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This section provides an overview for flash memory as well as their applications and principles. Also, please take a look at the list of 29 flash memory manufacturers and their company rankings. Here are the top-ranked flash memory companies as of December, 2024: 1.Tekmos, 2.AMIC Technology, 3.Greenliant Systems.
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Flash memory is a storage device used to read and write data.
Familiar devices include SD memory cards, SSDs, and USB memory devices. SSD stands for "solid state drive" and is often used for internal storage in notebook computers.
Flash memory can be divided into two main types: NAND and NOR. Each has different read and write speeds and has different uses.
The main products in which flash memory is used include USB flash drives, SSDs, and SD cards. SSDs are characterized by faster processing speeds, lower power consumption, and higher resistance to vibration and shock than HDDs. In recent years, SSDs have become a popular choice for internal storage in notebook computers.
USB memory is an external storage device with a USB port for reading and writing data and is convenient for carrying around, while SD cards are a memory card-type storage medium used in a variety of electronic devices such as smartphones, digital cameras, and game consoles.
Flash memory can be divided into two main types: NAND and NOR.
The characteristics of the NOR type and NAND type differ due to the differences in wiring.
The NOR type has a lower level of integration, but can be accessed in byte units. It is characterized by a slow write speed but high random access speed.
In contrast, the NAND type is suitable for high integration and has relatively high write speed. Access is block-based, and random access is slow.
Although NAND flash memory has the advantage of high-density memory cell placement, it has the disadvantage of bit errors. Therefore, an error-correcting code (ECC) circuit must be installed.
An error-correction code is a value assigned when data is read or written. The read data is checked by matching the error-correction code to see if it is really the value written to the flash memory.
NAND flash memory is classified into the following types based on the characteristics of the cells, which are the units used to store information.
NAND flash memory that can store one bit of information per cell is called SLC (single-level cell) NAND. While it is characterized by high durability, it has the disadvantage of low capacity.
NAND flash memory that can store two bits of information per cell is called MLC (multi-level cell) NAND. It is inexpensive, but has the disadvantage of lower read/write speed and endurance compared to SLC NAND.
When storing data in flash memory, the smallest unit of storage is called a cell, which consists of a tunneling insulator and a floating gate on a semiconductor.
Data is stored by storing and releasing electrons at the floating gate. When data is written or erased, electrons penetrate and move through the tunnel oxide film, causing the tunnel oxide film to degrade.
As this tunnel oxide film deteriorates, the cell is unable to store data correctly and reaches the end of its life. The estimated life of an individual cell is 1,000 to 10,000 write and erase cycles.
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Tekmos Inc. is a manufacturer of drop in replacements of microcontrollers, ASICs, standard parts, and FPGAs that is headquartered in Austin, Texas and was founded in 1997. The company is a fabless semiconductor that provides stacked die systems in a Package and high temperature chips and flash memory. The company offers microprocessors with different versions to replace discontinued devices. The company caters to end-user consumers, aerospace, military, oil and gas, and the industrial markets
Greenliant Systems, established in 2010 in California, USA is a manufacturer of semiconductors, making robust storage solutions such as NAND flash storage for industrial, automotive, and data center applications. The company’s product portfolio includes solid-state drives (SSDs) and embedded flash storage modules, featuring advanced technologies like SATA, PCIe, and USB interfaces. These storage solutions offer enhanced capacity, endurance, and data integrity, making them ideal for demanding applications. The products are used in automotive, communications & networking, defense, aerospace and medical fields for unique performance. Moreover, they are energy-efficient, compact in size and environmentally sustainable, making them ideal for use.
Microchip Technology Incorporated was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Chandler, Arizona. The company is a developer and manufacturer of control solutions for global markets including the automotive, industrial, communications, human-machine interface, and connectivity industries. The company’s products include microcontrollers, field-programmable gate array products, MOSFET and radio frequency products, and both wired and wireless communications products. The company’s services include wafer foundry and assembly services, test subcontracting manufacturing services, development tools for enabling system designers to program microcontrollers and processors, and timing system products.
