Chip PC Selects M-Systems' DiskOnChip for Use in Extremely Low-Cost, High-Performance PC Alternative.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Fall 2000 Booth No. NS417/NS419 North Hall LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000 Initial Orders for Ten Thousand Units Slated to Ship to Organizations in Business and Education Sectors M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (Nasdaq:FLSH), a leader in flash disk data storage products for the Internet appliance Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. and network infrastructure markets, today announced that Chip PC, a producer of cost-effective, high performance computers, has selected DiskOnChip(R) for use with its cutting-edge technology implemented in the Xtreme PC(R). Xtreme PC is one of the smallest and most inexpensive PC alternatives being manufactured today. It is a multi-purpose platform that can be used as a stand-alone PC A desktop or laptop computer that is not permanently connected to a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). Throughout the 1990s, millions of stand-alone PCs were networked in offices, but it is no longer uncommon to find computers networked in the home so that family , as a thin client or as an Information Appliance See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. when attached to a keyboard and monitor. Its operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (Linux or Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. ) boots directly from M-Systems' DiskOnChip, which also serves as the local storage device. "DiskOnChip is perfect for high-performance cost-effective computers such as our Xtreme PC," said Aviv Soffer, chief executive officer, Chip PC. "DiskOnChip's 'bootability' and extremely small TSOP (Thin Small Outline Package) A very thin, plastic, rectangular surface mount chip package with gull-wing pins on its two short sides. TSOPs are about a third as thick as SOJ chips. See gull-wing lead, SOP, SOJ and chip package. form factor allowed us to combine multiple functions in one small place on the circuit board, in addition to providing us the storage capacity we needed. DiskOnChip helped us to keep our product extremely small, contributed to Xtreme PC's fantastic performance and was very easy to integrate. We are now ready to fulfill our initial obligations to ship the first ten thousand units to organizations in the business and education sectors." "This design win is a great illustration of the cost effectiveness, compactness and ease-of-systems integration that DiskOnChip offers our customers," said Dana Gross, executive vice president, DiskOnChip. "We are pleased to be a part of their revolutionary product line and are looking forward to taking part in future innovations." The Xtreme PC with M-Systems' DiskOnChip will be on display at Comdex/Fall 2000 with Chip PC (Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , Level 1, South Hall 1, Booth No. L4808) and M-Systems (Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall, Booth No. NS417/NS419). About Chip PC Israel Ltd. Chip PC Israel Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Chip PC Inc., a US Delaware corporation A Delaware corporation is a corporation chartered in the U.S. state of Delaware. Delaware is well known as a corporate haven, and thus, over 50% of US publicly-traded corporations and 58% of the Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in the state. . Chip PC Israel is an innovative developer and manufacturer of computers and information appliances. The company designs and implements, in-house, a complete systems solution, including hardware, firmware, software and network management tools. Chip PC products are especially low-cost and miniature-sized using RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. and X86 architectures with embedded Windows CE or Linux operating systems. Chip PC products can operate in a server-based environment as well as in an ASP/Web-based environment and some of its models can be used as stand-alone devices. The company's R&D vision and efforts are aimed at developing revolutionary products for the post-PC era with focus on pioneering fields such as Home Networking, ASP/Web-based Computing and Information Appliances. For more information, contact Chip PC Israel at 20 Motzkin St., Tirat Carmel, Israel, P.O. Box 4, 39100. Telephone: 972-4-8580-999, E-mail: info@chippc.com and, on the Internet, http://www.chippc.com About M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (Nasdaq:FLSH) is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative data storage products, known as flash disks, that are primarily used in Internet appliances, network infrastructure equipment and other embedded systems. The company's flash disks provide the functionality of a mechanical hard drive on a solid-state silicon chip. M-Systems was first to bring to market a complete flash disk in a single die, using breakthrough DiskOnChip Millennium technology. The company's products are based on its patented TrueFFS technology and include the DiskOnChip and Fast Flash Disk (FFD FFD film-focal distance. ) families. For more information, contact M-Systems at 8371 Central Avenue, Suite A, Newark, Calif. 94560. Telephone: 510/494-2090, E-mail: info@m-sys.com; and, on the Internet, http://www.m-sys.com. Note to Editors: A high-resolution image of Chip PC's Xtreme PC(R)with M-Systems' DiskOnChip can be found on the Internet at: http://www.m-sys.com/images/prs/ChipPC.jpg. All company and product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification purposes only. This press release includes forward-looking statements as defined in the private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they are subject to various risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary significantly. These risks include (but are not limited to) those related to the risk that the design win an/or purchases contemplated in this release will be delayed or cancelled, in whole or in part; that any other expected orders from this customer may not materialize; as well as the other risk factors detailed in the company's registration statement dated March 7, 2000, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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