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Crosstainment, Previously Schneider Cybermind, Chooses
DiskOnChip for Local Storage in Cutting-Edge Set-Top Box
Replacing the Hard Drive, DiskOnChip Provides Silent, Local Storage for JNT-Surfstation
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 1999-- M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLSH - news), the leader in
flash-based local storage solutions, Thursday announced that the company's DiskOnChip has been chosen by Crosstainment, a subsidiary
of Infomatec AG, as the local storage solution for their new set-top box, the JNT-Surfstation.
M-Systems has already shipped 15,000 units of its 16MB DiskOnChip 2000 to Crosstainment and anticipates receiving orders for some
more 100,000 units over the next two years.
Infomatec AG, a leading European IT enterprise, provides Java Network Technology (JNT), a basic platform for the operation of consumer
devices, such as set-top boxes or the JNT-Surfstation. The Surfstation is the perfect alliance between Internet and TV, easy to install and
simple to handle.
``DiskOnChip plays an essential role in allowing our cutting-edge JNT-Surfstation to rapidly move into living rooms worldwide,' said
Jochen Kleine, member of the managing board of Crosstainment. ``We needed a reliable, cost-effective local storage device. DiskOnChip
meets these requirements and unlike hard disks also offers silent operation -- a critical factor in a living room environment.'
Aryeh Mergi, executive vice president of marketing, M-Systems Ltd., said, ``The Surfstation incorporates what people desire in their
homes in one compact device -- Internet access, MP3 audio features, e-mail, electronic shopping and home banking, just to mention a
few. The use of DiskOnChip in this advanced consumer product demonstrates its growing acceptance as an industry standard, and the
increased importance of local storage in Internet appliances.'
DiskOnChip Solution
A typical set-top box will store the operating system, device drivers and Internet clients (i.e. browsers, email, media players and security
applets) on DiskOnChip, which provides the capability to update these files through the Internet as standards and applications evolve. In
addition, information such as configuration files, cookies, favorite lists, local email folders and other data files are also stored in a
single DiskOnChip device using partitioning technology.
A complete hardware/software flash disk solution, DiskOnChip together with M-Systems' flash file system management technology,
TrueFFS, provides full hard disk emulation. This unique product adds flexibility, improves security, 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, enabling new versions or higher capacity models to be used in existing DiskOnChip
sockets without a need for system redesign. More than 300 embedded systems motherboards are shipping with DiskOnChip devices or
built-in DiskOnChip sockets. DiskOnChip technology works with all major operating system environments including Windows CE,
Windows NT, Windows NT Embedded, Linux, DOS, VxWorks, QNX, pSOS.
About M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd.
M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLSH - news) develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of flash data storage
solutions using its patented TrueFFS technology. Leading the market for flash-based local storage applications, M-Systems is the first to
bring the market a complete flash disk in a single die using its breakthrough DiskOnChip Millennium technology. M-Systems products
include the DiskOnChip, Fast Flash Disk (FFD), CompactFlash, IDE Flash Disk and Flash PC Cards. For more information, contact
M-Systems at 39899 Balentine Drive, Suite 335, Newark, Calif. 94560. Telephone: 510.413.5950, E-mail: info@m-sys.com and on the Internet:
m-sys.com.
About Crosstainment AG
Crosstainment AG was founded at the end of 1998 by Infomatec Information Systems AG and Schneider Rundfunkwerke AG with
participation from LFA Foederbank Bavarian. The main business activity of Crosstainment AG is the Surfstation product family, the
MP3-Smartcorder, the 42 inch plasma-display Surfscreen and set-top boxes through direct-marketing, OEM and project-business. The
company is involved in the distribution of the JAVA Network Technology (JNT) operating system, which is platform-independent and
applicable for Thin-Clients and Network-Computers. For more information, see crosstainment.com.
This news release includes forward-looking statements as defined in the private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, as they are subject to various risks and uncertainties which
may cause actual results to vary significantly. These risks include (but are not limited to) those related to: timely product and technology
development/upgrades; market acceptance of new products and continuing product demand; the impact of competitive products and
pricing on the company's and its customers' products and markets; changing economic conditions and exchange rates worldwide;
development, release and sales of new products by strategic suppliers and customers; development and growth of anticipated markets for
the company's and its customers' products; and other risk factors detailed in the company's most recent annual report, its prospectuses
dated Aug. 8, 1996 and July 23, 1997 respectively, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company assumes
no obligation to update the information in this release.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A high-resolution graphic of Crosstainment's Surfstation with M-Systems' DiskOnChip is available at
m-sys.com. |
