This is the list of manufacturers of solid-state drives (SSDs) for computers and other electronic devices that require data storage. In the list those manufacturers that also produce hard disk drives or flash memory are identified. Additionally, the type of memory used in their solid-state drives is noted. This list does not include the manufacturers of specific components of SSDs, such as flash memory controllers. [1]
Name | Domiciled in | Manufactures hard disk drives | Manufactures flash memory | Manufactures flash-based SSDs | Manufactures RAM-based SSDs | Manufactures flash memory controller |
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ADATA | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Apacer | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
ASUS | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
ATP Electronics | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Biostar | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Corsair [2] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Crucial Technology | United States | No | Uses the flash from its parent Micron Technology | Yes, through its parent Micron Technology | No | Yes, through its parent Micron Technology |
Dahua Technology | China | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Dataram | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Dell | United States | No | Yes, through its stake in Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through its stake in Kioxia |
Edge Tech Corp | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Fikwot | China | No | No | Yes [3] | Yes | No |
Fusion-io [4] | United States | No | Formerly through Flash Forward, [5] a joint venture owned by Kioxia and Fusion-IO's parent, SanDisk | Formerly | No | Formerly |
G.Skill [6] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Gigabyte Technology | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | i-RAM | No |
Greenliant Systems [7] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
GS Nanotech [8] [9] | Russia | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Hewlett-Packard | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Hikvision | China | No | No | Yes | No | No |
HGST [10] (owned by Western Digital) | United States and Japan | Formerly, but now absorbed into its parent, Western Digital | Formerly through Flash Forward, [5] a joint venture between Toshiba (now Kioxia) and its then-sister company, SanDisk | Formerly, but now absorbed into its parent, Western Digital | No | No |
HyperOs Systems [11] | England | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Imation [12] | United States | No | No | Formerly, but this company has exited the storage business. | No | No |
Innodisk [13] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Intel [14] | United States | No | Sold its NAND flash memory and SSD businesses to SK Hynix. Intel has terminated its Optane line of memory. | Sold its NAND flash memory and SSD businesses to SK Hynix. Intel has terminated its Optane line of SSDs. | No | Sold its NAND flash memory and SSD businesses to SK Hynix, so SK Hynix now makes those controllers. Intel has also terminated its Optane controller business. |
Kaminario [15] | United States | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Kingston Technology [16] | United States | No | Yes, through stake in Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through stake in Kioxia |
Kioxia [17] | Japan | No | Yes, but through Flash Forward, [5] a joint venture between SanDisk and itself. | Yes | No | Yes |
Lenovo | China | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Leven [18] | Taiwan | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Lexar | United States and China | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Lite-On [19] | Taiwan | No | No | Formerly, now a brand of Kioxia | No | No |
LSI Corporation [20] | United States | No | No | LSI sold its Nytro SSD business to Seagate | No | Formerly through its subsidiary SandForce, but it sold SandForce to Seagate |
Memoright [21] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Micro Center [22] | United States | No | No | Yes, but uses its Inland house brand instead of the Micro Center brand | No | No |
Micron Technology [23] | United States | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Microsemi [24] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Mushkin [25] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Netac Technology [26] | China | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Netlist [27] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Nimbus Data [28] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
OCZ | United States | No | No | A brand of Kioxia that has been shut down. | No | A brand of Kioxia that has been shut down. |
Optiarc | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Other World Computing (OWC) [29] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Patriot Memory [30] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
PioData | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
PNY Technologies [31] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Ramsta International [32] | China | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Ritek (a.k.a. RiData) [33] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Samsung Electronics [34] | South Korea | Formerly, but sold that business to Seagate [35] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
SanDisk | United States | No | Formerly, through a joint venture with Toshiba | Formerly, now a brand of WD | No | Formerly, now a brand of WD |
Seagate Technology [36] | United States and Ireland | Yes | Yes, through stake in Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through its subsidiary SandForce and stake in Kioxia |
Silicon Power [37] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
SK hynix [38] | South Korea | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (since 2012) [1] |
STEC [39] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Strontium Technology [40] | Singapore | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Super Talent Technology [41] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Swissbit [42] | Switzerland | No | No | Yes | No | Yes, through its subsidiary Hyperstone |
TDK [43] | Japan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Texas Memory Systems [44] | United States | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Toshiba [45] | Japan | Yes | Spun off its stake in Flash Forward, [5] a joint venture between SanDisk and itself, to Kioxia. | Spun off into Kioxia | No | Spun off into Kioxia |
Transcend Information [46] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
TwinMOS [47] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Verbatim | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Violin Memory [48] | United States | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Virtium Solid State Storage and Memory [49] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Western Digital [50] | United States | Yes | Yes, but through Flash Forward, [5] a joint venture between itself and Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through its subsidiary SanDisk |
Wilk Elektronik [51] | Poland | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Zalman Tech Co. [52] | South Korea | No | No | Yes | No | No |
ZOTAC | Hong Kong | No | No | Formerly | No | No |