Hitachi One-Terabyte Hard Drive Wins “100 Best Products Of 2007” Award From PC World
Tues 29 May, 2007

SAN JOSE, Calif. – May 29, 2007 – Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ( Hitachi ) has been honored by PC World with a 100 Best Products of 2007 award. Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K1000, the world’s first one-terabyte (TB) hard drive, placed 20 out of 100 in the 100 Best Products listing and was the only hard drive represented on the list. The article covering all of the products is available now on PCWorld.com, and will also be featured in the July 2007 issue of PC World, which hits newsstands June 12.

The Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive began shipping to retailers and online retailers at the end of March 2007. The Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive delivers superior performance, as well as leadership capacity, to meet the needs of consumers who want to create, share and store their digital information in ever increasing volumes.

“It is an honor to receive this prestigious award from PC World. It represents a great achievement for our Deskstar engineering team and for Hitachi,” said Shinjiro Iwata, chief marketing officer, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. “We set out to develop the highest-capacity, highest-performing hard drive to meet the demands of the PC enthusiast and the consistently positive industry recognition the Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive has received is proof that we have succeeded.”

The respected 100 Best Products awards honor products that meld practical features with innovation and reflect the rapidly changing technology marketplace. To select the winners, PC World’s editors examined hundreds of products, including those that have appeared in the magazine over the past 12 months. The winning products and services were selected for their exemplary design and usability, features, performance and innovation.

“Products that win PC World’s 100 Best Products of 2007 awards set the standard for excellence in the IT and consumer electronics industries,” stated Harry McCracken, vice president/editor-in-chief of PC World. “From notebooks and security software to MP3 players and smart phones, the editors reward the most outstanding performers in this annual awards program. Congratulations to Hitachi and the Deskstar 7K1000 one-terabyte hard drive.”

The Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive is built on the industry’s most reliable perpendicular magnetic recording technology, allowing Hitachi to extend capacity beyond that available in current 3.5-inch hard drive products. Hitachi ’s terabyte hard drive features a 3.0Gb/s Serial-ATA (SATA) interface and a large 32 MB data buffer to provide the performance required for high-end PC applications.

About Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is a storage technology leader, founded in 2003 through the combination of Hitachi ’s and IBM’s hard disk drive businesses. Hitachi GST enables users to fully engage in the digital lifestyle by providing high-value hard disk storage in formats suitable for the office, on the road and in the home.

With its legacy in hard drive invention, Hitachi GST led the industry in celebrating the storage technology’s golden anniversary in 2006. The hard drive has had a profound effect on the computing and consumer electronics industries after five decades of innovation. That heritage lives on at Hitachi GST today through products that define the standard for hard drive miniaturization, capacity, performance and reliability.

With approximately 33,000 employees worldwide, Hitachi GST offers a comprehensive range of hard drive products for desktop computers, high-performance servers, notebooks and consumer devices. For more information, please visit the company’s Web site at www.hitachigst.com.

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 384,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2006 (ended March 31, 2007 ) consolidated revenues totaled 10,247 billion yen ($86.8 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's website at http://www.hitachi.com.