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October 11, 2005 08:17 AM US Pacific Timezone

M-Systems and Digi-Key Sign Distribution Agreement; DiskOnChip(R) and FFD(TM) Flash Disk Product Soon to Be Available to Digi-Key's Worldwide Catalog and Online Customer Base

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & THIEF RIVER FALLS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2005--M-Systems (Nasdaq:FLSH), an industry leader and innovator of flash-based data storage devices, and Digi-Key Corporation, a U.S.-based electronic component distributor, today announced that the companies have signed a worldwide distribution agreement.

M-Systems' embedded flash disk products will be featured in Digi-Key's printed and online catalog and will be available for purchase directly from Digi-Key.

"Many design engineers have a Digi-Key catalog and, with M-Systems inside, it will be a great outlet for us into new designs," said Scott Deutsch, M-Systems' vice president of sales for the Americas. "Digi-Key has a huge catalog and online customer base that will now have access to our DiskOnChip(R) and FFD(TM) products for all of their product development needs."

M-Systems' DiskOnChip and FFD products provide reliable and fast non-volatile memory (NVM) to store data and code locally. They are available in a wide range of capacities, form factors, and bus interfaces, targeting applications such as gaming machines, point of sale (POS), thin clients, servers, printers, single-board computers (SBCs) and computers used for military, telecom and aviation needs. Based on leading-edge NAND flash technology, an ultra-thin controller and advanced flash management software, M-Systems embedded flash drive products provide an optimized NVM solution with an ideal cost structure.

"We are pleased to be able to offer M-Systems' line of data storage products to our worldwide base of engineering and procurement customers" said Mark Larson, president of Digi-Key. "M-Systems' innovative products will help to broaden our line card offering and enable us to better serve the diverse electronic component needs of our customers."

About Digi-Key Corporation

Digi-Key Corporation is one of the fastest growing electronic component distributors in the world. From its beginnings, Digi-Key Corporation has attained a reputation of leadership in the electronic distribution business for its total commitment to service and performance. As a full-service provider of prototype/design as well as production volume quantities of electronic components, Digi-Key consistently rates #1 for overall performance among more than 600 distributors in the United States. They offer over 530,000 different products from more than 320 quality name-brand manufacturers. Their commitment to inventory is second- to- none. Access to this broad product offering is available 24 hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week by going online at www.digikey.com.

About M-Systems

M-Systems develops, manufactures and markets innovative flash-based data storage solutions for consumer electronics and embedded markets. The Company targets the fast growing multimedia mobile handset market with its DiskOnChip(R) and MegaSIM(TM) solutions and the popular USB flash drive market with its DiskOnKey(R) product. More information about M-Systems is available online at www.m-systems.com.