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28 Fujitsu Limited
앮 Research & Development
■Foster the creation of new businesses
■Create and accumulate advanced technologies
■Extend our value chain globally
■Fulfill our social responsibilities
■ Organic storage technology
We have developed organic storage technology that utilizes
autonomic clusters of hard disk drives to enable large volumes
of data to be securely stored and quickly retrieved when
needed. The hard disk drives can be hot-swapped with new-
generation drives without service interruption, thereby main-
taining high levels of reliability and performance. Using this
technology, we launched the world’s first organic storage ser-
vice as an outsourcing arrangement. This service enables
superior information management in terms of both security
and cost performance in response to customers’ actual utili-
zation needs, including for documents that are compliant with
Japan’s e-Document Law and electronic medical records.
■ High image quality processing technology for PCs and
mobile phones
Developed jointly with the NHK Science & Technical
Research Laboratories, our encoder technology enables high-
quality broadcast services even at low bit rates of around 100
kilobits per second that are suitable for mobile phones and
other mobile devices. Compliant with the latest video
encoding format, AVC/H.264, this technology, which we
hope to develop into the de facto industry standard, is also
becoming increasingly important in enabling the high-speed
encoding of data-heavy video for large-screen TVs.
Our Dixel filter makes possible high-resolution, high-
quality images on PCs equipped with TV tuners. We have
also developed a secure chip that employs original encryp-
tion technology to safeguard against the hacking of digital
broadcast content, thereby allowing broadcasts of Hi-Vision
Major Achievements in Fiscal 2005
240
241
5.0
5.0
4.9 255
2005
2006
2007
(plan)
R&D expenditure (Billions of Yen)
Ratio to net sales (%)
■ R&D Expenditure ■ Fiscal 2005 R&D Expenditure by Segment
Our Mission in R&D
Aiming to contribute to Fujitsu’s technology value chain, we
carry out cutting-edge research and development in fields
ranging from IT services to computing and telecommunica-
tions systems, as well as in supporting fields such as electronic
devices and materials technology.
quality sound and images to PCs while ensuring proper
copyright protection. These technologies are now incorpo-
rated in our products.
■ CMOS multilayer wiring technology for 45nm-generation
devices
Fujitsu has been a pioneer in 90nm and 65nm process tech-
nologies, which deliver faster processing speeds and reduced
power consumption in advanced LSI devices used in various
fields, including servers, digital AV equipment, and mobile
phones. With the increasing miniaturization of LSI devices,
wiring intervals are projected to become even narrower in
the years ahead, meaning the use of conventional high-
conductivity insulating film would result in diminished chip
operating speeds. To resolve this problem, we have developed
multilayer wiring technology using copper and a low-k, high-
strength polysilica-type nano-clustering silica (NCS) insulat-
ing material developed in-house. The technology will enable
us to achieve high processing speed and low power consump-
tion in 45nm-generation chips.
54.5%
13.4%
15.8%
16.4%
Total
¥241
billion
Technology Solutions
Ubiquitous Product
Solutions
Device
Solutions
Other
Operations
Electron microscope cross-sectional image of
copper/NCS multilayer wiring
Substrata fine wiring section
NCS
Cu
250nm
Transistor section
Years ended March 31