ISSI, founded in Milpitas, CA, in 1988 is a manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits for markets including, automotive, communications and digital consumption. The company's product portfolio includes Analog Integrated Circuits, Digital Integrated Circuits, Microcontrollers (MCUs) and Microprocessors (MPUs), Radio frequency and wireless communication ICs for cellular networks, and Sensor Interface ICs. Their products are used in markets such as Automotive and Transportation, Telecommunications, Industrial Automation, Healthcare and Medical Devices and Aerospace and Defense.
Western Digital, founded in San Jose, CA in 1986 is a manufacturer of data storage solutions such as USB Flash Drives, Memory Cards and Data Center Storage. The company's product portfolio includes Solid State Drives (SSDs), Hard Drives (HDDs), Network Attached Storage (NAS), Embedded Flash and Accessories. The company serves markets including Automotive and Electric Vehicles, Renewable Energy and Energy Storage and Electronics and IT Infrastructure. They also provide services such as equipment repair, instrumentation system upgrades, warranty service and technical support.
Delkin Devices, established in 1986, is an American manufacturer headquartered in Poway, San Diego County, California, specializing in industrial flash storage solutions. Their product portfolio includes NAND-flash storage-based solutions such as industrial secure digital (SD) and compact flash (CF) cards, solid-state drives (SSD), and universal serial bus (USB) devices. These products are utilized for high data integration processes, such as booting operating systems (OS), loading custom application software, and logging critical data. Delkin caters to a wide range of industries to meet the growing demands of the Internet of Things (IoT), including healthcare, transportation, aerospace, embedded computing, and security.
Rochester Electronics, LLC is a manufacturer stocking distributor of end-of-life semiconductors and the broadest range of active semiconductors that is headquartered in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was founded in 1981. The company caters to manufacturing services ranging from design, wafer processing, testing, reliability, and IP Archiving. These specifically include OCM, build-to-order products, process flows, and standard packaging creation. The company pivots on manufacturing and distributing semiconductors that are no longer produced by its original manufacturer.
Apro Co Ltd, established in 2004 in South Korea is a manufacturer of electronic parts, industrial digital storage and embedded computing solutions. The company specializes in industrial NAND Flash storage products and makes branch target buffer connectors, electronic connectors and various other storage solutions. Their product category involves flashcards, PATA SSD, SATA SSD, MicroSD card, USB disk and SDRAM memory modules along with other electronic products. The products are used in demanding applications such as automotive, defense, industrial automation and aerospace to name some. They are equipped with enhanced performance, robust data transmission and longer lifespan whilst in use.
Intelligent Memory, founded in 1991 as Pacific Force Technology Ltd, and based in Hong Kong, is a manufacturer of memory products. The company’s product portfolio comprises DRAM IC’s and modules from SDRAM to DDR4 as well as LPDDR4 components and NAND products for industrial applications. To cope with the challenge of achieving double memory density without using two separate sets of control wires, the company has developed a way to manufacture 8 Gigabit DDR3 single chip select components with existing DRAM process technologies.
ATP Electronics, Inc. is a manufacturer and supplier of memory modules and storage solutions that was established in 1991 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. The company produces a wide range of memory modules, including DRAM modules, NAND flash modules, and NOR flash modules. Its products, such as DDR4 DRAM modules, 3D NAND flash modules, and NOR flash modules, are used by a number of industries, as diverse as networking, telecommunications, and industrial automation industries. The company also provides a range of services, including custom manufacturing, testing, and assembly.
Renesas Electronics Corporation was established in 2002 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Renesas is a global research, design, and manufacturer of semiconductors used in industries spanning automotive, consumer electronics, the internet of things, power & energy, and industrial sectors. Renesas manufactures both analog and digital products. Analog products include amplifiers, audio & video devices, data converters, PLC, and switches & multiplexers. Digital products include microcontrollers, memory components, sensors, wireless connectivity products, and others. Renesas also offers design resources such as kits, development tools, partner programs, and design tools.
