who manufactures these flash memories?

[Talal Itani]

Who manufactures SD, miniSD, and microSD memory? These memories are sold
under many names, yet I am trying to find a manufacturer, or a wholesaler.
Thank you.

 

[Eeyore]

Who manufactures SD, miniSD, and microSD memory? These memories are sold
under many names, yet I am trying to find a manufacturer, or a wholesaler.

Lot of ppl no doubt.

I always associate Atmel most with flash memory myself.

Graham

 

[linnix]

Lot of ppl no doubt.
Yes.


I always associate Atmel most with flash memory myself.

No, not for *SD.


Try Sandisk, Toshiba, Samsung, Micron, etc.

 

[mpm]

No, not for *SD.
Try Sandisk, Toshiba, Samsung, Micron, etc.

I "believe" Sandisk has the Intellectual Property and they license it
out.
Are you looking for memory detail, or pricing info?
(I recently researched pricing for CompactFLASH, and can give you a
headstart...)

-mpm

 

[linnix]

I "believe" Sandisk has the Intellectual Property and they license it
out.

It's not a coincident that SanDisk named it SD card. Sandisk gets 6%
license fee for each card.

 

[Talal Itani]

I "believe" Sandisk has the Intellectual Property and they license it
out.
Are you looking for memory detail, or pricing info?
(I recently researched pricing for CompactFLASH, and can give you a
headstart...)

I am looking for wholesale pricing information. Please give me that
headstart. Thanks.

 

[Talal Itani]

I found resellers in China, that resell Chinese made flash cards. But I do
not know how to judge the quality.

 

[Eeyore]

I found resellers in China, that resell Chinese made flash cards. But I do
not know how to judge the quality.

The only way you could do that is to test them.

Graham

 

[Spehro Pefhany]

The only way you could do that is to test them.

Graham

Inspect the factory and evaluate their quality control practices. Most
anybody can turn out a few samples that are okay, but they may not be
indicative of the quality of production units.

Small quantity and on the cheap? Better buy from a respected source..
then at least someone is doing that job. Beware of counterfeits if you
go outside of normal supply channels and through traders.


Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

[Talal Itani]

If the memory IC is tested, and it work, would that mean that it will remain
good and reliable through time?

 

[Talal Itani]

Inspect the factory and evaluate their quality control practices. Most
anybody can turn out a few samples that are okay, but they may not be
indicative of the quality of production units.

Small quantity and on the cheap? Better buy from a respected source..
then at least someone is doing that job. Beware of counterfeits if you
go outside of normal supply channels and through traders.

Thanks. I had assumed that all manufacturers of semiconductor devices
supply good products. I thought, that it takes a large firm, with advanced
technologies, to produce high density memory chips. Maybe I am wrong.
Please tell me more.