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Hard Drive Manufacturer Brands and Models
Name | Country | Manufactures Hard Drives | Manufactures Flash Memory | Manufactures flash-based SSDs | Manufactures RAM-Based SSDs | Manufactures flash memory controller |
ADATA | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Apacer | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
ASUS | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
ATP Electronics | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Corsair[2] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Crucial Technology | United States | No | Uses the flash from its parent Micron Technology | Yes, through its parent Micron Technology | No | Yes, through its parent Micron Technology |
Dataram | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Dell | United States | No | Yes, through its stake in Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through its stake in Kioxia |
Edge Tech Corp | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Fusion-io[3] | United States | No | Formerly through Flash Forward,[4] a joint venture owned by Kioxia and Fusion-IO's parent, SanDisk | Formerly | No | Formerly |
G.Skill[5] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Gigabyte Technology | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Greenliant Systems[6] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | Yes |
GS Nanotech[7][8] | Russia | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Hikvision | China | No | No | Yes | No | No |
HGST[9] (owned by Western Digital) | United States and Japan | Formerly, but now absorbed into its parent, Western Digital | Formerly through Flash Forward,[4] a joint venture between Toshiba (now Kioxia) and its then-sister company, SanDisk | Formerly, but now absorbed into its parent, Western Digital | No | No |
HyperOs Systems[10] | England | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Imation[11] | United States | No | No | Formerly, but this company has exited the storage business. | No | No |
Intel[12] | United States | No | Sold its NAND flash memory and SSD businesses to SK Hynix. Intel continues to make its Optane line of memory. | Sold its NAND flash memory and SSD businesses to SK Hynix. Intel continues to make its Optane line of SSDs. | No | Sold its NAND flash memory and SSD businesses to SK Hynix, so SK Hynix now makes those controllers. Intel continues to make its Optane controllers. |
Kaminario[13] | United States | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Kingston Technology[14] | United States | No | Yes, through stake in Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through stake in Kioxia |
Kioxia[15] | Japan | No | Yes, but through Flash Forward,[4] a joint venture between SanDisk and itself. | Yes | No | Yes |
Lexar | United States and China | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Lite-On[16] | Taiwan | No | No | Formerly, now a brand of Kioxia | No | No |
LSI Corporation[17] | United States | No | No | LSI sold its Nytro SSD business to Seagate | No | Formerly through its subsidiary SandForce, but it sold SandForce to Seagate |
Memoright[18] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Micro Center [19] | United States | No | No | Yes, but uses its Inland house brand instead of the Micro Center brand | No | No |
Micron Technology[20] | United States | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Microsemi[21] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Mushkin[22] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Netac Technology[23] | China | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Netlist[24] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
OCZ | United States | No | No | A brand of Kioxia that has been shut down. | No | A brand of Kioxia that has been shut down. |
Optiarc | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Other World Computing (OWC)[25] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Patriot Memory[26] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
PioData | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
PNY Technologies[27] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Ritek (a.k.a. RiData)[28] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Samsung Electronics[29] | South Korea | Formerly, but sold that business to Seagate[30] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
SanDisk | United States | No | Formerly, through a joint venture with Toshiba | Formerly, now a brand of WD | No | Formerly, now a brand of WD |
Seagate Technology[31] | United States and Ireland | Yes | Yes, through stake in Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through its subsidiary SandForce and stake in Kioxia |
Silicon Power[32] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
SK hynix[33] | South Korea | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (since 2012)[1] |
STEC[34] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Strontium Technology[35] | Singapore | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Super Talent Technology[36] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Swissbit [37] | Switzerland | No | No | Yes | No | Yes, through its subsidiary Hyperstone [38] |
TDK[39] | Japan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Texas Memory Systems[40] | United States | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Toshiba[41] | Japan | Yes | Spun off its stake in Flash Forward,[4] a joint venture between SanDisk and itself, to Kioxia. | Spun off into Kioxia | No | Spun off into Kioxia |
Transcend Information[42] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
