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2004 Press Releases
- December 22, 2004
- Fujitsu to Speak at the JP Morgan Technology Forum at CES 2005
San Jose, CA, December 22, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Joel Hagberg, vice president, Marketing and Business Development, will speak at JP Morgan's 3rd Annual Technology Forum at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005.
- December 22, 2004
- Fujitsu Vice Presidents to Discuss the Role of Hard Disk Drives in Consumer Electronics at Storage Visions 2005
San Jose, CA, December 22, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Joel Hagberg, vice president, Marketing and Business Development and Mike Chenery, vice president, Advanced Product Engineering will speak at Storage Visions 2005 in Las Vegas, NV. Storage Visions 2005 aims to educate its attendees about the convergence of data storage and content creation and delivery.
- December 6, 2004
- Fujitsu Increases Mobile Hard Disk Drive Performance
San Jose, CA, December 6, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced its next generation MHV2100AH mobile hard disk drive. The new Fujitsu drive offers 100GB capacity with 5400 RPM functionality giving users more performance compared to 4200 RPM hard disk drives, but with low power consumption increasing the time that users can spend away from an outlet.
- December 6, 2004
- Fujitsu Posts Record Enterprise and Mobile Hard Disk Drive Shipments
San Jose, CA, December 6, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it significantly increased hard disk drive shipments in the third calendar quarter 2004. Fujitsu increased its mobile hard disk drive volume to 3.3M units, a 23% increase over the previous quarter 2Q04 (CY) and a 63% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the enterprise hard disk drive market, Fujitsu increased shipments to a record 1.3M units for the third calendar quarter 2004.
- November 22, 2004
- Fujitsu Enterprise Hard Disk Drives Qualified by Supermicro for High End Server Storage Solutions
San Jose, CA, November 22, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Supermicro Computer, Inc., a manufacturer of high-quality motherboard and server solutions, has completed a thorough qualification of the Fujitsu 300GB and 147GB SCSI enterprise hard disk drives for inclusion in high-end server storage systems. This is the first time Supermicro is offering hard disk drive integration and service to its customers. In addition, the Fujitsu Firmware and Compatibility Testing (FACT) Lab evaluated motherboards and server systems from Supermicro establishing a joint qualification process in support of each company’s commitment to quality control and reliability.
- November 17, 2004
- Fujitsu Serial ATA Hard Disk Drives Power the Ultimate Gaming PC at Gamercon 2004
San Jose, CA, November 17, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it will be the sole hard disk drive provider at the 2004 Gamercon conference to be held in Los Angeles, CA on November 19-21, 2004.
- November 9, 2004
- Fujitsu Vice President of Engineering to Speak at Denali MemCon 2004
San Jose, CA, November 9, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Mike Chenery, vice president, Advanced Product Engineering will participate in a panel discussion at the Denali MemCon Conference entitled, Consumer Electronics: Driving A New Semiconductor Era. The panel will be moderated by Charles DiLisio, President and Senior Advisor for D-Side Advisors, a company that advises semiconductor companies seeking dominant position and market-leading profitability.
- October 27, 2004
- Fujitsu to Demonstrate Leading Serial Storage Technology at SAS Plugfest
San Jose, CA, October 27, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it will conduct an interoperabilitiy test of its small form factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives during the SAS Plugfest scheduled for the week of November 1, 2004 at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL).
- September 30, 2004
- Fujitsu Honored with Sun Microsystems Best in Class Supplier Award
San Jose, CA, September 30, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced it received the Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) Annual Best In Class Supplier Award recognizing the company as a leader in its field. Specifically, the Fujitsu hard disk drive division has been recognized as the leading hard disk drive supplier to Sun Microsystems for the year.
- September 20, 2004
- Fujitsu to Present Hard Disk Drive Vision and Showcase Latest Technology at DISKCON
San Jose, CA, September 20, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Chuck Nielsen, chief technologist, Fujitsu Computer Products of America, will share the company’s latest technological advances and current market position at the DISKCON USA 2004 Conference. Mr. Nielsen will speak during the event “kick-off” to be held on Monday, September 20th from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT in Santa Clara, CA.
- September 7, 2004
- Fujitsu and LSI Logic Showcase Flexibility of Serial Technology at Intel Developers Forum Fall 2004
San Francisco, CA, September 7, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals and LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI), will showcase the flexibility of Serial technology at the Intel Developers Forum Fall 2004 event, held September 7-9 at the Moscone South Convention Center, San Francisco, CA.
- August 16, 2004
- Eight Leading Technology Companies Present the Serial Storage Experience at HP World 2004
Chicago, IL, August 16, 2004 – Eight leading technology companies have come together at HP World 2004 to discuss and showcase the benefits of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial ATA (SATA) interface technologies. Adaptec, Fujitsu Computer Products of America (FCPA), Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST), HP, Intel, LSI Logic Corporation, Maxtor Corporation and Seagate (NYSE: STX) are sponsoring the Serial (SAS) Experience Center (Booth #717) and will demonstrate a number of live SAS and SATA-based product demonstrations throughout the week. HP World 2004 takes place at McCormick Place in Chicago, IL from August 16-20, 2004.
