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Fujitsu to Release 2.5” SATA Hard Disk Drive with World-Class 500GB*1 Storage Capacity
Half-Terabyte HDD from Fujitsu combines world-class storage capacity with high-energy efficiency
London, 25 February 2008 — Fujitsu Europe Limited today announced the launch of its new MHZ2-BT series of 2.5” mobile hard disk drives (HDD) with a world-class storage capacity of up to 500GB*1 (Half-Terabyte). That is among the highest capacity in the industry for 4,200 RPM HDDs with a 2.5” form factor. The new series of Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) drives is in response to the growing need of 2.5” form factor HDDs supporting high-volume storage in devices such as digital video recorders and external hard drives.
Energy-conscious
As an environmentally friendly product, the MHZ2-BT drives require only 1.8W of power for read and write operations, ranking
them among the most power-efficient HDDs in their class. The series is one of many new products announced as part of Fujitsu’s
Green Policy Innovation program, unveiled in December 2007, to promote energy-efficient products and services as a way to
help customers lower their ecological footprint.
“With the global spread of digital broadcasts and Internet-based video distribution, along with higher storage requirements, there is an increasing need for high-capacity hard disk drives that can handle high-volume data storage in a portable form factor,” said Georg Dietsch, Fujitsu Director Storage Products Group EMEA. “With the growing worldwide concern over global warming and other environmental problems, there is a demand for hard disk drives that consume less electricity.”
Capitalising on its 40-year experience in HDD development, Fujitsu has responded to these needs with hard disk drives that have storage capacities of up to 500GB for use in personal computers, Digital Video Recorders (DVR), Set Top Boxes (STB) and external hard disk drives.
Leading specifications
Fujitsu designed the MHZ2-BT series to provide specifications that are vital for today's mobile computing applications, including
storage capacities from 400GB*1 to 500GB*1 with a rotational speed of 4,200 RPM; SATA 3.0Gb per second interface; best-in-class
idle power consumption in slumber mode of 0.5W (typ.), standby power consumption in slumber mode of 0.13W (typ.), and best-in-class
read/write power consumption of 1.8W (typ.). Its average read/write seek time is 12/14 milliseconds; with a maximum data transfer
speed of 300MB per second. The series´ average acoustic noise level is best-in-class 2.1 bels*2 in idle mode whilst offering
an operating shock tolerance of 325G (2ms).
Sales of the Fujitsu MHZ2-BT series will begin at the end of May 2008.
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(*1) One gigabyte (GB): One billion bytes; accessible capacity will be less and actual capacity depends on the operating environment
and formatting.
(*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 5.1 trillion yen (US$43.2 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007. 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. http://emea.fujitsu.com/felg
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