To: Ariella who wrote (422 ) 5/13/1998 3:29:00 PM From: Jerome Wittamer Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 923
I see this news was not yet posted on SI : Tuesday May 12, 7:58 am Eastern Time Company Press Release Powerful PC Card Series Offers Compatible Linear Flash Storage Solution Flash Component Prices Plunge, Allowing M-Systems to Offer A High Quality, Aggressively Priced FlashLite Linear PC Card Series FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 1998-- M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLSHF - news) today introduced a new series of PC Cards. The FlashLite PC Card Series offers easy to use data storage, in a standard PCMCIA Type I interface. The three new cards in the series: FlashLite Series II, FlashLite 100 and FlashLite D Series, are based on linear technology. Offered in capacities of 1 to 32 MB, the cards provide excellent read speeds, eXectue-In-Place (XIP) functionality and read/write capability. The FlashLite Series is compatible with numerous existing systems thus providing an immediate, easy to use solution for mass storage. The FlashLite cards can be used with systems requiring XIP as linear memory cards. They can also be used as bootable Flash Disks, providing 100% hard disk compatibility when required. This functionality is enabled by the TrueFFS(R) technology, that provides efficient flash management with a small foot print, high reliability and high performance. The FlashLite PC Cards provide a rugged, removable linear flash data storage solution for handheld and mobile systems that require ruggedness, shock and vibration resistance, and high data reliability. For desktop, laptop and palmtop, these cards provide a removable, highly reliable storage media as well as data exchangeability. The cards also provide mass data storage for telecom systems such as switching, PBX, Base Stations and Wireless Local Loops (WLL). The FlashLite Series II (Intel Series 2-compatible), FlashLite 100 (Intel Value 100-compatible), and FlashLite D Series (AMD D Series-compatible) are now shipping in quantities. FlashLite Series II 4MB is priced at $36.00 (OEM quantities > 10,000). M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers (NASDAQ:FLSHF - news) develops, manufacturers and markets flash data storage solutions utilizing TrueFFS(R), including a wide range of Flash PC Cards, PC Flash Disks and DiskOnChip(R) devices. For more information, contact M-Systems at 39899 Balentine Drive, Suite 355, Newark, Calif., 94560. Telephone 510/413-5950, fax 510/413-5980, e-mail: info@m-sys.com and on the Internet at m-sys.com . Contact: M-Systems Stacy Flint, 510/413-5950 stacyf@m-sys.com