- August 10, 2004
- Fujitsu to Exhibit Leading Storage Technology at CMP XChange 2004
San Jose, CA, August 10, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it will participate at CMP's annual XChange conference.
- August 3, 2004
- Fujitsu Posts Record Mobile Hard Disk Drive Shipments and Grows Enterprise Sequentually
San Jose, CA, August 3, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world"s leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it significantly increased its hard disk drive market presence in the second calendar quarter 2004. Fujitsu increased its mobile hard disk drive volume to 2.6M units, a 5% increase over the previous quarter 1Q04 (CY) and a 57% increase compared to the same quarter last year. In the enterprise hard disk drive market, Fujitsu increased shipments to 1.2M units, a 27% increase over the previous quarter 1Q04 (CY) and a 78% increase compared to the same quarter last year.
- August 2, 2004
- Fujitsu Delivers Leading Capacity Mobile Hard Disk Drive to Channel Partners
San Jose, CA, August 2, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced the delivery of its next generation MHU2100AT 2.5" 9.5mm mobile hard disk drive to its industry leading storage channel partners. Fujitsu's new mobile hard disk drive offers up to 100GB of capacity and a nearly 30% increase in areal density.
- July 20, 2004
- Fujitsu Demonstrates Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA Interoperability at SAS Plugfest
San Jose, CA, July 20, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced successful interoperability testing of its small form factor (SFF) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives. The interoperability testing was conducted during the SAS plugfest conducted the week of June 21, 2004 in the Interoperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire. Fujitsu was the only manufacturer able to demonstrate both SAS and SATA interoperability with its own SFF SAS and 2.5" SATA hard disk drives.
- July 19, 2004
- Fujitsu and Bell Microproducts Enter Storage Distribution Agreement
San Jose, CA, July 19, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced a distribution relationship with Bell Microproducts (Nasdaq: BELM), a leading international value-added distributor offering a wide range of high technology products, solutions and services. Bell Microproducts will begin shipping Fujitsu enterprise hard disk drives, mobile hard disk drives and magneto-optical (MO) drives to resellers in the United States and South America. Bell Microproducts is a Fortune 1000 company with sales exceeding $2.23B in 2003.
- June 21, 2004
- Fujitsu White Paper on Innovative Hard Disk Drive Technology Honored with Bitpipe Annual Award
San Jose, CA, June 21, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that its white paper, "Mobile Hard Drives Move On," received an honorable mention in the hardware category in Bitpipe's fourth annual White Paper Awards. Winners were selected based on overall editorial quality, format, presentation, and end-user utility.
- June 14, 2004
- Fujitsu Announces Industry Leading Hard Disk Drive Capacity for the Mobile Storage Market
San Jose, CA, June 14, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced volume shipments of its next generation MHU2100AT 2.5" 9.5mm mobile hard disk drive to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Fujitsu's new mobile hard disk drive offers up to 100GB of capacity and nearly a 30% increase in areal density allowing manufacturers to design next generation portable computing and consumer applications.
- June 8, 2004
- Fujitsu to Present at 15th Annual Bear Stearns Technology Conference
San Jose, CA, June 8, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Mike Chenery, vice president, advanced product engineering, will present at the 15th Annual Bear Stearns Technology Conference in New York on June 14th and 15th.
- May 21, 2004
- Fujitsu Named A 2004 Ultimate Customs Solution Winner by the CRN Test Center
San Jose, CA, May 21, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it has been selected as a 2004 Ultimate Custom Solutions award winner in the Ultimate PC™ category based on the exemplary performance of its MAS 15,000-RMP enterprise hard disk drive with 73.5GB of capacity. Winners were selected by CMP Media's CRN, the newsweekly of vital information for business and technology integrators.
- May 17, 2004
- Fujitsu to Exhibit at CMP XChange Tech Builder 2004
San Jose, CA, May 17, 2004 – WHAT - Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it will participate at CMP’s annual 2004 XChange Tech Builder event.
- May 4, 2004
- PMC-Sierra Announces Serial ATA (SATA) System Interoperability
Santa Clara, CA, May 4, 2004 – PMC-Sierra (NASDAQ: PMCS) demonstrated system interoperability with industry standard SATA Hard Disk Drive (HDD) vendors including, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Maxtor, Seagate and Western Digital to SATA host controllers including 3ware, Adaptec, and Promise Technology at the SATA Plugfest. This milestone assures OEMs of an interoperable solution for next-generation bulk storage systems based on low-cost SATA HDDs.
- April 28, 2004
- Fujitsu Chief Technologist to Speak at JP Morgan Technology & Telecom Conference
San Jose, CA, April 28, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Chuck Nielsen, chief technologist, will speak at the JP Morgan's 32nd Annual Technology and Telecom conference on Monday, May 3rd, at 3:30 p.m. PT at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco, CA. Nielsen will discuss hard disk drive trends in form factor and interface connectivity for the mobile and enterprise markets.
