FLSH M Systems Flash Disk

msystems (NASDAQ:FLSH), a leader in smart personal storage, today announced that mass production of the mDOC H3 embedded flash drive (EFD) has commenced and will start shipping to top-tier customers for their high-volume mobile projects. As a testament to the growing importance of personal storage within mainstream multimedia handsets and smart phones, top-tier manufacturers have integrated mDOC H3 into their latest products as a key component to provide high-capacity storage for photos, music files, applications and anything else subscribers may choose to save on their handsets' personal storage. "It is encouraging to see that the confidence our partners put in mDOC H3 is shared by our manufacturing customers" said Dan Inbar, corporate vice president and co-manager of the msystems mobile division. "Based upon more than 17 years of flash expertise, a strong intellectual property portfolio and the experience of integrating our products within millions of deployed, tier-1 mobile handsets, mDOC H3 takes a smarter approach to embedded flash drives. In addition to allowing easier integration of the latest, most cost-effective NAND flash material from major silicon partners such as Toshiba and Hynix, we have succeeded in bringing the mDOC H3 to market with an even higher level of system performance than initially announced." Although initial announcements stated that mDOC H3 would have a write speed of 4-megabytes per second and a read speed of 10-megabytes per second, msystems has already achieved write speeds of up to 7-megabytes per second and read speeds as high as 25-megabytes per second. The high system performance of mDOC H3 is enabled by its advanced architecture and its embedded TrueFFS(R)-based flash management software, which operates internally within the chip as firmware. Embedded TrueFFS frees the host for other tasks and provides CPU and bus offload while overcoming the limitations of the latest NAND technology. The mDOC H3 embedded flash drive, now mass produced in a range of densities up to 1-gigabyte, is available from msystems. The 2-gigabyte mDOC H3 is slated for availability within the next 2 months. About msystems msystems has been transforming raw flash material into smarter storage solutions since 1989. From embedded flash drives deployed in millions of mobile handsets to U3 USB smart drives designed for leading global brands, msystems creates, develops, manufactures and markets smart personal storage solutions for a myriad of applications targeting high growth markets. More information is available online at www.msystems.com. msystems. made smarter. Note to Editors: A high-resolution photo image of mDOC H3 embedded flash drives from msystems is available online at www.msystems.com/NR/rdonlyres/5DC88DF0-AEA0-40B9-8E70-D1FF08A20ED6 /0/MDOC_H3_300DPI.jpg. (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) High-resolution photo images of other msystems products can be found on the Internet at www.m-systems.com/site/en-US/Corporate/PressRoom/ImageLibrary. 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 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: the effect of global economic conditions in general and conditions in msystems' industry and target markets in particular, shifts in supply and demand, market acceptance, the impact of competitive products and pricing, product development, commercialization and technological difficulties, and capacity and supply constraints including dependence on flash component suppliers; changes in msystems' and its customers' inventory levels and inventory valuations; timely product and technology development/upgrades and the ability to manage changes in market conditions as needed; market acceptance of new products and continuing product demand; the impact of competitive products and pricing on msystems' and its customers' products and markets; the development, release and sale of new products by strategic suppliers and customers; the development and growth of anticipated markets for msystems' and its customers' products; and other risk factors detailed from time to time in msystems' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. msystems assumes no obligation to update the information in this press release and disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any such forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statements may be based, or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Reference to msystems' website above does not constitute incorporation of any of the information thereon into this press release.