Flextronics International Ltd. announced that its Computing segment provided original design manufacturing (ODM) services for the Fujitsu HX600 high-performance computing (HPC) server, which is now in service at Kyoto University in an HPC cluster-based system. This Fujitsu Limited relationship broadens Flextronics' HPC and server capabilities and further establishes Flextronics' ODM presence in Japan.

"We believe Flextronics was the ideal choice for an ODM partner based on its flexible, global footprint, broad services capabilities, strong technical competence and expertise in AMD 4-way Quad core systems and the company's ability to support our business growth strategy," said Toshiyuki Kimura, general manager of PC Cluster Development Division, Next Generation Technical Computing Unit, Fujitsu Limited. "We look forward to continued success with Flextronics and are very pleased with the services they provided on our product now in production. With enhanced scalability, power saving architecture and its performance, Fujitsu expects our system offering of HPC computing to be further enhanced."

"We are proud to partner with Fujitsu Limited on this high performance system. The relationship with Fujitsu Limited has strengthened our presence in Japan for ODM services while continuing to establish even higher levels of design and manufacturing expertise in the four-way server space," said Sean Burke, president, Flextronics Computing segment. "This was a significant HPC installation for Flextronics Computing and we are excited to be working with the Fujitsu Limited team to reach even higher levels of system performance in the future."

About Flextronics

Headquartered in Singapore (Singapore Reg. No. 199002645H), Flextronics is a leading EMS provider focused on delivering complete design, engineering and manufacturing services to automotive, computing, consumer digital, industrial, infrastructure, medical and mobile OEMs. With the acquisition of Solectron, pro forma fiscal year 2008 revenues were more than US $33.6 billion. Flextronics helps customers design, build, ship and service electronics products through a network of facilities in 30 countries on four continents. This global presence provides design and engineering solutions that are combined with core electronics manufacturing and logistics services, and vertically integrated with components technologies, to optimize customer operations by lowering costs and reducing time to market. For more information, visit http://www.flextronics.com/.