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Dual-socket Fujitsu PRIMERGY servers fit for business applications

Kuala Lumpur, 21 August 2009 — Fujitsu today announced that its PRIMERGY rack and tower servers have set two new world records for dual-socket x86 server computing performance, underlining their ability to take over business application tasks from hungrier, more expensive four-socket systems.

Benchmarks underline that dual-socket x86 servers are increasingly suited to running mainstream business applications, previously the domain of four-socket servers. New world records established by x86 PRIMERGY RX300 rack and TX300 tower servers in the respected independent SPECcpu2006 and SPECjbb2005 benchmarks confirm the extended capabilities of the two-socket mid-range systems.

Says Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President, x86 Server Product Unit at Fujitsu Technology Solutions: “Performance gains of the fifth-generation PRIMERGY TX300 and RX300 dual-socket servers are underlined by the latest benchmarks. Today, there’s no question that for increasingly complex business applications, making the switch to dual-socket servers will provide significant savings in purchase and operational costs, without impacting productivity.”

Top server analyst Thomas Meyer notes that organisations can make smart choices and save on infrastructure costs. Meyer, Vice President, EMEA Systems and Infrastructure Solutions at IDC EMEA, commented: “With the optimisation of server systems right up to the application level, customers have the opportunity to re-think their investment needs and can opt for server products which show significant increases in price performance.”

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC) has developed the SPECjbb2005 and SPECcpu2006 benchmarks. SPECcpu2006 comprises of SPECint2006 and SPECfp2006 benchmarks and provides an industry-standardised, CPU-intensive benchmark, stressing a system’s processor, memory subsystem and compiler, designed to provide a comparative measure of compute-intensive performance across the widest practical range of hardware using workloads developed from real user applications. SPECjbb2005 (Java Server Benchmark) benchmarks and evaluates the performance of server-side Java.

New Intel Xeon W5590 processors lie at the heart of the record-setting PRIMERGY servers, running at a clock-speed of 3.33GHz, with 8MB of Level 3 cache memory and 2 DIMM memory modules per channel running at 1333MHz.

The record-taking PRIMERGY RX300 and TX300 system configurations are available to order from October 2009.

SPECcpu2006 results will be published tomorrow (August 19th) when full test details will be available on the SPEC website at www.spec.org. Fujitsu has submitted the SPECjbb2005 results to SPEC for review; publication is expected on August 26th.

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Note to editors:

Competitive benchmark results stated above reflect results published on www.spec.org as of August17, 2009. The comparisons presented above are based on the best performing 2-socket servers. SPEC®, SPECint®, SPECfp® and SPECjbb® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). Intel® and Xeon® are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

Technical specifications of the record-setting PRIMERGY TX300 S5 and RX300 S5 models: Two Intel® Xeon® W5590 processors, 12x4GB of PC3-10600R memory. 2 DIMMs per Channel at 1333MHz. SPECjbb2005 results were achieved running Oracle JRockit® 6 P28.0.0 Java Virtual Machine.

SPECcpu scores: SPECint_rate_base2006 = 255, SPECint_rate_2006 = 274, SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 204, SPECfp_rate_2006 = 211 SPECjbb2005 score: 604,986 bops (151,247 bops/JVM)

About Fujitsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. As a member of global Fujitsu group companies, Fujitsu (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (an MSC-status company) is a one-stop total solution provider. The Fujitsu group is comprised of more than 500 companies and affiliates worldwide - including Fujitsu Services, Fujitsu IT Holdings and Fujitsu Consulting - and operates in over 60 countries. Fujitsu Malaysia employs over 200 people in Malaysia and is a leading IT company covering all major aspects of systems, solutions and services, offering integrated business solutions to customers. The unique combination of Fujitsu’s products, services and skills ensure customers benefit from proven IT infrastructure, e-Business know-how and ICT Convergence technologies. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of USD 47 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For more information, please visit http://my.fujitsu.com.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 175,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$47 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. For more information, please visit http://www.fujitsu.com

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