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Research & Development
Our Mission in R&D
Guided by our basic policy of creating new value for custom-
ers and contributing to the realization of a ubiquitous net-
worked world, we are driving forward cutting-edge research
and development into next-generation services, servers and
networks, as well as electronic devices and materials that sup-
port our services and products.
■ Foster the creation of new businesses
■ Create and accumulate advanced technologies
■ Extend our value chain globally
■ Fulfill our social responsibilities
■ R&D Expenditure ■ Fiscal 2006 R&D Expenditure by Segment
R&D Expenditure (Billions of Yen)
Ratio to Net Sales (%)
2003
6.2 285.7
2004
5.3 250.9
2005
5.0 240.2
2006
5.0 241.5
2007
5.0 254.0
Years ended March 31
Other
Operations
Device
Solutions
Ubiquitous Product
Solutions
51.5%
14.4%
18.2%
15.8%
Total
¥254.0
billion
Technology Solutions
Major Achievements in Fiscal 2006
(1) Web marketing technology for the Web 2.0 era
We developed technology capable of identifying and analyzing company and product reviews written
in Chinese or English appearing on Internet bulletin boards or blogs. A subsidiary company has already
been providing a similar Japanese-language service, and this new technology will now allow clients to
conduct global web marketing analysis of company and product reviews in all three languages.
(2) Technology that enhances server system performance
We developed a new switching device that boosts the performance of server systems. The device, which
incorporates the world’s first 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) switch chip, acts as a high-speed interface
capable of transmitting data at 10Gbps over a single connection. In addition to enabling the design of
more compact and energy-efficient servers with lower operating costs, this device will allow the
replacement of multiple-standard networks used to connect servers in data centers with a single 10GbE
The world’s first single-chip network, thereby making operation and management easier. This technology has already been incor-
10GbE switch LSI porated in the internal switches for our BX620 blade servers.
(3) Practical application technology for H.264/advanced video coding
We created original new technology for the latest H.264 standard (also known as advanced video coding,
or AVC) that speeds up data transfer rates by 30%. The technology includes an algorithm that uses
knowledge about the characteristics of human vision to encode high-quality video images, and reduces
IP-9500 HDTV encoder/ processing capacity needed to encode high-definition images by 80%, while also eliminating unneces-
decoder utilizing highly effi- sary data transmission. We have also applied this technology in a low-power video encoding LSI for
cient H.264 standard video high-definition (HD) video—a world first—and our IP-9500 encoder/decoder, which enables real-
encoding
time HDTV transmission over the Internet.
30 Fujitsu Limited