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.

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NameBased inStatusManufactures
NVMe Controllers		Manufactures
SATA Controllers		Manufactures
CF & SD Controllers
Fusion-io [1]
Acquired by SanDisk then Western Digital 		United StatesCaptiveYesYesYes
Greenliant Systems [2] United StatesIndependentNoYesYes
Hyperstone [3] GermanyIndependentNoYesYes
Indilinx [4]
Acquired by Toshiba then Kioxia 		South Korea CaptiveYesYesNo
Intel [5] United StatesCaptiveYesYesNo
IntelliProp [6] United StatesIndependentYesYesNo
InnoGrit [7] ChinaIndependentYesYesYes
JMicron, spun off into Maxiotek [8] [9] Taiwan IndependentYesYesYes
Marvell [10] United StatesIndependentYesYesNo
Maxio [11] ChinaIndependentYesYesNo
Novachips [12] South KoreaIndependentYesYesNo
Phison [13] Taiwan IndependentYesYesYes
Realtek [14] [15] [16] Taiwan IndependentYesYes—
Samsung [17] South Korea CaptiveYesYesNo
SandForce [18]
Acquired by Seagate Technology 		United StatesCaptiveYesYesNo
Silicon Motion [19] Taiwan IndependentYesYesYes
Starblaze [20] ChinaIndependentYesNoNo
sTec [21]
Acquired by HGST then Western Digital 		United StatesCaptiveYesYesNo
Kioxia [22]
Spun off from Toshiba 		JapanCaptiveYesYesYes
VIA Technologies [23] Taiwan CaptiveYesYesNo
FADU [24] South KoreaCaptiveYesNoNo
Kraftway [25] RussiaIndependentYesNoNo
DSOL RussiaIndependentNoYesNo

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fusion-io Controller Products" . 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.
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  7. ↑ "InnoGrit Controller Products" . Retrieved 2020-04-09.
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