This is a list of manufacturersofflash memory controllers for various flash memory devices like SSDs, USB flash drives, SD cards, and CompactFlash cards.
Name | Based in | Status | Manufactures NVMe Controllers |
Manufactures SATA Controllers |
Manufactures CF & SD Controllers |
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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
The following were the largest NAND flash memory manufacturers, as of the second quarter of 2023.[26]
Samsung remains the largest NAND flash memory manufacturer as of second quarter 2023.[29]
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