Complete List of 235 SSD Makers

The list below is regularly updated.

Making a solid-state disk drive is much easier than manufacturing a magnetic hard disk drive. Mainly, you just have to buy flash chips and assemble them with a controller from your own design or acquired from an outside company .

It’s not a lot of investment and that’s why many small Asian firms entered into this activity. The key differentiators are not the chips, available from several sources and evolving in parallel, always smaller an smaller. The main component is the controller, each one using different algorithms to manage the complex way of reading and above all writing flash chips.

Today the most popular units are:

• High-end enterprise SAS SLC or MLC,
• 2.5-inch 6Gb SATA MLC,
• PCIe or Mini PCIe MLC,
• Much smaller embedded MLC devices (M.2) for tablets and mobile devices
• PCIe NVMe devices, and
• 3D NAND flash-based units

Manufacturing HDDs needs much more investment, in hundreds of millions of dollars (clean rooms, robotics, lot of employees, etc.). At a time there was hundred of them. Now they are only three (Seagate, Toshiba, WD/HGST). Nobody is going to enter in this activity because the price is too high, the future of the market is not guaranteed, and all the patents are in the hands of current manufacturers.

Among manufacturers of NAND flash chips for SSDs:

• Intel/Micron in Lehi, UT, Manassas, VA and Singapore (IMS)
• Samsung in Austin, TX, China and Korea
• Toshiba Memory in Japan
• SK Hynix in China and Korea
• Powerchip in Taiwan

