Flash Memory Invention

If you are curious on who invented flash memory, then this summary from various Wikipedia articles will be of interest.

Flash Memory (NOR and NAND) : Dr. Fujio Masuoka of Toshiba (1984)

Compact Flash: Sandisk (1994)

MMC Card: Siemens AG and SanDisk (1997)

USB Drives: IBM and M-Systems (1998)

Memory Stick: Sony (1998)

SD Cards: Panasonic and Sandisk (1999)

xD-Picture Card: Olympus and Fujifilm (2002)

Source: Wikipedia

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