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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

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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 —
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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "Fusion-io Controller Products". Archived from the original on 2020-08-03. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  2. ^ "Greenliant Controller Products". Retrieved 2014-08-21.
  3. ^ "Hyperstone Controller Products". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  4. ^ "Indilinx Controller Products". Archived from the original on 2012-04-13. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  5. ^ "Intel Controller Products". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  6. ^ "IntelliProp Design IP Cores". Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  7. ^ "InnoGrit Controller Products". Archived from the original on 2021-10-20. Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  8. ^ "JMicron Controller Products". Archived from the original on 2012-04-17. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  9. ^ "Maxiotek's website". Retrieved 2020-07-05.
  10. ^ "Marvell Controller Products". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  11. ^ "Maxio Controller Products". Archived from the original on 2019-12-30. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  12. ^ "Novachips Controller Products". Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  13. ^ "Phison Controller Products". Archived from the original on 2012-06-11. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  14. ^ "Realtek official site in English". Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  15. ^ Anton Shilov (June 25, 2018). "New Realtek PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Controllers: RTS5762 & RTS5763DL up to 3.5 GB/s". AnandTech. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  16. ^ Paul Lilly (June 26, 2018). "Realtek is building a high-end SSD controller for ultra-fast NVMe drives". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  17. ^ "Samsung Controller Products". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  18. ^ "SandForce Controller Products". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  19. ^ "SMI". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  20. ^ "Starblaze Controller Products". Retrieved 2020-04-14.
  21. ^ "STEC Controller Products". Archived from the original on 2007-08-26. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  22. ^ "Toshiba Controller Products". Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  23. ^ "VIA Technologies SSD Controllers". Retrieved 2018-11-20.
  24. ^ "FADU SSD Controller and Products". Retrieved 2020-01-21.
  25. ^ "Russia's Elbrus Development: A Homebrew SSD Controller". tomshardware. 18 February 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  26. ^ "NAND Flash manufacturers' market share 2019". Statista. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  27. ^ "SK Hynix completes first phase of $9 bln Intel NAND business buy". Reuters. 29 December 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  28. ^ "Former Toshiba memory business to rebrand as Kioxia". ZDNET. Retrieved 2023-07-12.
  29. ^ "NAND Revenue by Manufacturers Worldwide (2014-2022)". 26 May 2020. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
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