Originally Posted by nthach
I have better luck with Samsung when it comes to memory/SSDs and TVs. I think you can't beat Samsung when it comes to RAM, flash and LCDs/OLEDs. Samsung SSDs are all made in-house, unlike others which buy 3rd party controllers and NAND from SK Hynix/Intel-Micron Flash/Toshiba. There's reason why Apple and Lenovo use Samsung PCIe AHCI/NVMe SSDs in their higher-end machines.
I dunno. Apple has always been brand agnostic. And if the teardown reports are correct, they've been making a lot of their own SSD controllers. And aren't Apple SSDs non-standard using unique pinouts and different protocols? Some are even permanent parts of the main board.
Also - SK Hynix has been making their own complete NVMe SSDs.
I know a few people who work at their office in Silicon Valley where their controllers are designed. They bought a startup company for that expertise.
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https://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1261976#
Memory chipmaker SK Hynix Inc., has agreed to buy Link_A_Media Devices Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.). The purchase price was not disclosed.
LAMD, founded in 2004, is a fabless chip company that develops SoCs for the data storage market. On completion of the acquisition LAMD will become a business unit of SK Hynix focused on customized NAND memory controller ICs.
NAND memory controllers are used in applications such as embedded multimedia cards and solid-state drives.