Winbond, established in September 1987 and headquartered in Taichung, Taiwan, is a manufacturer and distributor of DRAM and flash memory products. The company's product range includes mobile DRAM variants like low power DDR4/4X SDRAM, specialty DRAM such as DDR3 SDRAM, and code storage flash memory offerings like octalNAND flash and authentication flash. These products are used in devices requiring rapid memory access and data storage. It serves industries such as automotive, industrial, communication, computer, and consumer electronics. Furthermore, the company offers memory customization, technical support, and product longevity assurance.
Transcend Information Inc, founded in 1988 in Taiwan, China is a manufacturer of digital storage and multimedia products for commercial, industrial and personal uses. The company with their cutting-edge digital storage and multimedia solutions, make advanced peripherals that relate with modernized high-tech lifestyles involving SSDs, memory modules, USB flash drives, dashcams and personal storage cloud services, which usually find applications in industrial automation, consumer electronics, healthcare, transportation and enterprise applications. They are the second organization in the world to receive ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and QC080000 approval at once.
GigaDevice, established in 2005 at Beijing, China is a manufacturer of fabless flash memory and microcontroller solutions. The company specializing in creating a modern chip ecosystem infusing computing, storage and sensing offers a smart chip network for enhanced performance and less power consumption. They make products such as SPI NOR flash, Arm Cortex M3 MCU, fingerprint sensors, motor driver and advanced power IC. These MCUs and fabless memories are used in applications such as automotive, consumer electronics, network communications, IoT and mobile technologies. They bring enhanced performance in semiconductors and microelectronics power needs.
Biwin Storage Technology, established in 1995 in China, is a manufacturer of storage solutions, specializing in solid-state drives (SSDs) and memory modules. The company since inception has offered various storage products tailored for various applications, including consumer electronics, gaming, enterprise, and industrial sectors. Their SSD lineup encompasses SATA SSDs, PCIe NVMe SSDs, and USB external SSDs, for enhanced performance, ruggedness, and durability. They also manufacture various memory modules, including DDR3 and DDR4 RAM modules. The flash storage modules are used in healthcare, gaming, surveillance, networking and embedded applications for their efficacy in hardware/software, firmware as well as storage algorithms.
Kioxia, established in 2019 at Tokyo, Japan is a manufacturer of computer memory solutions for business and personal uses. The company, formerly Toshiba Memory Corporation, spun off to manufacture memory solutions including NAND flash memory, solid-state drives (SSDs), and enterprise-class memory storage solutions. The list of products include BiCS Flash memory, Enterprise SSD, Datacenter SSD, microSD memory cards and USB Flash drives along with other memory storage products. They are used primarily in consumer electronics, automotive, healthcare, data centers and other enterprise automation products. The memory solutions are ideal for advancement of high-density applications requiring stability and flawless transmission.
AMIC Technology, founded in 1985 in Taiwan, is a manufacturer of memory integrated circuits, application-specific embedded memory, and other non-memory electronic components for the semiconductor industry. The company's memory IC portfolio includes SRAM, NOR FLASH, DRAM, and FIFO modules. AMIC Technology expanded its product line into non-memory products in 2012, which include light sensors, NFC components, RFID tags, and IP modules. The company also offers clients custom product design, engineering, and full-scale production of customized components.
Flexxon Pte Ltd, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Singapore, is a manufacturer and designer of industrial NAND flash storage and memory devices. The company offers an array of product portfolio, which includes SATA III, PATA, PCIe, memory cards, USB, and more. It has expanded its product line to introduce the X-PHY brand, featuring the world's first AI-embedded firmware-based cybersecurity solution. These devices serve various sectors such as cybersecurity, industrial, medical, and automotive (CIMA) applications, providing compact memory storage solutions.
Alliance Memory is a global fabless manufacturer of memory storage devices such as SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), DRAM(Dynamic Randomly Access Memory) and Flash Integrated Circuits (IC's). A fabless manufacturer company is a company where they design and market their hardware while they outsource the production of that hardware to a third party partner. Alliance Memory is a private organization which is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, USA. Their products are mainly used in mobiles and embedded devices, automotive sector and in the medical field. They have received the ISO:9001 2015 certification.
