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