M-Systems Introduces FFDTM 2.5" IDE Plus - A New ATA Solid-State Flash Disk

New Product, Available Now, Offers 4 Times the Performance and 5 Times the Capacity of Existing 2.5" IDE Flash Disks

M-Systems (Nasdaq: FLSH), a leader in flash-based data storage products, today announced the release of a new solid-state flash disk.

FFD 2.5" IDE Plus, a solid-state disk with no moving parts, is available now in capacities ranging from 256MB to 21GB. Packaged within a standard 2.5" form factor with an IDE/ATA interface that complies with ATA-4, it offers a sustained read/write performance of 8.0MB/s.

"This new product is now our top-of-the-line IDE flash disk," said Ofer Tsur, M-Systems' marketing manager for FFD products. "The higher capacities and faster read/write performance of IDE Plus, along with its unbeatable durability and reliability, enable it to fit into the most demanding of applications within military and aerospace, telecommunication, public safety and factory automation systems."

M-Systems' IDE products are state-of-the-art solid-state flash disks designed as drop-in replacements for 2.5" ATA mechanical hard disks. They reliably operate at high altitudes, under extreme shocks and vibrations and within industrial temperature ranges while providing a maintenance-free data storage solution.