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2004-05-17
Hitachi to sponser world's largest PC gaming league
Cyberathlete Professional League to standardize on Hitachi hard drives
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST) today announced that it has signed on as a worldwide sponsor of the Cyberathlete Professional LeagueŽ (CPL), the world's largest professional PC gaming league. Hitachi will exhibit and support key CPL tournaments and events worldwide and will provide high-performance Deskstar hard drives for use in competitive tournament play.
"We are pleased to be standardizing on Hitachi hard drives because they are extremely well regarded among PC gamers," said Angel Munoz, founder and president of the CPL. "The use of Hitachi Deskstar drives will allow us to continue pushing the performance envelope in our tournament machines."
Hitachi also announced its role as award sponsor of the Extreme World Championships in July, by providing $100,000 in cash prizes to the winners of the official Half-Life Counter-Strike Tournament. This event will be held at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas from July 28 through August 1, 2004.
"Hitachi Deskstar drives are already well-known among PC gamers as the performance leader," said Jose Antelo, general manager, 3.5-inch Consumer and Commercial HDDs, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. "CPL tournaments will showcase these performance characteristics to the thousands of gamers that participate in the league."
CPL tournaments are held in the United States, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Norway, France, Singapore, Australia, and Brazil.
About the CPL
Launched June 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) was the first organization to advance computer game competitions to the level of a professional sport. Today, the CPL is the global leader in competitive computer gaming, having held live tournaments on five continents. The CPL has also sanctioned a large number of qualifying tournaments held in over 30 countries. Visit the CPL website at http://www.thecpl.com
About Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies was founded in 2003 as a result of the strategic combination of Hitachi's and IBM's storage technology businesses. By the end of 2003, Hitachi GST became the industry's second largest hard disk drive manufacturer with $4.2 billion in revenue.
The company's goal is to enable users to fully engage in the digital lifestyle by providing access to large amounts of storage capacity in formats suitable for the office, on the road and in the home. The company offers customers worldwide a comprehensive range of storage products for desktop computers, high-performance servers and mobile devices. For more information on Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.hitachigst.com.
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company, with approximately 326,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2003 (ended March 31, 2004) consolidated sales totaled 8,632.4 billion yen ($81.4 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 Web site at http://www.hitachi.com. |
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