List of flash memory controller manufacturers explained

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
^[1] Acquired by SanDisk then Western Digital	United States	Captive
Greenliant Systems^[2]	United States	Independent
Hyperstone^[3]	Germany	Independent
^[4] Acquired by Toshiba then Kioxia	South Korea	Captive
Intel^[5]	United States	Captive
IntelliProp^[6]	United States	Independent
InnoGrit^[7]	China	Independent
JMicron, spun off into Maxiotek^[8] ^[9]	Taiwan	Independent
Marvell^[10]	United States	Independent
Maxio^[11]	China	Independent
Micron	United States	Independent
Novachips^[12]	South Korea	Independent
Phison^[13]	Taiwan	Independent
Realtek^[14] ^[15] ^[16]	Taiwan	Independent
Samsung^[17]	South Korea	Captive
SK Hynix	South Korea	Captive
^[18] Acquired by Seagate Technology	United States	Captive
Silicon Motion^[19]	Taiwan	Independent
Starblaze^[20]	China	Independent
^[21] Acquired by HGST then Western Digital	United States	Captive
Kioxia^[22] Spun off from Toshiba	Japan	Captive
VIA Technologies^[23]	Taiwan	Captive
FADU^[24]	South Korea	Captive
Kraftway^[25]	Russia	Independent
DSOL	Russia	Independent

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

External links

• SSD Controller List

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fusion-io Controller Products . 2012-04-16.
2. Web site: Greenliant Controller Products . 2014-08-21.
3. Web site: Hyperstone Controller Products . 2012-04-16.
4. Web site: Indilinx Controller Products . 2012-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120413230250/http://www.indilinx.com/solutions/everest.html . 2012-04-13 . dead .
5. Web site: Intel Controller Products . 2012-04-16.
6. Web site: IntelliProp Design IP Cores . 2020-07-05.
7. Web site: InnoGrit Controller Products . 2020-04-09.
8. Web site: JMicron Controller Products . 2012-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120417035837/http://www.jmicron.com/Product_list.htm . 2012-04-17 .
9. Web site: Maxiotek's website . 2020-07-05 .
10. Web site: Marvell Controller Products . 2012-04-16.
11. Web site: Maxio Controller Products . 2020-04-18.
12. Web site: Novachips Controller Products . 2009-07-30.
13. Web site: Phison Controller Products . 2012-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120611084508/http://www.phison.com/English/newICList.asp . 2012-06-11 . dead .
14. Web site: Realtek official site in English. 2018-11-07.
15. News: Anton Shilov. June 25, 2018. New Realtek PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Controllers: RTS5762 & RTS5763DL up to 3.5 GB/s. AnandTech. 2018-11-07.
16. News: Paul Lilly. June 26, 2018. Realtek is building a high-end SSD controller for ultra-fast NVMe drives. PC Gamer. 2018-11-07.
17. Web site: Samsung Controller Products . 2012-04-16.
18. Web site: SandForce Controller Products . 2012-04-16.
19. Web site: SMI . 2012-04-16.
20. Web site: Starblaze Controller Products . 2020-04-14.
21. Web site: STEC Controller Products . 2012-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070826142730/http://www.stec-inc.com/product/ . 2007-08-26 .
22. Web site: Toshiba Controller Products . 2012-04-16.
23. Web site: VIA Technologies SSD Controllers . 2018-11-20.
24. Web site: FADU SSD Controller and Products. 2020-01-21.
25. Web site: Russia's Elbrus Development: A Homebrew SSD Controller . tomshardware . 9 March 2021.
26. Web site: NAND Flash manufacturers' market share 2019 . 3 July 2019 . Statista.
27. News: 29 December 2021 . SK Hynix completes first phase of $9 bln Intel NAND business buy . Reuters . June 27, 2022.
28. Web site: Former Toshiba memory business to rebrand as Kioxia . 2023-07-12 . ZDNET . en.
29. Web site: 26 May 2020 . NAND Revenue by Manufacturers Worldwide (2014-2022) . June 27, 2022.