[[File:PikiWiki Israel 6737 Science and technology in Israel.jpg|thumb|250px| The former M-Systems HQ, now a SanDisk facility]]
krupa'''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 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.
