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14 Fujitsu Limited
■ Platforms ■ Operating Environment and Performance
Despite continued weakness in Japan, the server market over-
all improved steadily in fiscal 2004 along with the recovery in
business confidence overseas. In the mobile communication
systems market, business generated by the expansion of third-
generation (3G) network services in Japan grew. At the same
time, the full-scale shift to IP networks by carriers and enter-
prises worldwide gathered steam, and the optical network
systems business also expanded.
In this environment, our Platforms segment posted an
increase of 6.0% in net sales, to ¥1,705.1 billion ($15,936
million), supported by strong sales of UNIX servers in Europe,
North America and other overseas markets. Operating income
increased ¥25.7 billion, to ¥55.0 billion ($514 million).
■ Initiatives in Fiscal 2004
In June 2004, we launched the world’s first UNIX server fea-
turing 64-bit processors built on leading-edge 90-nanometer
(nm) semiconductor technology. In December 2004, we
opened our Platform Solution Center in central Tokyo, where
customers can efficiently verify system performance, quality
and other requirements.
In another major server-related initiative, we announced
the worldwide launch of our PRIMEQUEST server in April
2005. This new mission-critical Intel Architecture (IA) server
boasts mainframe-class reliability and performance.
Separately, underpinned by rising demand for security
systems in response to new personal data privacy regulations
and efforts to combat credit card fraud, a number of customers
PRIMEQUEST mission-critical IA server
Left: System board (CPU/memory unit)
Right: Dedicated chipset (CPU control)
14 Fujitsu Limited