DiskOnChip 2000 Products Upgraded to Advanced 0.21 Micron Process Technology.Business Editors/High Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2000 New Technology Enables M-Systems to Offer Higher Capacity, Smaller Size and Improved Delivery Time M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (Nasdaq: FLSH) Thursday announced that DiskOnChip 2000 products are being upgraded to an advanced flash 0.21 micron process technology. Additionally, the internal flash file system technology, known as TrueFFS, is being upgraded to a new version (4.1 and 1.23 for DOS) in order to support the change and provide new features. This new technology increases the capacity of the flash media, allowing for new products and sizes. DiskOnChip is now available in 64MB and 96MB capacities in low profile and in 160MB, 192MB and 288MB capacities in high profile. Other than a minor length change in the package, the new products are 100 percent compatible compared with the previous versions. "Our new capacities, based on the most advanced silicon technology in a flash device, allow product developers to get more storage into a very small space," said Yigal Ben-Zeev, DiskOnChip product line director, M-Systems Ltd. "In addition, since more flash dies are now produced from each wafer, production capacity should be increased and we expect improved delivery lead time from our vendors." "With this release, we will push DiskOnChip capacities even higher using state of the art flash technology and provide our users with valuable new features including data security and access control," said Amir Ban Amir Ban is an Israeli computer programmer who co-authored Deep Junior[1] References 1. ^ Maccorduck, Pamela (2004). , vice president of research and development, M-Systems Ltd. "We expect to be able to double DiskOnChip capacities yet again before the end of the year." In addition to supporting the DiskOnChip product family changes, the new TrueFFS software supports new 256Mbit flash technologies and provides improved wear leveling. TrueFFS 4.1 supports a new Application Program Interface (API), provided through an Input Output Control (IOCTL IOCTL Input/Output Control IOCTL Input Output Control ) interface for extended services. New features include: media write protect with password protection; defrag operation to enable improved write performance by pre-erasing flash area; an info inquiry command that provides information about media type, state, driver version and other useful information; flash media physical access API; boot development kit (boot partition) access API; and remount re·mount tr.v. re·mount·ed, re·mount·ing, re·mounts 1. To mount again. 2. To supply with a fresh horse. n. A fresh horse. Noun 1. . More details on these changes can be found on the M-Systems Web site. About DiskOnChip Technology A complete, single chip Flash Disk solution, DiskOnChip is available in 32-pin DIP or 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. packages with capacities ranging from 8 to 288MB. This unique product adds flexibility, minimizes integration efforts, reduces engineering costs and shortens time-to-market. M-Systems' DiskOnChip features high reliability, low power consumption and small size. DiskOnChip is forward and backward compatible Refers to hardware or software that is compatible with earlier versions of the product. Also called "downward compatible." Contrast with forward compatible. backward compatible - backward compatibility , enabling new versions or higher capacity models to be used in existing DiskOnChip sockets without a need for system redesign. More than 400 standard embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. motherboards are shipping with DiskOnChip devices or built-in DiskOnChip sockets. TrueFFS technology works in nearly all major 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. environments including Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 2000, 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. , Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. , Windows NT Embedded See Windows XP Embedded. and other leading operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . 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 showing M-Systems' DiskOnChip product family is available on the Internet at: http://www.m-sys.com/images/highres/colored/doc_2000_96MB.jpg. All company & product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are used for identification purposes only. The matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual results to vary significantly. These risks include market and competitive factors, and other risks described in the company's most recent registration statement and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. |
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