Micron is an American manufacturer of data storage and computer memory products that was established in 1978. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the company primarily produces NOR and NAND flash memory for data drives or embedded systems, dynamic random access memory (DRAM) for computers or servers, and ultra-bandwidth memory models for graphics rendering or artificial intelligence applications. Its products are used in data centers, cloud computing, smart devices, and infotainment systems. Micron has served several notable clients, including Dell Technologies Inc., the Panasonic Corporation, and Amazon Web Services Inc.
Samsung Semiconductor is a Korean manufacturer of memory chips originally founded in 1974 as Samsung Semiconductor & Telecommunications Co. before merging with parent company Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.'s semiconductor business unit in 1988. Based in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, the company produces various memory chips for use in computers and smart devices, including low-power double data rate (LPDDR), NAND flash, and DRAM chips. It also offers large-scale integration (LSI) products such as display drivers, processors, and image sensors for integrating components or functionalities into a single chip. Samsung Semiconductor operates globally, with facilities and sales offices in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Macronix, founded in 1989 in Taiwan, is a manufacturer of integrated devices and non-volatile memory (NVM) solutions, including Flash memory and ROM. The company's products are mostly used in consumer electronics, automotive, industrial, and IoT applications. The product offerings are NOR Flash, NAND Flash, e.MMC Memory, Multichip packages and Armorflash. Serial NOR Flash products ranging from 512 Kbit to 2GBit densities are also supplied to fulfill market demands. They are equipped with unique memory technologies, such as HyperFlash and OctaFlash, offering flawless performance, sustainability, and low power consumption. They also introduced the world's first Flash prospective solution, BE-SONOS.
Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc. (ESMT) founded in 1998 is a Taiwan-based designer, manufacturer, and retailer of integrated circuits (ICs). The company's product portfolio is composed of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) ICs, static random access memory (SRAM) ICs, flash memories (FLASH), analog ICs and analog and digital hybrid ICs. The company distributes its products for power, networking, PC peripherals, automotive, and industrial applications in Taiwan and overseas markets, such as the rest of Asia.
Shenzhen Shengyu Electronics Technology Ltd., founded in 2008 and headquartered in Shenzhen, China, is an electric component distributor that is ISO 9001 certified. The company stocks several components, including switches, capacitors, and resistors, which it sources from multiple manufacturers like Seiko Instruments, Inc., Renesas Electronics America, and Nuvoton Technology Corporation America. Depending on the size and configuration of the customer’s components, the company provides a full range of packaging services. It accepts single or multiple-part quotations, and its website allows customers to search hundreds of products ranging from ICs to computer accessories.
KIOXIA America Inc. founded in San Jose, California, USA, in 2019, is a supplier of flash memory products and SSDs. The company’s product portfolio includes flash memory products and solid-state drives. It sources products from its parent company KIOXIA (Japan). Its flash memory is a non-volatile memory, which retains data even when power is turned off. The company’s SSDs store more data than traditional hard drives and consume less power. These are used in data centers, personal computers, and cloud computing.
Ranking as of December 2024
Derivation Method| Rank | Company | Click Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tekmos |
11.9%
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| 2 | AMIC Technology |
6.7%
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| 3 | Greenliant Systems |
6.3%
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| 4 | ATP Electronics,Inc. |
5.2%
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| 5 | Flexxon Pte Ltd |
4.9%
|
| 6 | GigaDevice |
4.8%
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| 7 | Elite Semiconductor Microelectronics Technology Inc. |
4.3%
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| 8 | Biwin Storage Technology CO., LTD. |
4.2%
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| 9 | Integrated Silicon Solution Inc. |
4.2%
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| 10 | Renesas Electronics Corporation. |
4.0%
|
Derivation Method
The ranking is calculated based on the click share within the flash memory page as of December 2024. Click share is defined as the total number of clicks for all companies during the period divided by the number of clicks for each company.Number of Employees
Newly Established Company
Company with a History
*Including some distributors, etc.
*Including some distributors, etc.
| Country | Number of Companies | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|
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United States of America
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7 | 35.0% |
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Taiwan
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4 | 20.0% |
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China
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3 | 15.0% |
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Japan
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2 | 10.0% |
|
United Kingdom
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2 | 10.0% |
|
Germany
|
1 | 5.0% |
Hong Kong
|
1 | 5.0% |
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