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?and FFD™ 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."