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December

  • Fujitsu to Provide End-to-End Enterprise Transformation Offering with Amazon Web Services London, United Kingdom, December 10, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces a new end-to-end enterprise transformation offering which will fast track the move to the AWS cloud for organisations, helping them to improve business processes and speed up innovation. As the result of a new strategic collaboration between Fujitsu and AWS, the new Fujitsu Cloud Service for AWS is available immediately in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA) and enables customers to move their IT estates to the market-leading AWS Cloud.

  • Flybe selects Fujitsu and InSite to take its document management to the cloud Hayes, UK, Europe,United Kingdom, December 06, 2018 - PFU (EMEA) Limited, the world's leading scanner manufacturer, today announced it has been selected by Flybe to improve the management of crucial maintenance documents within its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) division.

  • Employees Ready to Embrace AI to improve Work/Life Balance, Fujitsu Survey Reveals London, United Kingdom, December 05, 2018 - Workers feel that their productivity is declining despite longer working hours – and are now ready and willing to embrace the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to tackle this, according to a new study from Fujitsu. Meanwhile, they perceive businesses’ IT as failing to support them, with inadequate security, service failures and challenges in accessing the information that they need to be effective.

November

  • UK Business Leaders Depend on Digital Technology for Improving Customer Service London, United Kingdom, November 27, 2018 - More than three quarters (77 percent) of UK business leaders believe they must put customers first if their organisation is to succeed in the long-term, with a similar number (80 percent) citing ‘trust’ as an important factor for maintaining strong customer relationships. This is according to a global study commissioned by Fujitsu, which found that 62 percent of business leaders in the UK believe customers’ mistrust has increased significantly over the past three years. The good news is that the majority (71 percent) believe their organisation is well positioned to meet customer expectations over the next decade.

  • Fujitsu Laboratories’ New AI Solver Platform Enables Next Generation of Real-Time AI Simulators London, EMEIA, November 07, 2018 - Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe announces the development of a new AI-based technology and platform, designed to convert traditional physics-based simulators into fast, highly accurate AI simulators. Fujitsu’s AI Solver represents an important breakthrough for industrial applications, revolutionizing fields such as CAE, product design and autonomous smart device performance. In the case of CAE, simulation plays a key role in reducing the number of costly prototype and product failures, supporting design decisions as well as for verification and validation. The AI Solver revolutionizes the speed of the simulation process, with commensurate business advantages. The platform is the result of a joint development program between Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, Fujitsu Advanced Technologies Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe.

  • Fujitsu SELECT Innovation Awards Recognize D.FI’s Exceptional AI Digital Transformation Project London, United Kingdom, November 07, 2018 - Fujitsu SELECT Expert Partner D.FI was today named as winner of the prestigious 2018 SELECT Innovation Award. D.FI effectively leveraged Fujitsu’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center of Excellence, AI ecosystem and proof of concept testing capabilities to rapidly create an intelligent system that has not only streamlined the partner’s own support system, but that can also be replicated and rolled out to its customer base.

  • Fujitsu Laboratories’ New AI Solver Platform Enables Next Generation of Real-Time AI Simulators London, United Kingdom, November 07, 2018 - Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe announces the development of a new AI-based technology and platform, designed to convert traditional physics-based simulators into fast, highly accurate AI simulators. Fujitsu’s AI Solver represents an important breakthrough for industrial applications, revolutionizing fields such as CAE, product design and autonomous smart device performance. In the case of CAE, simulation plays a key role in reducing the number of costly prototype and product failures, supporting design decisions as well as for verification and validation. The AI Solver revolutionizes the speed of the simulation process, with commensurate business advantages. The platform is the result of a joint development program between Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd, Fujitsu Advanced Technologies Ltd and Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe.

  • ScanSnap Marks Shipment of 5 Million Units Globally Hayes, UK, Europe,United Kingdom, November 07, 2018 - PFU (EMEA) Limited, a Fujitsu company, the world's leading scanner manufacturer, today announced that as of September 2018, it has shipped 5 million of its ScanSnap scanners globally.

