M-Systems Increases Top Capacity of 3.5-Inch Fast Flash Disk Ultra-Wide SCSI Product Line to 17.4GB.

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2002

70% More Capacity and a Sustained Read/Write Rate Over

20 Megabytes Per Second Allow FFD to Reliably Deliver High

Capacity and Performance

M-Systems (Nasdaq:FLSH), a leader in flash disk data storage products, today announced that its 3.5-inch Ultra-Wide SCSI Fast Flash Disk (FFD) is now available in capacities up to 17.4 Gigabytes (17,408MB).

This represents an increase of 70% over the previous top capacity of 10.2 Gigabytes.

The 3.5-inch FFD Ultra-Wide SCSI is a high-performance solid-state flash disk with a burst read/write rate of 40.0MB per second, a sustained read rate of 28.5MB per second and a sustained write rate of 23.5MB per second.

Designed for systems that require high performance while maintaining top data reliability under harsh environmental conditions, M-Systems' FFD 3.5-inch Ultra-Wide SCSI is an ideal solution for military and airborne systems, video and audio servers, telecommunications systems and high availability computing systems.

"The FFD Ultra-Wide SCSI offers an extremely reliable storage solution for applications demanding high performance with a SCSI interface," said Ofer Tsur, M-Systems' FFD marketing director. "Leading military customers have already chosen our FFD Ultra-Wide SCSI as their COTS (Commercial-Off-The-Shelf) solid state storage solution for Radar, Sonar, Data Recorders and other mission-critical applications."

Availability

M-Systems' 3.5-inch FFD solid-state flash disk with an ultra-wide SCSI interface is available now in capacities ranging from 256MB to 17,408MB. Contact your M-Systems representative for purchase information.

About M-Systems' FFD 3.5-Inch Ultra-Wide SCSI and Other FFD

Products

M-Systems' Fast Flash Disk (FFD) products are state-of-the-art solid-state disks based on NAND flash technology. The 3.5-inch Ultra-Wide SCSI FFD is fully compatible with SCSI-3 and SCSI-2 interfaces available with standard 68-pin or SCA 80-pin connectors that can be used as a drop-in replacement for standard 3.5-inch Ultra-Wide SCSI magnetic hard disks.

In conjunction with the 3.5-inch Ultra-Wide SCSI FFD, M-Systems' state-of-the-art TrueFFS(R) technology with its dynamic wear-leveling algorithm provides enhanced endurance and maximum data integrity. The quick security erase feature found on M-Systems' FFD products enables defense customers to totally erase the entire disk media within 5 seconds.

In addition to the 3.5-inch Ultra-Wide SCSI FFD, M-Systems offers additional FFD solid-state flash disk products in 2.5-inch IDE, 2.5-inch Narrow SCSI and 3.5-inch Narrow SCSI form factors.

About M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd.

M-Systems is a leader and innovator of flash-based data storage products known as flash disks. M-Systems' flash disks provide the functionality of a mechanical hard drive in a silicon chip. M-Systems' products are based on its patented TrueFFS(R) technology and target applications in a vast array of markets, including connected devices, mobile and telecom.

M-Systems' products include the DiskOnChip(R), DiskOnKey(TM) and Fast Flash Disk (FFD) product families. For more information, contact M-Systems at www.m-sys.com.

The matters discussed in this news release include forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary significantly. These risks include market and competitive factors and other risks described in the company's registration statement dated March 7, 2000 and other periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. Reference to the company's Web site above does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon into this news release.

Note to Editors: A high-resolution photo image of M-Systems' Fast Flash Disk (FFD) 3.5-inch SCSI product can be found on the Internet at http://www.m-sys.com/Images/highres/White/FFD-Wide-SCSI-3.5.jpg.

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