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Fujitsu Announces Industry Leading Perpendicular 250GB(*1) 2.5” 5400RPM SATA Hard Disk Drive
Near-Silent Operation is Ideal for Portable Consumer Electronic Devices
London, 18th May 2007 — Fujitsu Europe Limited today announced the global launch of its MHY2xxxBH series mobile hard disk drive (HDD). The new Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) drive series is available in capacities of up to 250GB(*1) (model MHY2250BH), the industry’s highest capacity point in a 2.5” 5400RPM form factor HDD, and was developed in response to the growing demand for higher capacity storage products required for notebook PCs and consumer electronics. The first MHY2xxxBH samples will be available in the second quarter of 2007.
These latest Fujitsu SATA HDD’s were also developed for portable consumer electronics, where the key to success lies in reducing noise, vibration, and power consumption. These HDD’s address the demands of the rapidly developing high-end audio/video computing market, particularly in applications such as gaming, video editing, audio recording, and DVR functionality. Engineered using PMR technology, the new small form factor includes best-in-class power consumption at 0.6W (Idle), as well as near-silent operation.
“The new MHY2xxxBH series will expand the storage capacity of mobile products such as notebook PCs and portable video recorders (PVRs) in step with the surging growth of multimedia content and the rapidly changing mobile environment, while delivering the reliability that has made Fujitsu a technology leader in the storage industry,” said Georg Dietsch, Director Storage Products Group EMEA. “Fujitsu mobile hard drives are renowned for their exceptional performance and reliability, and this latest high-capacity SATA drive is yet another market leading product.”
Hard Disk Drive Specifications
Fujitsu designed the MHY2xxxBH hard disk drive series to provide specifications that are vital for today's mobile computing
applications, including storage capacities of up to 250GB(*1) with a rotational speed of 5400RPM; SATA 1.5 Gbps (Rev 2.5)
interface; and best-in-class idle power consumption of 0.6W and standby/sleep power consumption with an average of 0.13W.
Its average track-to-track seek time is 1.5ms; with an average read/write seek time of 12/14 ms; and a maximum buffer-to-host
transfer rate of 150MB/s. The MHY2xxxBH series acoustic noise level is 2.4 bels(*2) in idle mode whilst offering an operating
shock tolerance of 325G (2ms).
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Images of the Fujitsu MHY2250BH hard disk drive are available at http://www.fel.fujitsu.com/imagelibrary.
(*1) 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.
(*2) bel: A unit for indicating noise levels. 1 bel is equivalent to 10 decibels.
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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. See www.fujitsu.com for further information.
About Fujitsu Europe Limited
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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