Engineering:List of flash memory controller manufacturers

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This is a list of manufacturers of flash memory controllers for various flash memory devices like SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, and CompactFlash cards.

List

Name Based in Status Manufactures
NVMe Controllers
Manufactures
SATA Controllers
Manufactures
CF & SD Controllers
Fusion-io[1]
Acquired by SanDisk then Western Digital
United States Captive Yes Yes Yes
Greenliant Systems[2] United States Independent No Yes Yes
Hyperstone[3] Germany Independent No Yes Yes
Indilinx[4]
Acquired by Toshiba then Kioxia
South Korea Captive Yes Yes No
Intel[5] United States Captive Yes Yes No
IntelliProp[6] United States Independent Yes Yes No
InnoGrit[7] China Independent Yes Yes Yes
JMicron, spun off into Maxiotek[8][9] Taiwan Independent Yes Yes Yes
Marvell[10] United States Independent Yes Yes No
Maxio[11] China Independent Yes Yes No
Micron United States Independent Yes Yes Yes
Novachips[12] South Korea Independent Yes Yes No
Phison[13] Taiwan Independent Yes Yes Yes
Realtek[14][15][16] Taiwan Independent Yes Yes N/A
Samsung[17] South Korea Captive Yes Yes Yes
SK Hynix South Korea Captive Yes Yes No
SandForce[18]
Acquired by Seagate Technology
United States Captive Yes Yes No
Silicon Motion[19] Taiwan Independent Yes Yes Yes
Starblaze[20] China Independent Yes No No
sTec[21]
Acquired by HGST then Western Digital
United States Captive Yes Yes No
Kioxia[22]
Spun off from Toshiba
Japan Captive Yes Yes Yes
VIA Technologies[23] Taiwan Captive Yes Yes No
FADU[24] South Korea Captive Yes No No
Kraftway[25] Russia Independent Yes No No
DSOL Russia Independent No Yes No

Note: Independent=sells to any 3rd party; Captive=only used for their own products

Largest NAND flash memory manufacturers

The following were the largest NAND flash memory manufacturers, as of the second quarter of 2023.[26]

  1. Samsung Electronics – 31.4%
  2. Kioxia – 20.6%
  3. Western Digital Corporation – 12.6%
  4. SK Hynix – 18.5%
  5. Micron Technology – 12.3%
  6. Others – 8.7% Note: SK Hynix acquired Intel's NAND business at the end of 2021[27] Kioxia spun out and got renamed of Toshiba in 2018/2019.[28]

Samsung remains the largest NAND flash memory manufacturer as of second quarter 2023.[29]

See also

References

  1. "Fusion-io Controller Products". http://www.fusionio.com/platforms/. 
  2. "Greenliant Controller Products". http://www.greenliant.com/products/controllers.dot. 
  3. "Hyperstone Controller Products". http://www.hyperstone.com/. 
  4. "Indilinx Controller Products". http://www.indilinx.com/solutions/everest.html. 
  5. "Intel Controller Products". http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/solid-state-drives/ssd-310-specification.html. 
  6. "IntelliProp Design IP Cores". http://intelliprop.com/ip. 
  7. "InnoGrit Controller Products". https://innogritcorp.com/en/site/product. 
  8. "JMicron Controller Products". http://www.jmicron.com/Product_list.htm. 
  9. "Maxiotek's website". http://www.maxiotek.com/. 
  10. "Marvell Controller Products". http://www.marvell.com/storage/. 
  11. "Maxio Controller Products". http://www.maxio-tech.com/enproduct/sdd/. 
  12. "Novachips Controller Products". http://www.novachips.com. 
  13. "Phison Controller Products". http://www.phison.com/English/newICList.asp. 
  14. "Realtek official site in English". https://www.realtek.com/en/. 
  15. Anton Shilov (June 25, 2018). "New Realtek PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Controllers: RTS5762 & RTS5763DL up to 3.5 GB/s". AnandTech. https://www.anandtech.com/show/13010/realtek-nvme-pcie-rts5762-rts5763dl-controllers. 
  16. Paul Lilly (June 26, 2018). "Realtek is building a high-end SSD controller for ultra-fast NVMe drives". PC Gamer. https://www.pcgamer.com/realtek-is-building-a-high-end-ssd-controller-for-ultra-fast-nvme-drives/. 
  17. "Samsung Controller Products". http://www.samsung.com/us/business/oem-solutions/memory-logic/flashssd.html. 
  18. "SandForce Controller Products". http://www.sandforce.com/index.php?id=2. 
  19. "SMI". http://www.siliconmotion.com.tw/. 
  20. "Starblaze Controller Products". http://www.starblaze-tech.com/en/content/index/cid/1.html. 
  21. "STEC Controller Products". http://www.stec-inc.com/product/. 
  22. "Toshiba Controller Products". http://www.toshiba.com/. 
  23. "VIA Technologies SSD Controllers". https://www.viatech.com/en/silicon/ssd-controllers. 
  24. "FADU SSD Controller and Products". https://fadutec.com/. 
  25. "Russia's Elbrus Development: A Homebrew SSD Controller". https://www.tomshardware.com/uk/news/russias-elbrus-development-a-homebrew-ssd-controller. 
  26. "NAND Flash manufacturers' market share 2019". https://www.statista.com/statistics/275886/market-share-held-by-leading-nand-flash-memory-manufacturers-worldwide/. 
  27. "SK Hynix completes first phase of $9 bln Intel NAND business buy". Reuters. 29 December 2021. https://www.reuters.com/technology/sk-hynix-completes-first-phase-9-bln-intel-nand-business-buy-2021-12-29/. 
  28. "Former Toshiba memory business to rebrand as Kioxia" (in en). https://www.zdnet.com/article/former-toshiba-memory-business-to-rebrand-as-kioxia/. 
  29. "NAND Revenue by Manufacturers Worldwide (2014-2022)". 26 May 2020. https://businessquant.com/nand-revenue-by-manufacturer-worldwide#:~:text=NAND%20manufacturers%20collectively%20generated%20%2417.91,third%20and%20fourth%20positions%2C%20respectively.. 

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