Longsys Electronics has disclosed plans to develop what the company claims is "100% China-made" flash storage device, which will utilize NAND chips manufactured by Yangtze Memory Technologies (YMTC) and other China's homegrown chip solutions.

Longsys will adopt controller chips developed in-house by Yeetor Microelectronics and Maxio Technology in the new flash storage product, and will have Payton technology and Zhen Kun Technology provide backend services for it. These partners are all China-based, said Longsys, adding that the "100% China-made" flash storage device is slated for launch as early as 2019.

Longsys is also engaged in the establishment of an ecosystem in China to promote flash storage devices utilizing China's homegrown chips, as part of the company's efforts to improve the nation's self-sufficiency for ICs. Meanwhile, Longsys is looking to expand its market presence overseas, according to the China-based flash storage specialist.

Longsys specializes in the OEM and ODM manufacturing of flash-based storage devices including SSD. Longsys also sells its Foresee-branded embedded storage devices, and has run the Lexar retail brand previously owned by Micron Technology since 2017.

Longsys has already built a close relationship with China's state-owned Tsinghua Unigroup according to the pair's strategic alliance signed in November 2018. Tsinghua Unigroup has been aggressively developing its memory-chip business; and in the NAND flash sector, its subsidiary YMTC entered volume production of chips built using its in-house developed 32-layer 3D NAND flash process in late 2018.

YMTC disclosed previously plans to move a newer 64-layer 3D NAND process to volume production in the fourth quarter of 2019, and will move directly to the 128-layer generation with volume production scheduled for 2020.

By: DocMemory
Copyright © 2023 CST, Inc. All Rights Reserved