  • Fujitsu Powers Near-Zero Emissions Data Center in Wind Turbine London, United Kingdom, November 06, 2018 - Fujitsu server and storage technology is powering one of the world’s first near-zero emissions data centers located inside a wind turbine in Germany. Part of the WindCORES initiative from German electricity provider WestfalenWIND IT, the new hosting solution enables Fujitsu SELECT Partner Green IT - Das Systemhaus (Green IT) to offer to highly sustainable and cost-effective cloud services to its customers.

  • Fujitsu Makes Cloud Adoption Easier with PRIMEFLEX for Microsoft Azure Stack London, United Kingdom, November 06, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces new options for organizations to harmonize workloads between the cloud and on-premises. The new PRIMEFLEX for Microsoft Azure Stack provides a unique solution for enterprises that want to take full advantage of the public cloud but need to keep some mission-critical IT under their own roof due to data sovereignty, compliance or connectivity requirements.

  • Fujitsu and Microsoft Accelerate Delivery of Mission-Critical Workloads on Microsoft Azure London, United Kingdom, November 06, 2018 - Fujitsu and Microsoft are accelerating the delivery of Microsoft Azure cloud for organizations with a new global systems integrator partnership. This enables organizations to seamlessly take the next step in their digital transformation – by shifting mission critical workloads in hybrid IT estates to a cloud-based one-stop delivery model, increasing innovation, improving flexibility and guaranteeing superior financial performance.

  • Fujitsu Shows the Power of Co-creation at Fujitsu Forum Munich 2018 London, United Kingdom, November 06, 2018 - Fujitsu is expecting more than 10,000 visitors at this year’s Fujitsu Forum Munich – its flagship customer event. This year’s theme is “Co-creation for Success”, highlighting Fujitsu’s approach of working seamlessly with customers and partners within an ecosystem that unleashes creativity and innovation to drive digital transformation. The event showcases how Fujitsu’s unique Human Centric Experience Design (HXD) innovation methodology unlocks creativity, and how Fujitsu works with its customers to address and integrate emerging technology, accelerated through a growing global network of Centers of Excellence.

October

  • Fujitsu brings Petabyte-scale Storage to the Data Centre with Flash-optimised ETERNUS London, United Kingdom, October 31, 2018 - Fujitsu today launches the ETERNUS DX8900 S4 storage solution, bringing flash-optimised petabyte-scale storage to the data centre. This new generation system reduces complexity by eliminating the need for varying storage tiers for different workloads and consolidates separate storage silos into a single system to streamline the soft migration to an all-flash data centre – even for petabyte-scale workloads.

  • Fujitsu and Nottingham Trent University collaborate to improve the wellbeing and safety of customers, employees and students London, United Kingdom, October 31, 2018 - Fujitsu has signed a Strategic Relationship Agreement with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to collaborate and explore opportunities to provide a framework for developing a long-term partnership. Leveraging Fujitsu’s ecosystem approach aimed at making a positive impact to people and wider society through strategic partnerships, the agreement will significantly and positively address some of the issues and challenges customers, employees and students face, through a number of wellbeing and safety projects. To drive this, NTU and Fujitsu will collaborate in three key areas:

  • Fujitsu and NetApp’s NFLEX Converged Infrastructure now Certified for SAP Environments London, United Kingdom, October 29, 2018 - Fujitsu and NetApps’s jointly developed NFLEX Converged Infrastructure solution is now available for SAP environments.

  • Fujitsu: New product of automotive FRAM-family with 64Kbit Langen, Germany, October 25, 2018 - Non-volatile storage technology with fast access and temperature range of up to 125°C / Supported with AEC-Q100 qualification

  • Fujitsu and SSH.COM Remove Password Challenge with Privileged Access-as-a-Service London, United Kingdom, October 22, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces a new solution that removes the need for employees to manage multiple, individual passwords to access on-premises and cloud services, solving a major challenge for CIOs. Available immediately, Fujitsu has integrated SSH.COM’s1 PrivX Cloud Access Gateway within its Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solution.