SSD Manufacturers (Country of HQs)
AC&NC (USA)
ADATA (Taiwan)
Active Media (USA)
Adlink Technology (Taiwan)
Adtec (Japan)
Advantech (Taiwan)
AGI Technology (Taiwan)
Allone Solution (Taiwan)
amp inc (USA)
Angelbird Technologies (Austria)
APdate (Germany)
Aplicata Technologies (Canada)
Asine (Israel)
Angelbird Technologies (Austria)
Apple – acquiring Anobit (USA)
Apacer Technology (Taiwan)
Apotop (Taiwan)
APRO (Taiwan)
Asgard (China)
Asine (Israel)
Asura Technology (USA)
ASUS Republic of Gamers (Taiwan)
ATP Electronics (Taiwan)
Avant Technology (USA)
Avexir Technologies (Taiwan)
Axtremex Technology (UK)
Beijing Memblaze Technology (China)
Bigboy Technologies (USA)
BiTMICRO Networks (USA)
Biostar (Taiwan)
Biwin Technology (China)
Buffalo Technology (Japan)
Cactus Technologies (Hong Kong, China))
Calvary Storage (USA)
Cardwave Services (UK)
Centon Electronics (USA)
Cervoz (Taiwan)
Colorful Technology (Shenzhen, China)
Conversant Intellectual Property Management (Canada) – formerly Mosaid
CoreRise Electronics (China)
CoreSolid Storage (Taiwan)
Corsair Memory (USA)
Crucial.com Micron (USA)
Curvature (USA)
DapuStor (China)
Delkin Devices (USA)
Dera (Beijing, China)
Diablo Technologies (Canada)
DigiStor, CRU Data Security Group brand (Vancouver, WA, Canada)
Dolphin ICS (Norway)
Dulce Systems (USA)
EDGE Memory (USA)
Elecom (Japan)
EmBestor Technolog (Taiwan)
Emphase (USA)
Emtec (France)
Envoy Data Memory (USA)
Essencore/KLEVV (Hong-Kong)
Exascend (formerly Memoright) (Taiwan)
EXCEEMO/PETERMANN-TECHNIK (Germany)
Extreme Engineering Solutions (USA)
Fadu (USA)
Fantom Drives/Micronet (USA)
Fastor Systems (USA)
Flexxon Global (Hong Kong)
Foremay (USA)
Fortasa Memory Systems (USA)
Fujifilm (Japan)
Fusion-io  – acquired by SanDisk (USA)
G.Skill (Taiwan)
GALAXY Microsystems (Hong Kong)
Gigabyte Technology (Taiwan)
GLYN (Xmore) (Germany)
Global Wireless Medium (China)
Gnarbox (Los Angeles, CA)
Goke US Research Laboratory (USA)
Green House (Japan)
Greenliant Systems (USA)
GS Nanotech (Russia)
Hagiwara Sys-Com (Japan)
HighPoint (USA)
Hiksemi (Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
HippStor Technology (Wuxi, China)
SSD HOSIN Global Electronics (China)
Huawei (China)
ICP Deutschland (Germany)
JetIO Technology (China)
IEI Technology (Taiwan)
Imation (USA)
IMSolution (Taiwan)
InnoDisk (Taiwan)
Insignis Technology (USA)
Inspur Electronic Information Industry (USA)
IoSwitch (USA)
Integral Memory (UK)
Intel (USA)
IRDM (Poland)
I-O Data Device (Japan)
J&A Information/Leven (Taiwan)
JMR (USA)
Kaleidescape (USA)
Kanguru (USA)
Kimtigo (China)
KingBank (Shenzhen Qianhai Weishengda E-commerce Co., Ltd.) (China)
Kingdisk Century Technology
KingFast (China)
KingSpec Tech (Shenzhen Kingspec Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.) -(also known as Yansen) (Shenzhen, China)
Kingston Digital (USA)
Kioxia (Japan)
Ketron/Starex (Taiwan)
Legacy Electronics (USA)
Lexar Media (USA)
Liqid (USA)
LSI / Avago  / Broadcom (USA)
Mach Xtreme Technology (Taiwan)
Macronix (Taiwan)
Macrotron Systems (USA)
Mangstor (USA)
Maxio Technology (China)
MEGA Electronics (Korea)
MEMKOR (USA)
Memocom (Taiwan)
MemxPro (Taiwan)
Mercury Systems (USA)
Micron Technology – and brand name Crucial – (USA)
Minerva Innovation (Taiwan)
Microsemi (USA)
Micross Components/Austin Semiconductor (USA)
Modix (Korea)
Most I&T Afaya (Taiwan)
MSI (Taiwan)
Mushkin (USA)
MyDigitalSSD (Taiwan)
Myung Information Technologies (South Korea)
Netlist (USA)
Netac Technology (Shenzhen, China)
Nexstorage (Japan)
NGD Systems (USA)
Nimbus Data (USA)
Novachips (Korea)
OCZ /Toshiba (USA)
Optiarc (Vinpower) (USA)
Orico Technologies (Shenzhen, China)
Origin Storage (UK)
Ortial Technologies (UK)
OWC (USA)
Palit Microsystems (Taiwan)
Pancun (Shenzhen Pancun Technology Co., Ltd.) (Shenzhen, China)
Patriot Memory (USA)
PaxDisk (Korea)
PetaIO (USA, China, Korea)
Phoenix International Systems (USA)
Phison Electronics (Taiwan)
PhotoFast (Taiwan)
Plextor (Japan)
PNY Technologies (USA)
Powev (China)
PQI (Taiwan)
Pretec (Taiwan)
Princeton Technology (USA)
pureSilicon (USA)
Qsan (Taiwan)
Ramaxel Technology (China)
Raspberry Pi (UK)
Radian Memory Systems (USA)
Recadata (China)
Renice Technology (China)
Ritek/Ridata (Taiwan)
RunCore Innovation Technology (China)
Sabrent (USA)
Sage Microelectronics (China)
Samsung (South Korea)
SanDisk / WD (USA)
ScaleFlux (USA)
Seagate Technology (USA)
SecureDrives (UK)
Shannon Systems (China)
Shenzhen Larix Technology (China)
Shenzhen New KingFast Storage Technology (China)
Silicon-Power (Taiwan)
Silicon Motion Technology (Taiwan)
Solidigm (USA)
Sony (Japan)
SMART High Reliability Solutions (USA)
Smart IOPS (USA)
Smart Storage Systems (USA)
Solid Access (USA)
Solidata (China)
Solid State Storage Technology Corporation (SSSTC) (Taiwan) , formerly Lite-On Storage SBG
Soligen (USA)
Sonnet Technologies (USA)
Sony (Japan)
Spectra (Germany)
Storageflex (Canada)
Strontium Technology (Singapore)
Super Talent (USA)
Supertechina (Shanghai) Electronic
Swissbit (Switzerland)
Synology (Taiwan)
Targa Systems (Canada)
TDK/CoreSolid Storage Corporation (Japan)
Team Group (Taiwan)
Techman Electronics (China) 
Teclast Electronics (Shenzhen, China)
The-AiO (Korea)
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (USA)
Texas Memory Systems (USA)
TIGO Technology (Taiwan)
Topdisk (Shenzhen, China)
Trans International (USA)
Transcend Information (Taiwan)
UD Info (Taipei, Taiwan)
Unigen (USA)
Unionmemory Information System Limited (China)
V&G Information Systems
V7/Ingram Micro) (USA)
Verbatim (Japan)
NGD Systems, Inc. (USA)
Viasat (USA)
Viking Technology (USA)
Virident Systems (USA)
Virtium (USA)
VisionTek (USA)
Waitan (China)
Walton Chaintech (Taiwan)
Waris Technologies (USA)
WD (USA)
Wilk Electronik (Goodram) (Poland)
Wintec Industries (USA)
X-ES (USA)
YMTC (China)
Zadak (Taiwan)
Zalman Tech (Korea)
Zotac (Hong Kong)