December

• Trial Launch of PDATours Nature Walk at Pasir Ris Park Kicks Off Successfully Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, December 22, 2003 - The trial launch of PDATours at Pasir Ris Nature Trail got off to a smooth start last week, with 25 participants using a GPS-enabled Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to track their route and learn about the flora and fauna at the same time.

November

• Fujitsu Adds Ultra-Slim Solid State Relay for Industrial and Appliance Markets Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, November 24, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today announced it has expanded its relay offering for the industrial control and appliance markets with the addition of an ultra-slim solid-state device.

• Aboutwe, Fujitsu Asia, MobileOne, and V3 TeleTech Collaborate to Develop Nature and Heritage PDATours in Singapore Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, November 10, 2003 - A consortium, led by Aboutwe Publishing, a specialist in the tourism related publishing and events, and Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd., a leading regional IT&T infrastructure developer, today announced its collaboration of four companies to introduce an innovative Location-based Service (LBS) called the Mobile-Assisted Guide (MAG), to enable students, tourists and the general public to experience wonders of nature and heritage.

October

• Fujitsu Introduces its Smallest Thermal Printer Mechanism with Cutter Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, October 28, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today released an ultra-compact 24V thermal printer mechanism and guillotine cutter combination that is the smallest the company offers.

• Fujitsu Asia Wins Best Product Launch Award at iX 2003 Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, October 03, 2003 - Fujitsu Asia today announced that HOAP, its miniature humanoid robot designed for wide application in research and development of robotic technologies, had won the Best Product Launch at iX 2003, the integrated exhibition and conference showcasing the regional infocomm industry.

September

• Fujitsu Asia Awarded Cisco Silver Partnership Certification Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, September 11, 2003 - Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd today announced that it had been awarded the Silver Partnership Certification from Cisco Systems, USA.

• Fujitsu’s New Printer Mechanisms Offer Performance and Durability at a Cost-effective Price Point Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, September 09, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today released a new series of 24V compact and lightweight, high-speed thermal printer mechanisms for cost-conscious POS, banking, kiosk, test and measurement, and medical equipment applications.

August

• Fujitsu Expands High-Speed Connector Series to Support Serial-Attached SCSI, Serial ATA, and 10G Fiber Channel Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, August 25, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited has expanded its microGiGaCN™ high-speed, differential connector line by adding an I/O plug with thumbscrews, which is the standard I/O configuration for Serial Attached SCSI 4-lane, Serial ATA-2 4-lane and 10G Fiber Channel technology. Fujitsu’s microGiGaCN series now offers a full-range of industry-standard, high-speed copper interconnects for various high-speed transport technologies.

• Fujitsu Asia to feature 'Go-to-Market' Laboratory at iX 2003 Formulating Competitive Edge IT&T Solutions for Businesses Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, August 20, 2003 - Fujitsu Asia today announced that it will be exhibiting its inaugural "Go-To-Market" Laboratory (GTM Lab) at iX 2003. 'Lab Rats' will be on hand to provide assistance and support to visitors on how they can transform their businesses into a customer centric enterprise model by leveraging on Fujitsu's best of breed IT solutions.

July

• Fujitsu Releases Matched-Impedance Loop Back Module for High-Speed Systems Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, July 29, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today released a matched-impedance loop-back module for testing systems operating at 500Mbps to 3.2Gbps per channel. The new module is an expansion of Fujitsu’s high-speed, microGiGaCNTM differential connector series.

• Hong Leong Finance Selects Fujitsu Asia to Develop Branch Teller Solution Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, July 21, 2003 - Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd announced today its technology partnership agreement with Hong Leong Finance (HLF) to develop and enhance a Branch Teller Solution (BTS). This is part of HLF's goal to strengthen its leadership and competitiveness with innovative technology.

• Fujitsu's ScanSnap! Offers Paperless Office Solution Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia,India,Philippines, July 02, 2003 - Fujitsu Asia Private Limited today announced the release of its scanning solution, ScanSnap! - a compact, easy to use and complete colour scanner that allows businesses to realise the document image management solution sooner.

June

• Fujitsu's High-End PRIMEPOWER Servers Break One Million Operations per Second Barrier Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, June 18, 2003 - Fujitsu Asia Private Limited today announced record-breaking results for its PRIMEPOWER™ 2500 UNIX® system in the SPECjbb_2000 Java performance benchmark. Breaking the one million operations per second barrier for the first time, Fujitsu achieved performance of 1,420,177 operations per second with a 112-way PRIMEPOWER 2500 system using the company's 1.3GHz SPARC64® V processors, shattering records previously set by HP, Sun and IBM in the same performance tests. In the 64-way server category, as well, PRIMEPOWER 2500 outpaced the competition with performance of over 800,000 operations per second. These benchmark results were published on www.spec.org as of May 29, 2003.

May

• Fujitsu Offers Copper Cable Assemblies for High-speed Applications Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, May 28, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited the developer of the high-speed MicroGiGaCN™ interconnect series, today announced availability of high-bandwidth copper cable assemblies that meet the InfiniBand™ electrical and mechanical specifications.