  • UK Business Leaders Struggle to Balance Demands of Employees, Customers and Citizens; Majority Believe They Could be Doing More to Positively Contribute to the Lives of Citizens London, United Kingdom, October 18, 2018 - UK business leaders are struggling to cope with the demands of the three groups they need to serve in order to thrive: employees, customers and the wider society. This is according to a new Global study commissioned by Fujitsu, which found the majority (60 percent) of organisations in the UK currently prioritise the needs of their customers over those of employees (58 percent) and society as a whole (30 percent). But two-thirds (65 percent) of leaders nationwide admit they are struggling to balance the expectations of all three sets of people at once, which is a concern as organisations are aware of the influence each group has on their success.

  • Fujitsu Launches its Smallest PC – the Ultra-Compact, Highly Energy Efficient ESPRIMO G558 London, United Kingdom, October 16, 2018 - Fujitsu today introduces its smallest-ever desktop PC. With a total volume of less than one litre, the ESPRIMO G558 is small enough to be connected to the back of a display – yet powerful enough to perfectly run desktop and web-based office applications.

  • Fujitsu Wins New EUR 60 Million Contract to Drive Industrialisation and Expansion for Credit Management Services Leader Lowell London, United Kingdom, October 11, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces a major new contract from Lowell¹, the second largest credit management services company in Europe. The six-year, 60 million Euro contract enables Lowell to accelerate its growth strategy and to industrialise and standardise its IT operating model across six European countries². By partnering with Fujitsu, Lowell benefits from cutting edge and proven global services at scale, embracing digital technologies in order to better serve its customers.

  • IoT Projects Expected to Deliver Payback in Less Than Three Years, Says New Fujitsu Survey London, United Kingdom, October 10, 2018 - According to a new Fujitsu survey1 published today, Internet of Things (IoT) technology has reached early mainstream, with business and IT leaders expecting tangible results in three years or less – signalling that the days of simply experimenting with IoT projects are now consigned to the past.

  • Fujitsu Drives Quantum-Inspired Project to Help Solve NatWest’s Complex Optimisation Challenges London, United Kingdom, October 02, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces details of a ground-breaking proof of concept (PoC) project with NatWest for its quantum-inspired Digital Annealer technology. Fujitsu is helping the bank solve some of its most complex, challenging and time-consuming financial investment problems by optimising its mix of high-quality liquid assets including bonds, cash and government securities.

  • ScanSnap Expands Offering with iX1500 Hayes, UK, Europe,United Kingdom, October 02, 2018 - PFU (EMEA) Limited, a Fujitsu company, the world's leading scanner manufacturer, today announced the launch of the ScanSnap iX1500, a new personal document scanner designed to offer businesses, home users and small teams, the smarter way to work. The latest model in the ScanSnap line comes with one touch technology enabling users to carry out pre-programmed scans with the touch of a button.

  • Fujitsu Prepares Organisations for Cyber-Attacks with New Security Incident Response Management Service London, United Kingdom, October 01, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces a new Security Maturity Assessment service to help organisations maximise their ability to effectively respond to inevitable cyber-attacks.

September

  • Fujitsu helps to launch University Technical College Cyber Security Group to prepare students for a career in cyber security in the UK London, United Kingdom, September 26, 2018 - In conjunction with University Technical Colleges (UTCs) across England, Fujitsu today announced the launch of the University Technical College (UTC) Cyber Security Group, which looks to prepare students aged 14-19 for the cybersecurity jobs of tomorrow. Working with cyber UTCs across the country, along with the help of leading edge Security and Private Sector organisations, the group looks to bridge the security resource and skills gap that organisations face, to help better protect today’s society from cyber threats. The group will aim to equip a minimum of 500 students a year with the right cyber skills to be able to hit the ground running when they start employment, and to better prepare those moving into Higher Education.

  • Fujitsu Opens Connected Retail Experience Centre in Dublin London, United Kingdom, September 26, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces the opening of a Connected Retail Experience Centre in Dublin, Ireland. The centre is focused on enabling retail and hospitality customers to increase in-store productivity, improve customer experiences and expand customer bases while reducing costs. A live showcase of 13 innovative technologies invites retailers and hospitality providers to explore ways of staying ahead of the competition by exploring future possibilities for brick-and-mortar stores.

