set and Its Application in HD-SNG"published in the SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal. Nakagawa presented anovel innovative chroma (color)-sampling filter set, known as the"Perfect Reconstruction Filter Set" (for chroma down-sampling andup-sampling) designed for the 4:2:0 video codec used widely inhigh-definition satellite newsgathering (HD-SNG), that resolves andcompletely suppresses blur (chroma displacement), a technical drawbackwhich occurs when several 4:2:0 codecs are concatenated (linked) byhigh-definition serial digital interface (HD-SDI, a 4:2:2 interconnect).

• 28 July 2010

  Dynamic Biosensors Based on Technology Co-developed by Fujitsu Laboratories and Technische Universitaet Muenchen Awarded at Munich Business Plan Competition
  - Runner-up in Full Business Plan category -

  A business plan for revolutionary biosensor technology co-developed by Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Technische Universitaet Muenchen, ("TUM", Walter Schottky Institute) won second place in the Full Business Plan category of the Munich Business Plan Competition 2010, of 253 teams entered overall. In record time and with high accuracy, the biosensors recognize proteins that are characteristic of specific diseases, and also show if such proteins are changed through the influence of disease or drugs. With support from Fujitsu Laboratories, a start-up team at TUM will be commercializing the biosensors through the EXIST research transfer program run by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The award underscores the high level of anticipation for this completely novel protein measuring technology, and its commercial potential in the fields of medical diagnosis, drug development, and proteomics research.

• 18 June 2010

  Fujitsu Wins Minister's Award from Japan's Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI) for Invention of Chemically-Amplified Photoresist, a Semiconductor Material

  - A National Commendation for Invention sponsored by Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JII) -
  
  Fujitsu Limited was awarded the Minister's Award from Japan's Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry (METI), for the invention of chemically-amplified photoresist, a semiconductor-related material that is exposed to form the circuit pattern of leading-edge large-scale integrated circuits (LSIs). As a world first and essential semiconductor material invented by Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited, Fujitsu's chemically-amplified photoresist features high-sensitivity and high-resolution characteristics that enable it to be used in the manufacture of 90nm- to 32nm-generation advanced LSIs, paving the way for mobile electronic devices that are more compact and higher in functionality and performance than currently available.

• 13 November 2009

  Fujitsu Laboratories' Fellow Dr. Kenichi Miura Wins 2009 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award from IEEE

  - Second Japanese to win prestigious award for contributions to development of supercomputers; recognized for leadership in developing groundbreaking vector supercomputer hardware and software -
  
  Dr. Kenichi Miura, a fellow of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and director of the Center for Grid Research and Development at Japan's National Institute of Informatics (NII), has been awarded the 2009 Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), for recognition of his leadership in developing the foundational technology for vector supercomputer hardware and software. The Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award - one of the IEEE's most prestigious awards and established in honor of Seymour Cray, a pioneer in supercomputer development - is presented to individuals who have innovatively contributed to the development of high-performance computing systems. Fujitsu plans to build upon the supercomputer technology pioneered by Dr. Miura to develop world-class supercomputers, including Japan's Next-Generation Supercomputer.

• 23 February 2009

  Fujitsu Wins Award at Nano Tech 2009 for IT and Electronics

  Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Limited were awarded the IT and Electronics Award at Nano Tech 2009 International Exhibition and Conference, the world's largest international nanotechnology exhibition.

• 11 September 2006

  Quantum Dot Laser Technology from Fujitsu Laboratories, QD Laser, and University of Tokyo Wins Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards 2006 Runner-Up Award for Semiconductors

  Fujitsu Laboratories won a Wall Street Journal Technology Innovation Awards 2006 award (Semiconductor, Runner-Up) for its quantum dot laser technology.

• 25 October 2005

  Fujitsu Palm Vein Authentication Technology Wins The Wall Street Journal 2005 Innovation Award for Security in Networks

  Fujitsu palm vein authentication technology has won The Wall Street Journal's 2005 Innovation Award in the category of Security for Networks. The award was granted to Fujitsu Laboratories Limited.

• 15 July 2005

  Fujitsu Laboratories Researcher Wins First GGF Leadership Award

  Hiro Kishimoto of Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. was presented with the first Global Grid Forum (GFF) Leadership Award ever at GGF14 held in June 2005 in Chicago. The Award was presented to Mr. Kishimoto for his outstanding leadership and his many contributions to the GGF mission of pervasie adoption.

• 25 February 2005

  Fujitsu Wins Most Prestigious Award at Nano Tech 2005

  Fujitsu Limited was awarded the Nano Tech Award of the Nano Tech 2005 International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference held by exhibitors from worldwide. The award is recognized as the most prestigious award presented at Nano Tech, and was presented today to Fujitsu Limited for its development with Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. of simulation technology which plays an important role in nanotechnology research and development, and in addition for its future-generation LSI (large-scale integrated circuit) via interconnection technology utilizing carbon nanotubes.

• 5 February 1998

  Fujitsu Engineer to Receive 1998 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award

  Dr. Naoki Yokoyama of Fujitsu Laboratories received the 1998 IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award for his contributions to and leadership in the development of self-aligned refractory-gate gallium arsenide MESFET integrated circuits.

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