Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd

Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER UNIX Server Achieves World Record Performance in SPECjbb®2005 Java Server Benchmark

Singapore, February 2, 2006 — Leading regional IT and communications solutions provider Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd today announced that the high-end PRIMEPOWER™ 2500 server has achieved the best-ever score for the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC®⁽¹⁾) Java Business Benchmark 2005 (SPECjbb®2005) .

The new world record of 1,157,619 business operations per second⁽²⁾ was set using a PRIMEPOWER 2500 Solaris™ server running on 128 SPARC64™ V processors operating at 2.08GHz.

SPECjbb®2005 is a benchmark test developed by SPEC® to evaluate the performance of servers running Java-based applications. It simulates the processing of real-world business applications such as ordering, shipping, receipts, payment processing, inventory management and customer data management. Thus, the results can be used as an index of processing performance that reflects real-world business operations.

Fujitsu PRIMEPOWER servers have been highly praised for their performance and reliability by customers throughout the world. Additionally, Fujitsu is jointly developing the next generation of SPARC®-based Solaris™ server – codenamed Advanced Product Line or APL – with Sun Microsystems Inc., with product availability scheduled for the latter half of 2006.

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1 SPEC®:

The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC®): The Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation is a non-profit organization that establishes, maintains and endorses standardized benchmarks to measure the performance of the newest generation of high-performance computers.

2 1,157,619 business operations per second:

Performance of 1,157,619 business operations per second: PRIMEPOWER 2500, equipped with 128 SPARC64™ V (operating at 2.08 GHz) processors, achieved a performance of 1,157,619 business operations per second with 16 JVM instances, giving a performance of 72,351 business operations per second per JVM instance.

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Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd was established in Singapore in 1997 to provide leadership in business development, technology innovation and customer support as regional headquarters for the Fujitsu group of companies in Asia outside of Japan. Building on Fujitsu's three decades of experience in Singapore and the broader Asian region and with a pool of highly skilled engineering talent, Fujitsu Asia is dedicated to providing comprehensive integrated IT, telecommunications and networking solutions that deliver tangible business value and enable customers to meet the challenges of the new global economy. Fujitsu Asia is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fujitsu Limited (TSW: 6702), a leader in customer-centric IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace.
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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 platforms, 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 4.7 trillion yen (US$44.5 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2005.
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