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
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 third quarter of 2025.[26]
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 third quarter 2025.
- 1) Samsung Electronics – 30%
- 2) SK Hynix – 20%
- 3) Kioxia – 14%
- 4) Micron Technology – 13%
- 5) YMTC – 13%
- 6) Western Digital Corporation – 11%
See also
- Flash memory
- History of hard disk drives
- List of defunct hard disk manufacturers
- List of solid-state drive manufacturers
External links
References
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- Intel Controller Products retrieved 2012-04-16^
- IntelliProp Design IP Cores retrieved 2020-07-05^
- InnoGrit Controller Products retrieved 2020-04-09^
- JMicron Controller Products retrieved 2012-04-16^
- Maxiotek's website retrieved 2020-07-05^
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- Maxio Controller Products retrieved 2020-04-18^
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- SandForce Controller Products retrieved 2012-04-16^
- SMI retrieved 2012-04-16^
- Starblaze Controller Products retrieved 2020-04-14^
- STEC Controller Products retrieved 2012-04-16^
- Toshiba Controller Products retrieved 2012-04-16^
- VIA Technologies SSD Controllers retrieved 2018-11-20^
- FADU SSD Controller and Products retrieved 2020-01-21^
- Russia's Elbrus Development: A Homebrew SSD Controller tomshardware, 18 February 2021, retrieved 9 March 2021^
- China's Semiconductor Memory Maker YMTC Surpasses 10% Global Market Share retrieved 27 December 2025^
- SK Hynix completes first phase of $9 bln Intel NAND business buy Reuters, 29 December 2021, retrieved June 27, 2022^
- Former Toshiba memory business to rebrand as Kioxia ZDNET, retrieved 2023-07-12^