List of flash memory controller manufacturers

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	—
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

• Flash memory
• History of hard disk drives
• List of defunct hard disk manufacturers
• List of solid-state drive manufacturers

References

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 . Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. 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.

External links

• SSD Controller List