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Fujitsu Delivers World's First 2.5" Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive with Native Command Queuing for Testing

San Jose, CA, December 10, 2003 — Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Fujitsu has delivered the first 2.5" 5400RPM Serial ATA hard disk drives to selected customers to begin compatibility testing. Fujitsu's 2.5" Serial ATA hard disk drives include Marvell®'s system on chip (SOC) that supports the SATA Extensions (SATA II, Phase I) including Native Command Queuing and 1.5Gb/s performance. Fujitsu's 2.5" 5400RPM Serial ATA hard disk drives (HDDs) are intended for use in blade servers, mobile products, and consumer applications.  

Fujitsu 2.5" Serial ATA mobile hard disk drives offer increased performance and reduced power consumption, benefits that are especially important to manufacturers of portable, battery operated products like laptop computers. Fujitsu is able to develop 2.5" Serial ATA interface hard disk drives at a price point that rivals traditional parallel ATA products due to Marvell's single chip 88i6535 Serial ATA SOC, which eliminates the need for a bridge chip. Additionally, Fujitsu's 2.5" Serial ATA hard disk drives include Native Command Queuing. Native Command Queuing allows up to 32 instructions to be queued and reordered by the hard disk controller, contributing to significant improvement in overall hard disk drive performance.

"Fujitsu's leadership in development of the Serial ATA interface with Marvell has enabled the technology required to deliver the first true native command queuing SATA mobile disk drives," said Chuck Nielsen, chief technologist, Fujitsu Computer Products of America. "Fujitsu is able to leverage Marvell's SOC to deliver the performance and queuing capabilities required to enable the SATA interface to become the standard for mobile high-quality performance at relatively low cost."

"Marvell is pleased with the successful introduction of the 88i6535 Serial ATA SOC and the role Fujitsu played in that process," stated Dr. Alan J. Armstrong, vice president of marketing, Storage Business Group, Marvell. "As Fujitsu begins to sample its drives featuring our device to customers for testing, together we are one step closer to bringing single-chip 2.5" Serial ATA hard disk drives to market."

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About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace.  Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and telecommunications 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 4.6 trillion yen (US$38 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003.  
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About Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA) conducts engineering and marketing activities in San Jose, CA and sales operations throughout the United States.  FCPA's current product and service offerings include scanners and scanner maintenance, hard disk drives, tape drives, and magneto-optical drives. FCPA is located at 2904 Orchard Parkway, San Jose, CA, 95134.  For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-432-6333.  
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About Marvell

Marvell (Nasdaq:MRVL) is the leading global semiconductor provider of complete broadband communications and storage solutions. The Company's diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless, and storage solutions that power the entire communications infrastructure, including enterprise, metro, home, and storage networking. As used in this release, the terms "Company" and "Marvell" refer to Marvell Technology Group Ltd. and its subsidiaries, including Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. (MSI), Marvell Asia Pte Ltd. (MAPL), Marvell Japan K.K., Marvell Taiwan Ltd., Marvell International Ltd. (MIL), Marvell U.K. Limited, Marvell Semiconductor Israel Ltd. (MSIL), RADLAN Computer Communications Ltd., and SysKonnect GmbH. MSI is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., and designs, develops and markets products on behalf of MIL and MAPL. MSI may be contacted at (408) 222-2500 or at www.marvell.com.
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