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Fujitsu Wins Most Prestigious Award at Nano Tech 2005

February 25, 2005

Fujitsu Limited

Awarded for simulation technology and synergy with carbon nanotube technology

Tokyo, February 25, 2005 — Fujitsu Limited today announced it has been awarded the Nano Tech Award of the Nano Tech 2005 International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference, held in Tokyo from February 23 to February 25 with 350 exhibitors from around the world. The award is recognized as the most prestigious award presented at Nano Tech, and was presented today to Fujitsu Limited for its development with Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. of simulation technology which plays an important role in nanotechnology research and development, and in addition for its future-generation LSI (large-scale integrated circuit) via interconnection technology utlilizing carbon nanotubes.

Fujitsu newly established a BioIT Business Development Unit in June of 2004 and has been centralizing efforts to combine its various technologies to offer total IT solutions for the development of new materials and advanced drug development. From computational chemistry and modeling programs to material and life sciences, Fujitsu offers computational chemistry tools applicable to a wide variety of fields, in addition to software for information management of various statistical analysis methods, molecular structures, and physical properties.

Fujitsu's exhibit at Nano Tech 2005 features various software and leading-edge hardware products that leverage Fujitsu's technical know-how at the forefront of nanotechnology research and development. Software demonstrations feature the software Materials Explorer enabling molecule dynamics method simulation, and the CAChe/BioMed CAChe total molecule modeling system. Other exhibited software are the MOPAC2002 for semiempirical molecular orbital method simulation, and the CAChe LocalSCF for protein semiempirical molecular orbital method simulation. Hardware demonstrations feature the BioServer Bio R&D Acceleration System, alongside an exhibit of the PRIMEPOWER HPC2500 high-performance UNIX server.

Fujitsu will continue research and development in nanotechnology by leveraging its various technical resources to offer to its customers unique IT solutions featuring state-of-the-art nanotechnologies.


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Fujitsu is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies, highly reliable computing and communications 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 4.7 trillion yen (US$45 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com


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