Fujitsu Donates Supercomputer to the Computer History Museum

SUNNYVALE, CA, Aug 27 (MARKET WIRE) --
Fujitsu has donated to the Computer History Museum several components
based on technologies developed for the Numerical Wind Tunnel
supercomputer, which was ranked No. 1 when it debuted in the Top 500
Supercomputer Sites list in November 1993. The museum will accept the
gift at a dedication ceremony on Sept. 12, 2008, at the Computer History
Museum in Mountain View, Calif.

The event will feature a discussion of technological contributions to
computational fluid dynamics and the direction of petascale computing at
Fujitsu. Speakers at the event include:

-- Dr. Rupak Biswas, division chief, NASA Advanced Supercomputing
Division
-- Dr. Naoki Hirose, Sr. research scientist (retired), National Aerospace
Laboratory of Japan (currently Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
-- Dr. Kenichi Miura, fellow, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited (former head
of Supercomputing Division, Fujitsu America)
-- Mr. Moriyuki Takamura, chief architect VPP/NWT (currently fellow,
Fujitsu Laboratories Limited)
-- Mr. Tetsuo Urano, head of American operations, Fujitsu
-- Moderator: Al Zmyslowski, Senior Vice President of Engineering,
Fujitsu Computer Systems

The Event
Friday, Sept. 12, 2008
Computer History Museum, 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View, CA
94043
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Registration
10:00 a.m. - 12 noon Program
12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Lunch and Ceremonial Donation of
Fujitsu VPP Supercomputer to
Computer History Museum
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Optional Special Tour of the
Visible Storage Exhibit at the
Museum

Background on the Supercomputer Parts Donation

In 1989, Fujitsu and the National Aerospace Laboratory (NAL) of Japan
began work on a supercomputer aimed to deliver computational fluid
dynamics performance more than 100 times faster than the Fujitsu VP400
vector processor computer, one of the fastest machines of the time. The
resulting system, the Numerical Wind Tunnel, became operational in 1993
and debuted in first place in the TOP500 Supercomputer Sites list in
November of the same year. The technology derived from the project
ultimately led to the 1993 release of the Fujitsu VPP Series commercial
supercomputers, which were then among the fastest in the world. Fujitsu
has donated technologies used in its Fujitsu VPP Series supercomputers to
the Computer History Museum, Mountain View, Calif.

About the Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, Calif., is a nonprofit
organization with a 29-year history. The Museum is dedicated to the
preservation and celebration of computing history, and is home to the
largest international collection of computing artifacts in the world,
encompassing computer hardware, software, documentation, ephemera,
photographs and moving images.

CHM brings computing history to life through an acclaimed speaker series,
dynamic website, onsite tours, as well as physical and online exhibits.
Current exhibits include "Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2,"
"Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess," "Innovation in the
Valley" -- a look at Silicon Valley startups -- and the unique "Visible
Storage Gallery," featuring over 600 key objects from the collection. The
signature "Timeline of Computing History" exhibit will open in late 2009.

For more information, visit www.computerhistory.org or call 650-810-1010.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of IT-based business solutions for the
global marketplace. With approximately 160,000 employees supporting
customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems
and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications
products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to
customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) reported
consolidated revenues of 5.3 trillion yen (US$53 billion) for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 2008. For more information, please see:
www.fujitsu.com.

Fujitsu and the Fujitsu logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Fujitsu Limited in the United States and other countries. All other
trademarks and product names are the property of their respective owners.

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Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation
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