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Fujitsu Delivers 40GB Automotive-Class Hard Disk Drive

New Hard Disk Drive Handles Rugged, Outdoor Environments

Sunnyvale, CA, March 14, 2007 — Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced its global launch of the MHW2040AC Parallel ATA (PATA) mobile hard disk drive (HDD) for extreme environments. Fujitsu’s navigation series HDDs features a storage capacity of 40GB¹, with strong temperature and shock and vibration resilience.

The navigation series hard drives feature impressive operating specifications, including temperature range of -30° C to 85° C making it an ideal option for outdoor environments. Enabling a range of outdoor applications, such as ATMs, point-of-sale (POS) Systems, auto-ticketing machines, and suitable for automotive GPS devices, the MHW2040AC series will ship in the second quarter of 2007.

“Fujitsu’s storage innovations continue to drive new and exciting capabilities into applications of all kinds, from the home and office to the automotive and outdoor environments,” said Joel Hagberg, vice president, marketing and business development, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. “By maintaining a close relationship with our customers and understanding their changing needs, Fujitsu continuously addresses the priorities and requirements and the latest navigation drive is evidence of our dedication.”

Hard Disk Drive Specifications

Fujitsu designed the MHW2040AC hard disk drive series to provide specifications that are essential for today's extreme computing applications, including:

· Capacity: 40 GB

· Rotational Speed: 4200 RPM

· Interface: PATA (ATA-7)

· Buffer size: 8 MB

· Track to Track Seek Time: 1.5 ms typ.

· Idle Power Consumption: 0.7 W typ.

· Ambient Temperature Tolerance (2 versions): -30°C to 85°C & -20°C to 80°C

· Relative Humidity: 8% to 90% RH

· Acoustic (Idle): 1.5 bels typ.

· Cache size: 8MB

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Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. conducts engineering and marketing activities in Sunnyvale, CA and sales operations throughout the United States. Fujitsu Computer Products of America currently offers products and services including hard disk drives, scanners and scanner maintenance, Magneto-Optical drives, palm vein recognition technology, 10Gb Ethernet switches and degaussers. Fujitsu Computer Products of America is located at 1255 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA, 94085. For more information about Fujitsu products and services, call us at 800-626-4686 or 408-746-7000
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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.