  • Fujitsu Introduces 360 Degree Blockchain Use Case Deep-Dive Service London, United Kingdom, September 25, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces a powerful new service to help customers accelerate the enterprise development of blockchain solutions – ensuring they meet strategic objectives from business, technology and legal perspectives. The new Fujitsu 360 Degree Blockchain Use Case Deep-Dive service tests critical viability, focusing on existing use cases and identifies the application components needed to build a production-ready blockchain application. It also identifies and provides routes to minimise risk exposure from any flaws and pitfalls in the use case.

  • Fujitsu has launched a new 4Mbit Serial FRAM with upper compatibility to EEPROM Langen, Germany, September 18, 2018 - Fujitsu Semiconductor launches a new 4Mbit FRAM product, the MB85RS4MT, that has the highest density in our FRAM lineup of serial peripheral interface (SPI) products.

  • Fujitsu Expands Best Selling fi Series with the fi-7300NX Hayes, UK, Europe,United Kingdom, September 12, 2018 - PFU (EMEA) Limited, announces the launch of the fi-7300NX, a new image scanner that provides flexible, cost-effective network capture for organisations with distributed user groups and scanning needs.

August

July

  • Fujitsu Accelerates Digital Transformation for the Enterprise with Enhanced Multi-Cloud Hybrid IT London, United Kingdom, July 12, 2018 - Following on from Fujitsu’s recent announcement to expand its collaboration with strategic cloud providers Microsoft and VMware, the company today announced partnership enhancements with SAP and Oracle to deliver accelerated, more effective digital transformation to its customers. Fujitsu is strengthening its multi-cloud integration and operations services to address the growing industry-wide cloud skills gap, underpinning its position as a leading global systems integrator.

  • Fujitsu Components announces new Managing Director and Board Member Hoofddorp, EMEA, July 11, 2018 - Fujitsu Components Europe B.V., the European subsidiary of Fujitsu Component Ltd., a global leader in components, devices and solutions for the electronics industry, today announces that Mr. Hans Grobben has been appointed as Managing Director and Member of the Board by the shareholders at Fujitsu Component Ltd.

  • Fujitsu Enables Blockchain Proof of Business in just a Week London, United Kingdom, July 10, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces the immediate availability of a new, extremely rapid blockchain productisation framework which enables the development of a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) in just five days. The offer is aimed at organisations wanting to jump-start new blockchain development or de-risk existing blockchain projects.

  • Fujitsu Virtual Air Show Marks the Royal Air Force Centenary, Engages Children in Technology Education London, United Kingdom, July 06, 2018 - Fujitsu today launches the Fujitsu Virtual Air Show in light of the RAF 100 - a national campaign to mark the Royal Air Force (RAF)'s centenary celebrations. The virtual reality (VR) game allows young people to use STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) skills to design and plan a flight path for an aircraft, including mid-air tricks. The Fujitsu Virtual Air Show is designed to highlight the exciting possibilities of a career in STEM for young people. The game will be on display at the National Aircraft Tour and can also be played online.

  • Fujitsu World Tour Roadshow 2018 Showcases Co-creation for Success London, United Kingdom, July 04, 2018 - Fujitsu brings its World Tour to London, showcasing the latest technology demonstrations and most innovative customer stories at the Intercontinental on 12th July. Under the theme of “Co-creation for success” the largest customer roadshow of its kind demonstrates how Fujitsu is bringing customers’ digital business ideas to life, by connecting the right partnerships and expertise to deliver transformational outcomes.

  • Fujitsu Announces New Threat 360 Assessment Service, Providing Comprehensive Visibility of Cyber Security Risks London, United Kingdom, July 02, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces the launch of Threat 360, a new Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) assessment service to help organisations identify and address security vulnerabilities that could be exploited with malicious intent.