• Fujitsu Unveils New Workgroup and Mid-range PRIMEPOWER Servers with Mainframe-Class Performance and Reliability Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, May 21, 2003 - Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd today announced the release of four new low- and mid-range PRIMEPOWER UNIX® systems with gigahertz-class SPARC64TM V processors to meet demanding enterprise computing needs while providing superior ROI in a smaller platform. The new PRIMEPOWER servers, which boast performance improvements of as much as 40% over current products, can also fully maximize uptime and throughput by delivering the same ultra-high levels of RAS (Reliability, Availability and Serviceability) as Fujitsu's mainframe-class 128-way PRIMEPOWER 2500 server.

• Fujitsu Releases Circularly Polarized Resistive Touch Panels for Sunlight Readability Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, May 20, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today expanded its touch panel offering by releasing a line of custom, circularly polarized touch panels that greatly enhance display readability in direct sunlight conditions. The touch panels eliminate over 60% of reflected ambient light while maintaining 79% luminance transmissivity.

• New Printer Design Simplifies Mounting Process Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, May 13, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today released an ultra-compact thermal printer mechanism with a platen unit that is “easy mount. The new design simplifies the printer’s installation into applications such as portable or mobile devices, Point-of-Sale equipment, and measurement and medical instrumentation.

• Fujitsu Asia Extends BroadSoft IP Centrex to Wireless Devices Singapore / Gaithersburg, MD, USA, Singapore,Malaysia, May 12, 2003 - Singapore-based Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd (Fujitsu Asia) and BroadSoft® Inc. (BroadSoft) today announced an initiative to integrate Fujitsu Asia’s cell phone access products with BroadSoft’s flagship product, BroadWorks®. Fujitsu Asia will resell BroadWorks throughout the Asia-Pacific region to enable IP connectivity and access to corporate communication services via any cell phone device.

• Equinix Announces the Expansion of Fujitsu's Data Center Presence Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, May 07, 2003 - Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network neutral collocation and Internet exchange services, today announced that Fujitsu Asia Private Limited (Fujitsu Asia) has expanded its data center presence in Equinix's Internet Business Exchangeä (IBXâ) center in Singapore to accommodate the growth in Fujitsu's Data Centre Outsourcing business in Asia.

• Fujitsu and Comodo Demonstrate the Future of Secure Input at WINHEC 2003 Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, May 06, 2003 - Fujitsu Components, Ltd., manufacturer of quality electronic components, and Comodo, the Internet security specialists, have today announced a demonstration of SIDEN Trust Chip, among the first 'Secure Input Devices Ever Developed' as defined by the new NGSCB, at WinHEC 2003, May 6-8 2003.

April

• Fujitsu Begins Manufacturing Lead-Free Relays Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, April 29, 2003 - To address world-wide environmental concerns, Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today announced that it will switch to lead-free relays and begin shipments in June 2003. The company’s other product lines (connectors, resistive touch panels, thermal printers, KVM switches, and keyboards) will be converted to lead-free materials by March 2004.

• Fujitsu Asia Launches New Web Conferencing Solution Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, April 28, 2003 - Singapore-based Fujitsu Asia Pte Ltd (Fujitsu Asia), a leading IT and telecommunications solution provider, today announced its 'Click to Meet Express' Web Conferencing Solution that will assist companies to continue having business meetings anytime anywhere despite issues like the current SARS situation. 'Click to Meet Express' enables dispersed groups to meet online and conduct more effective, collaborative meetings.

• Fujitsu Delivers Compact Printer Mechanism Series with 200mm-per-second Output Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, April 22, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today introduced a new series of compact thermal printer mechanisms with 200mm-per-second print output speeds. The company also added a high-speed serial and USB interface board to the series in addition to its standard serial and parallel offerings.

• Fujitsu Introduces Compact All-in-One Printer Unit with USB Interface for Versatile Kiosk Applications Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, April 08, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia Pte, Ltd. today released an ultra-high-speed thermal printer subassembly with a high speed serial and USB interface for high-capacity POS, ATM, receipt and ticket dispensing applications. The one-piece unit provides durability and simplifies installation of several components within an end device.

March

February

• Miniature 6A Power Relay Has High Sensitivity and High Insulation Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, February 18, 2003 - Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today added to its power relay line a miniature 6A-class device with high-sensitivity properties for industrial and programmable logic controller applications.

January

• Food from the Heart Set to Benefit Bakeries and Charity Homes Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia, January 30, 2003 - Bakeries and charity homes will benefit from a food distribution programme, Food from the Heart, which ensures that unsold bread and pastries previously thrown away by bakeries go instead to the less fortunate.

• KVM Switch Provides USB Link; Allows Audio and Peripheral Sharing Singapore, Singapore,Malaysia,Philippines, January 21, 2003 - Targeting the small office/home office market, Fujitsu Components Asia, Limited today released a 2-port KVM switch with dual functionality for PC control and peripheral sharing. The device conserves desktop space, reduces power consumption, and minimizes equipment requirements.