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| fate = Acquired by [[SanDisk]]
| foundation = [[Kfar Saba]], Israel {{Start date|1989}}
| founder = [[Dov Moran]] and Aryeh Mergi <ref name=interview> [https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102792097 Interview with Dov Moran and Aryeh Mergi], [[Computer History Museum]], September 8, 2020 </ref> <ref name=lifetime> [https://www.flashmemorysummit.com/English/News_Info/Lifetime_Achievement_Award/Lifetime_Achievement_Award_2018.html Lifetime acheivementachievement award - 2018], Flash Memory Summit </ref>
| defunct = {{End date|2006|11|19}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = [[Dov Moran]], Aryeh Mergi <small>[[Entrepreneur|FounderFounders]]</small>
| industry = [[Computer hardware]]
| products = DiskOnKey <br /> DiskOnChip
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[[File:PikiWiki Israel 6737 Science and technology in Israel.jpg|thumb|250px| The former M-Systems HQ, now a SanDisk facility]]
 
'''M-Systems''' Ltd., (sometimes spelled '''msystems'''<ref name=SanDisk>{{cite press release|url=http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/press-room/press-releases/2006/2006-11-19-sandisk-completes-acquisition-of-msystems |title=SanDisk Completes Acquisition of Msystems |publisher=[[SanDisk]] |date=2006-11-19 |accessdate=2010-07-31}}</ref>) was a [[Nasdaq]]-listed [[Israel]]i producer of [[flash memory]] storage products founded in 1989 by [[Dov Moran]] and Aryeh Mergi, <ref name=interview/> <ref name=lifetime/> based in [[Kfar Saba]], Israel. They were best known for developing and patenting the first [[solid-state drive|flash drive]], marketed in 1995 as ''DiskOnChip'', and the first [[USB flash drive]], marketed in 2000 as ''DiskOnKey''. They also created the patented [[TrueFFS|True Flash Filing System]] (TrueFFS) which presented the flash memory as a disk drive to the computer.<ref name=Odagiri>{{cite book |last1=Odagiri |first1=Hiroyuki |last2=Goto |first2=Akira |last3=Sunami |first3=Atsushi |last4=Nelson |first4=Richard R. |title=Intellectual Property Rights, Development, and Catch Up: An International Comparative Study |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2010 |isbn=0-19-957475-8 |pages=224–227}}</ref> After 17 years of business, they were acquired by their prior competitor, [[SanDisk]], in 2006.<ref name=SanDisk />
The DiskOnChip (DOC) was developed at the R&D Center established by M-Systems called EUROM. Rick Iorillo, Rony Levy and David Deitcher were the individuals that worked on the development and marketing of the first 2 [[Mebibyte|MB]] DOC. This product went on to receive the Most Innovative Award from EDN in 1995 and later went on to become the Flash Drive and DiskOnKey.
 
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== TrueFFS ==
[[File:Navigon Canada 310 - board - SanDisk SDED5-002G-NC-40226.jpg|thumb|[[SanDisk]] SDED5-002G-NC - mDOC H3 Embedded Flash Drive (EFD) featuring Embedded TrueFFS Flash Management Software]]
The software that made the computer see the Flash memory as a disk drive was called TrueFFS and it was awarded US patent No. 5404485<ref>{{cite web |url=http://v3.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=5404485A&KC=A&FT=D&date=19950404&DB=&locale= |title=Patent No. 5404485| publisher=v3.espacenet.com |accessdate=2010-07-31}}</ref> in 1995. This software and initially the Flash memory from [[Toshiba]] were combined to form the first solid state storage product called DiskOnChip. The DiskOnChip was first designed for the Single Board Computer manufacturers and was a 2&nbsp;MB chip. The DiskOnChip was made to work with TFFS and was able to bypass the [[BIOS]] by disabling the F000 address in the advance [[Nonvolatile BIOS memory|CMOS]] setup. Rick Iorillo lead the development and design efforts in the U.S. and established the first distributor base for the sale of the 28 pin DIP with Ampro being the first customer in the U.S. Sales of the DOC were established with IBM and Brazil to help in capturing the data off the public transportation systems.<ref name=Odagiri />
 
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