  • Fujitsu Named by Gartner as a Leader for Data Centre Outsourcing and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services, Europe for Sixth Successive Year London, United Kingdom, July 02, 2018 - Fujitsu has been named as a Leader in the 2018 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Centre Outsourcing (DCO) and Hybrid Infrastructure Managed Services (HIMS) in Europe1 – for the sixth consecutive year.

June

  • Fujitsu announces FRAM with a capacity of 8 Mbit Langen, Germany, June 26, 2018 - Fujitsu introduces a new FRAM product with a storage density of 8 Mbit. The MB85R8M2T is particularly suitable for use in industrial automation and financial logging systems, where a high data throughput is required, and the integrity of the data is essential.

  • Fujitsu Components selects Wirepas Mesh for advanced IoT solution development Hoofddorp, EMEA, June 21, 2018 - Fujitsu Components announced it has selected Wirepas Mesh software technology to integrate into their latest hardware.

  • Fujitsu launches new Digital Transformation Center in London to help customers accelerate innovation London, United Kingdom, June 14, 2018 - As announced yesterday by the Prime Minister Theresa May during an investors’ roundtable at Downing Street, today marks the opening of Fujitsu’s second Europe based Digital Transformation Centre (DTC) in London. Part of the Fujitsu Co-creating Program, a distinctive approach to help customers accelerate digital transformation, the new DTC is a purpose built space that uses digital content and tools and empowers organisations of all kinds to think about the future of their businesses and develop concepts that accelerate their digital transformation.

  • Fujitsu AI Technology Dynamically Automates Complex Data Integration for Knowledge Processing London, EMEIA, June 12, 2018 - Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe has developed an innovative artificial intelligence-based technology that overcomes traditional data reconciliation challenges, applying cutting edge Dynamic Data Loading (DDL) to automate complex knowledge processing. Fujitsu’s technology significantly simplifies the data integration and reconciliation process, dynamically loading data during the runtime process using AI and microservice-based crawlers to create a fully scalable and intelligent platform.

May

  • Fujitsu recognised by the EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models 2018 London, United Kingdom, May 31, 2018 - Fujitsu in the UK has a very strong presence in the EMpower Ethnic Minority Role Models 2018 list which has been published today. Both Rupal Karia, Head of UK & Ireland, Public and Private Sectors, Fujitsu, and Maddy Reddy, Head of Pre Sales, Fujitsu UK & Ireland, were featured in the EMpower 100 Ethnic Minority Executives list, whilst Dewole Aradeon, Head of Sales Effectiveness, Fujitsu UK & Ireland, was named in the EMpower Top 50 Ethic Minority Future Leaders list. Both lists were published today by the Financial Times .

  • FUJITSU releases the 22inch light input touch panel Hoofddorp, EMEA, May 31, 2018 - Fujitsu Components has increased its range of successful “light touch” resistive panels with a 22inch touch panel. The Fujitsu light touch panel range matches the main screen sizes from 3.8 up to 22”. The 22inch light touch panel ensures input operation independently of the input method (finger, pen, glove,..) and is not sensitive to liquid drops. Therefore it’s an ideal input device for many applications such as factory automation or medical devices.

  • Fujitsu Focuses on Social and Ethical Impact of AI with AI4People Forum Stockholm, EMEIA, May 29, 2018 - Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe has become one of the founding partners of the recently launched AI4People initiative, Europe’s first global forum on the social impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

  • Fujitsu Focuses on Social Innovation at 2018 Fujitsu Innovation Gathering Stockholm, EMEIA, May 29, 2018 - Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe is hosting the sixth annual Fujitsu Innovation Gathering today in Stockholm, showcasing an exciting and diverse cross-section of Fujitsu’s latest groundbreaking research and development initiatives to solve social challenges, many on show for the first time in Europe.

  • Fujitsu ETERNUS LT Family Supports LTO 8 Technology London, United Kingdom, May 17, 2018 - – Fujitsu today announces that its ETERNUS LT product family now supports the latest generation LTO-8 tape drives for long-term back up and archiving, doubling data capacity from the previous tape generation. With LTO-8 technology, ETERNUS LT tape libraries now can store up to 30TB of compressed data per cartridge. This makes it easier than before to create data backups that can be held offline, helping to maintain the integrity and accessibility of business-critical data even in cases of cybercrime, such as ransomware attacks.