TwinMOS[43] | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Verbatim | Taiwan | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Violin Memory[44] | United States | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Virtium Solid State Storage and Memory[45] | United States | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Western Digital[46] | United States | Yes | Yes, but through Flash Forward,[4] a joint venture between itself and Kioxia | Yes | No | Yes, through its subsidiary SanDisk |
Wilk Elektronik[47] | Poland | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Zalman[48] |
Hard Drive Manufacturers for Older Drives
- Alps America[3]
- Amcodyne[4]
- Ampex[4]
- Anelex Corp.[2]
- Areal Technology[4] – acquired by Tomen Corp in 1993[5]
- Atasi Technology, Inc.[6]
- Aura Associates[4]
- Avatar Systems[4]
- BASF[4]
- Brand Technologies[3]
- Bryant Computer Products[2][4]
- Bull[3]
- Burroughs Corporation[4][7] – merged with Sperry Corporation to form Unisys in 1986
- C. Itoh Electronics[3]
- Castlewood Systems
- Caelus Memories|Caelus Memories, Inc.[8]
- CalComp[4]
- Calluna Technologies[4]
- Cardiff[3]
- Century Data[4]
- Cogito (company)|Cogito[3]
- Comport[4]
- Computer Memories Inc.[4] (CMI) – left industry in 1986[9]
- Computer Memory Devices, Inc.[10]
- Conner Peripherals[4] – merged with Seagate in 1996
- Control Data Corporation (CDC) / Imprimis Technology[4] – sold hard disk drive business to Seagate in 1989
- Cornice LLC – bankrupt in 2007[11]
- Data General
- Data Products Corp.[2][4]
- Data Recording Instruments[4] (DRI)
- Data Tech Memories[3]
- Diablo Systems[4][12] - became Diablo Data Systems in 1972
- Digital Equipment Corporation[4] (DEC) – sold hard disk drive business to Quantum Corporation in 1994
- Disc Tech One[3]
- Disctron[3]
- DMA[3]
- DZU (of Bulgaria)[4] – converted from government-owned to private, and sold to Videoton in 1999
- Ecol. 2[3]
- Emulex[3]
- Epson[3]
- Espert[3]
- ExcelStor Technology – left industry
- Fuji Electric[4]
- Fujitsu[4] – HDD division acquired by Toshiba in July 2009[13]
- General Electric (GE)[4]
- Gigastorage[4]
- GS Magicstor, Inc. – manufacturing 1-inch drives
- Hewlett-Packard[14] (HP) - 1976 to 1996, left industry
- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies[4] (HGST) – 2002 merger of Hitachi and IBM disk drive businesses, sold to Western Digital in 2012 with part of 3.5″ manufacturing facilities going to Toshiba[15][16][17][18]
- Hokushin Electric Works[4]
- Honeywell Bull[4][12]
- Hyosung[3]
- IBM[2][4] – hard disk drive business acquired by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies in 2002
- Information Storage Systems[4] Acquired by Itel, then Univac and finally CDC[19]
- Integral Peripherals[4] – first rigid 1.8" drive; bankrupt in 1998
- International Memories, Inc.(IMI) Discontinued manufacturing in early 1985.[20]
- Iomec[12]
- Iomega[4] – left industry
- ISOT/ИЗОТ (of Bulgaria)[nb 1]
- Josephine County Technology (JCT)[3] Ceased manufacturing in 1988.[21]
- JT Storage[4] (JTS) – bankrupt in 1999
- JVC[4] – left industry
- Kalok[4] – bankrupt in 1994
- Kyocera Electronics, Inc[3]
- LaPine Technologies[4]
- Librascope[22]
- Marshall Laboratories[4]
- Matsushita[4] - left industry in 2004, its final production was exclusive for Quantum Corporation and then Maxtor
- Maxtor[4] – acquired by Seagate in 2006
- Memorex[4] – acquired by Burroughs 1981 and then merged into Unisys 1986; HDD division shut down in 1988
- Microcomputer Memories[4] – Chapter 7 bancrutpcy in 1987[23]
- Micropolis Corporation[4] – bankrupt in 1997
- Microscience International[4] – bankrupt in 1992
- MiniScribe[4] – bankrupt and then acquired by Maxtor in 1990
- Ministor Peripherals[4] – first mobile 1.8" drive; bankrupt in 1998
- Mitsubishi[4] – left industry
- Mitsumi Electronics Corporation[3]
- NCR Corporation[3]
- NEC[4] – left industry
- Newberry Data[3]
- Nippon Electric Industry Co. Ltd. (NEI) AKA as Densei in Japan was 34.5% owned by NEC. Stopped manufacturing HDDs in December 1986.[24]
- Nippon Peripherals, Limited (NPL) [4]
- Nomaï[4]
- Okidata[3]
- Olivetti[4]
- Orca Technology Corporation[3]
- Otari 1982-1986[25]
- Pertec Computer[26]
- Philips[4]
- Plus Development – Subsidiary of Quantum; created Hardcard; absorbed back into Quantum 1992
- Potter Instrument[4][12]
- PrairieTek[4] – first 2.5" rigid HDD; bankrupt in 1991
- Priam Corporation[4] – 1978-1989, became Priam Systems Corporation in 1990 and sold product line to Prima International in 1991
- Peripheral Technology, Inc (PTI)[3]
- Quantum Corporation[4] – sold hard disk drive business to Maxtor in 2001
- Raymond Engineering[4]
- Ricoh[3]
- Rodime[4] – first 3.5" rigid HDD;[4] shut down manufacturing in 1991; licensed its patents until the patent business was sold for $1.5M in July 2003. The company was then the subject of a reverse merger and became Sportech PLC.
- Rotating Memory Systems, Inc. (RMS) Acquired by CCT in 1982 [27]
- Sagem[4]
- Samsung[4] – HDD business acquired by Seagate for $1.4 billion in 2011[28]
- Seiko Epson[4]
- Sequel[4] - spin out of Memorex in 1988
- Shugart Associates – Acquired by Xerox in 1977 and shut down in 1986.
- Siemens[4]
- Sony[4]
- Storage Technology Corporation (StorageTek or STK) – left industry
- SyQuest Technology[4] – bankrupt in 1998; some patents acquired by Iomega. Re-emerged selling cartridges for their previously-discontinued products.
- Tandon Corporation[4] – acquired by Western Digital in 1988[4]
- Teac America, Inc.[3]
- Texas Instruments[3]
- Tokico[3]
- Tulin Corporation[4] – bankrupt
- Vertex Peripherals[29] – acquired by Priam Corporation in 1985
- Xebec[3] – Xebec's 1410 SCSI controller formed the basis of IBM PC's hard disk controller.
- YE-Data[3]
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