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Fujitsu introduces its second generation 7200 RPM mobile drive with a SATA ll interface, doubling its storage capacity to 320GB. Fujitsu is one of five HDD suppliers offering 7200RPM drives, but is the first to offer 320GB of storage above the current offering of 200GB for this class product. This product is design for multimedia and data intensive applications such as gaming, graphics editing and high definition video in notebook platforms. According to Fujitsu shipments will start in the second quarter.