- April 27, 2004
- Fujitsu Partners with Tech Data to Showcase Innovative Laptop Design
San Jose, CA, April 27, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Tech Data is featuring Fujitsu hard disk drives in a white-box notebook or ‘whitebook' demonstration. The state of the art notebook was showcased at the Intel Channel Conference roadshow in Miami, FL (April 16) and Tampa, FL (April 22) and will also be shown in Atlanta, GA (April 27), Washington D.C. (May 6) and Boston, MA (May 20).
- April 13, 2004
- Fujitsu to Participate in Intel Channel Conference Spring 2004 Road Show
San Jose, CA, April 13, 2004 – WHAT: Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it will participate in thirteen cities listed on the Spring 2004 Intel Channel Conference tour. The biannual road show is specifically designed to educate channel distribution partners on the latest in product launches, technology announcements, and program benefits.
- April 12, 2004
- Fujitsu Appoints Yoshihiko Masuda New President and CEO of Fujitsu Computer Products of America
San Jose, CA, April 12, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives, computer peripherals, and document imaging scanners, today announced the appointment of Mr. Yoshihiko Masuda to the position of President and CEO of FCPA.
- March 23, 2004
- Fujitsu and Twinhead Demonstrate Mobile Hard Disk Drive Durability and Shock Tolerance at FOSE 2004
San Jose, CA, March 23, 2004 – WHAT - Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, and Twinhead Corporation, the notebook PC specialists, today announced that Twinhead will use Fujitsu MHT, 4200RPM, 2.5” ATA hard disk drives (HDDs) in a demonstration designed to illustrate the ultra-rugged constitution and durability of Twinhead's notebook PCs. As part of the demonstration, Twinhead representatives will drop and throw the reinforced notebooks to exemplify their inventive notebook design targeted for rough terrain environments in vertical market applications like public safety, military and industrial markets. Twinhead's display screen, hard disk drive and keyboard are all specially designed to operate under the most adverse conditions.
- March 10, 2004
- Fujitsu to Demonstrate Industry's First 2.5" Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive at SATA Plugfest 2004
San Jose, CA, March 10, 2004 – WHAT - Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it will demonstrate its 2.5" Serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drive (HDD) for next generation storage solutions at Serial ATA Plugfest 2004. Fujitsu unveiled the industry's sole 2.5" SATA hard disk drive in December, 2003.
- March 8, 2004
- Fujitsu Announces New Enterprise Hard Disk Drives with Industry Leading Technology
San Jose, CA, March 8, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today introduced the MAT and MAU series enterprise hard disk drive (HDD) offering up to 300GB of storage capacity. Fujitsu's MAT series hard disk drive is the industry's first 75Gb/sq.in. 4-platter enterprise design to deliver 300GB of storage capacity in a 10K RPM 3.5'' form factor. Accompanying that drive, Fujitsu's MAU series enterprise hard disk drive is the industry's first 15K RPM, 147GB 4-platter hard disk drive to enter the market. Compared with previous generation models, storage capacities have been doubled, and internal data transfer rates have been increased by up to 25%.
- March 1, 2004
- Fujitsu to Demonstrate Small Form Factor Serial Attached SCSI Hard Disk Drive Prototypes at SAS Plugfest 2004
San Jose, CA, March 1, 2004 – WHAT - Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that it will demonstrate its prototype small form factor (SFF) 3Gb/second serial attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive for next generation enterprise storage solutions at SAS Plugfest 2004. The Fujitsu SAS interface leverages the recognized benefits of SCSI with the latest serial technology. Fujitsu expects SAS to become the enterprise I/O interface of choice for the new 2.5" small form factor enterprise hard disk drives.
- February 10, 2004
- Fujitsu Bolsters Hard Disk Drive Market Presence
San Jose, CA, February 10, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, further strengthened its enterprise and mobile market growth, positioning itself again at the forefront of hard disk drive innovation following the announcement of the first small form factor (SFF) serial attached SCSI enterprise hard disk drive and the first 2.5" serial ATA mobile hard disk drive. Once again, Fujitsu increased its mobile hard disk drive volume increasing drive shipments to 2.2M units, a 10% increase over the previous quarter 3Q03 (CY) and an 80% increase compared to the same quarter last year. Fujitsu sustained an aggressive shipment of 1.2M worldwide enterprise hard disk drive units, meeting a substantial influx in demand during the second half of CY03.
- January 5, 2004
- Fujitsu Introduces World's First 2.5" SATA Hard Disk Drive
San Jose, CA, January 5, 2004 – Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today redefined the possibilities for manufacturers in emerging notebook and enterprise storage markets by announcing the MHT-BH. The Fujitsu MHT-BH is the world's first 2.5" 9.5mm mobile hard disk drive (HDD) with SATA Extensions that supports Native Command Queuing.
- January 5, 2004
- Fujitsu to Present at JP Morgan's Tech Forum at CES 2004
San Jose, CA, January 5, 2004 – WHAT - Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc. (FCPA), one of the world's leading suppliers of hard disk drives and computer peripherals, today announced that Mike Chenery, vice president of advanced product engineering, will speak at JP Morgan's 2nd Annual Tech Forum at CES 2004 on Thursday, January 8, at the Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.
