Wave Issue 0512 3/25/05 Article 5-01

***M-Systems Introduces World's Smallest Wide SCSI Flash Disk
Designed Specifically for Blade Servers and Other Space-
Constrained Applications

4th Annual Server Blade Summit

SANTA CLARA, Calif.
March 22, 2005

M-Systems has released the FFD 2.5" Ultra Wide SCSI flash disk.
Manufactured in a case height measuring as little as 11.5mm, this
new product is the smallest flash disk currently available with a
wide SCSI interface.

High-density computing applications with extreme space
limitations, such as blade servers, provide a challenge for
system designers. Blade servers are extremely dense rack-mount
servers, which require data storage that complies with low-output
HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning). Traditional
mechanical disks, due to their rotating mechanism, have
difficulty complying with this requirement and typically operate
at +5 degrees Celsius to +55 degrees Celsius. With an operating
range of -40 degrees Celsius to +85 degrees Celsius, M-Systems'
solid-state FFD flash disk complies with NEBS level 3, which is
the highest standard for mission-critical telecommunications
applications.

A high mean time between failures (MTBF) enabled by M-Systems'
technology and TrueFFS flash management software allows blade
server customers to replace two rotating mechanical disks and
deploy only one FFD flash disk without the need for a back-up.
Such replacement ultimately provides cost savings, low
maintenance, less power consumption and free space within the
blade, which yields increased airflow and enables future blade
servers to be even smaller than they are today.

About the FFD 2.5" Ultra Wide SCSI

The FFD 2.5" Ultra Wide SCSI is a solid-state disk with an 80-pin
hot-swap connector designed to perform with a burst read/write
rate of up to 40 megabytes per second. Based on M-Systems'
TrueFFS flash file system, it is designed to offer the industry's
highest endurance and reliability rates of more than 5 millions
write/erase cycles. The FFD 2.5" Ultra Wide SCSI is currently in
mass production and is available now.

More information about M-Systems' FFD products can be found
online.

www.m-systems.com/content/Products/FFDFamily.asp