  • Artificial Intelligence Held Back in Europe by Lack of Strategic Focus London, United Kingdom, May 09, 2018 - – The enormous potential business benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are currently held back in Europe by a lack of strategic focus, with the consequence that companies risk missing out on the opportunity to use AI to transform their businesses, according to a new survey co-published today by Fujitsu.These findings are based on a full report, which highlights the benefits of using AI to innovate processes driven by business applications, providing a useful guide for executives.

April

March

  • Fujitsu Adds Deep Learning Capabilities to Workstations and Servers London, United Kingdom, March 28, 2018 - Fujitsu accelerates the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) with the global availability of ultra-high performance CELSIUS workstations and PRIMERGY server solutions which harness the latest visual computing platforms from NVIDIA. In addition to PRIMERGY servers with Deep Learning support, selected CELSIUS workstations now also support the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 card. Launched today – the world’s most powerful architecture for high-performance computing, AI, virtual reality, simulations and graphics workloads on professional desktops.

  • A Cooperation in IoT/LPWA with Satellites Munich, Langen, Germany, March 13, 2018 - SAT4M2M and FUJITSU Electronics to cooperate on development of a dedicated module enabling IoT communications via satellites

  • IoT, the magic word in product development Hoofddorp, EMEA, March 02, 2018 - Fujitsu co-creates with various partners to enable secure, scalable and flexible IoT solutions. With Fujitsu IoT Connectivity we offer easy- to-use, customizable and safe solutions for various IoT application areas, such as Lighting, Smart metering, Asset management and Sensors in industrial automation and smart building.

February

January

  • FUJITSU launches Touch Panels with Integrated Embossed Switches Hoofddorp, EMEA, January 30, 2018 - FUJITSU Components Europe has extended its range of custom-design touch panels by adding the option to integrate embossed switches for HMI applications. The company’s new FID-1320 series of four-wire resistive touch panels enables embossed switches to be formed in the cover film. These provide tactile click feel for the user, similar to the experience of mechanical switches.

  • Fujitsu Electronics Europe expands its BLE product portfolio with Ambiq Micro and Talent Highland solutions Langen, Germany, January 25, 2018 - Fujitsu Electronics Europe (FEEU) is expanding its Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) product portfolio with solutions from Ambiq Micro and Talent Highland. The new products offer customers high integration, low power consumption and flexibility. To facilitate the integration of BLE products into their applications, they can use the ClickBeetle reference platform developed by FEEU.

  • Fujitsu Maximises Storage Performance with Next-Generation ETERNUS All-Flash and Hybrid Storage Systems London, United Kingdom, January 24, 2018 - Fujitsu today announces its next generation of ETERNUS AF S2 all-flash storage arrays and ETERNUS DX S4 midrange hybrid systems. The new storage systems are designed to meet the high-performance requirements for digital business growth, continuity and efficiency, while providing a maximum of interoperability and an easy migration path between hybrid and all-flash storage.

  • Fujitsu Boosts Mobile Business Productivity with the new 2 in 1 Tablet STYLISTIC Q738 London, United Kingdom, January 22, 2018 - Fujitsu introduces its latest flagship 2 in 1 detachable device – the Fujitsu Tablet STYLISTIC Q738.

  • Fujitsu Recognised as a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, Europe London, United Kingdom, January 17, 2018 - Fujitsu has been recognised as a Leader in the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, Europe, for the fifth successive time. The report, published on January 3, 2018, provides an understanding of the market for managed workplace services (MWS) and vendor offerings in Europe.

  • Fujitsu announces a new die shrink FRAM generation Langen, Germany, January 11, 2018 - Fujitsu Electronics Europe (FEEU) announces the first product of a new die shrink FRAM generation: MB85RS2MTA. With the brand new FRAM generation, FEEU is able to provide affordable FRAM products to the market and has reached a further milestone to expand the potential market for FRAM technology. Fujitsu will be able to offer higher density FRAM products in the near future.