Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) is the global leader in developing NAND flash controllers for SSDs and other solid state storage devices. They have over 20 years of experience developing specialized processor ICs that manage NAND components and deliver market leading, high-performance storage solutions widely used in smartphones, PCs, data centers and commercial and industrial applications. They have one of the broadest portfolios of controller intellectual properties developed from our deep understanding of NAND characteristics, which enables them to design both unique, highly optimized configurable IC plus related firmware controller platforms and complete turnkey controller solutions. In the last ten years, they have shipped over five billion controllers, more than any other company in the world. More NAND flash components, including 64-, 72- and 96-layer 3D TLC and QLC flash produced by Intel, Micron, Samsung, SK Hynix, Toshiba and Western Digital, are supported by Silicon Motion controllers than any other company. Customers include most of the NAND flash makers, storage device module makers, hyperscalers and other OEMs.
SMI are the world’s leading merchant supplier of SSD controllers used in PCs and other client devices and leading merchant supplier of eMMC/UFS controllers used in smartphones and IoT devices.
SMI also leverage their controller expertise to supply customized high-capacity specialty SSD solutions for the Chinese hyperscale data center market and small single-chip form-factor SSDs for high-performance industrial, commercial and automotive applications.
SMI market our controllers under the “SMI” brand, enterprise-grade SSDs under the “Shannon Systems” brand and single-chip industrial-grade SSDs under the “Ferri SSD” and “Ferri-eMMC” brands.
SMI were founded in 1995 in San Jose, California and now operate from corporate offices in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the US.