| 2018 | - Shipped over six billion NAND controllers in the past ten years
- Begins shipping our SSD controllers to a US NAND partner for one of the world’s first 96-layer TLC-based SSD
- Begins shipping our SSD controllers to two US NAND flash makers for world’s first two QLC-based PCIe NVMe client SSDs
- Begins sampling Open-Channel NVMe SSD controller for data centers with a second hyperscaler
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| 2017 | - Ships our SATA3 SSD controller for the world’s first 64L 3D TLC NAND-based SSD, the Intel 545s
- Ships our SATA3 SSD controller for Micron’s Crucial MX500 and BX300 SSDs
- Ships our 2nd generation PCIe NVMe controller for Intel’s 760p SSD
- Begins shipping the world’s first merchant UFS 2.1 controller for high-end Android smartphones
- Begins sampling our Open Channel SSD with our first hyperscale customer
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| 2016 | - Introduces world's first merchant SD 5.1 controller
- Introduces world's first turnkey merchant SATA3 SSD controller supporting 3D MLC and TLC NAND
- Introduces our first turnkey PCIe NVMe client SSD controller
- Ships client SSD and eMMC controllers for 3D NAND to flash partners
- Shipped over five billion NAND controllers in the past ten years
- Named "2016 Best Financially Managed Company (<$1 Billion Revenue) Award" by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)
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| 2015 | - Introduces the world’s first turnkey SATA3 SSD controller solution supporting Micron’s new 16nm 128Gb TLC NAND flash
- Ships our custom-designed, DRAM-less turnkey SATA3 client SSD controller solution to our second flash OEM partner
- Our SSD controllers powers laptops from four of the top five PC OEMs
- Ships our eMMC controller to SK Hynix that can manage TLC flash
- Silicon Motion acquires Shannon Systems, China’s leading enterprise-class PCIe SSD company
- Ships Shannon Systems enterprise-grade PCIe SSDs to one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies and a leading payment service provider in China
- Ships FerriSSD to a major German luxury automobile maker’s infotainment system
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| 2014 | - Begins mass production of our new eMMC 5.0 controller and expands eMMC controller market share to 25%
- Our eMMC controllers ships in devices of all top ten non-iOS smartphone OEMs
- Begins mass production of the world’s first merchant eMMC controller supporting TLC NAND
- Introduces the world’s first merchant SATA 3 SSD controller supporting TLC NAND
- Introduces the world’s first automotive IVI-grade single-package SSD solutions
- Begins mass production of the world’s fastest single-channel UHS-II (SD 4.0) controller with throughput of up to 280 MB/sec
- Ships our LTE-Advanced transceiver to Samsung for several smartphones and tablets, including the Galaxy Alpha, Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy Note 4 Edge, all for the Korean market
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| 2013 | - Begins mass production of our new 55nm eMMC 4.5 controller for smartphones and tablets and begins sampling our new 55nm eMMC 5.0 controller in the fourth quarter
- Increases eMMC market share to 15-20%. Expands eMMC wins to include numerous flagship smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles and set-top boxes from tier-1 OEMs
- Begins mass production of our new, best-in-class SATA 6Gb/s SSD controller targeting PC SSDs, hybrid SSDs and NAND-cache storage solutions
- Begins mass production of our SATA II FerriSSD and begins shipping FerriSSD to the world’s top-tier IPC board makers.
- Begins mass production of our new, second generation, ultra high-performance, cost-effective USB3.0 flash drive controller, enabling broader USB3.0 flash drive adoption
- Begins mass production of our new 55nm UHS-1 SD controller supporting TLC flash, enabling high-performance, low-cost UHS-1 SD cards
- Begins testing our new LTE-Advanced transceiver for Samsung’s LTE-Advanced baseband
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| 2012 | - Ships our LTE transceiver in 15 Samsung LTE smartphones and tablets, including the Galaxy SIII smartphone to all three Korean wireless carriers
- Begins mass production of our eMMC controllers to Samsung and SK Hynix supporting more than half of the top-ten smartphone OEMs and achieved approximately 5% to 10% worldwide market share for 2012
- Begins shipping PATA/SATA FerriSSD to tier-1 point-of-sale terminal and multifunction printer OEMs
- Begins mass production of the world’s fastest 1000x (150MB/second) Compact Flash (CF) card controller
- Begins mass production of our first generation USB 3.0 controllers for USB flash drives
- Receives “2012 Best Financially Managed Company (<$500 Million Revenue) Award” presented by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA)
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| 2011 | - Begins mass production of our UHS-I (SD 3.0) controller that support all the major NAND flash vendors’ MLC and TLC flash with high data throughput of up to 95MB/second
- Ships FerriSSD solution, a fully integrated SATA/PATA Solid State Drive (SSD) in a single ball grid array (BGA) chip package targeting industrial and other specialty applications
- Ships 8-channel high performance SATA 3Gb/s SSD controller with high speed data throughput of up to 260MB/second
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| 2010 | - Supports a major Japanese electronics OEM for their Memory Stick and USB flash drive products
- Ships single-band and multi-band CDMA EVDO transceivers
- Ships LTE transceivers paired with Samsung’s LTE baseband for smartphones and tablets
- Ramps best-in-class TLC (3 bits per cell MLC) NAND flash controllers for memory cards and USB flash drives, enabling more cost-effective memory solutions for broader consumer adoption
- Samsung Galaxy smartphone embeds our ISDB-T mobile TV IC solution
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| 2009 | - Ships world’s fastest 600x (90MB/s) Compact Flash (CF) card controller
- One of the first controller companies to support 30nm NAND flash--in June 2009 Micron announced Silicon Motion is qualified to support its 34nm flash
- Ships ISDB-T mobile TV SoC solution to Samsung for the emerging Brazil market and receives design-ins from tier-1 global handset OEMs for large Japan market
- Begins mass production of T-DMB mobile TV SoC solution to Samsung, LG and Pantech
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| 2008 | - Ships first DVB-H mobile TV tuner to Samsung for the European market
- Ships SSD controllers for HP’s Mini-Note
- Enters mobile phone and GPS embedded flash controller markets with eMMC design wins at Hynix and Numonyx
- Supports ZTE, Amoisonic, and Chinese handset OEMs with silicon tuners for their mobile TV phone roll-out
- Introduces MLC/SLC hybrid SSD controllers to the notebook PC market
- Co-develops ISDB-T mobile TV tuner-demodulator SoC with Japan’s MegaChips
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| 2007 | - Silicon Motion acquires Korea’s FCI Inc., which became Silicon Motion’s new Mobile Communications product line
- Silicon Motion acquires select Centronix mobile TV IC assets of KIES Co. Ltd. in Korea
- Ships first SSD controller and also first 1 millionth SSD controller IC
- Enters netbook PC SSD controller market with design-win for Asustek’s EeePC
- Enters server and enterprise application SSD controller market with design-win for Smart Modular’s XCeedUltra SATA SSD
- Ships first embedded flash controllers for Samsung camcorders, Philips DVD players, and Microsoft Zune 2
- Ships first xD Picture Card controller
- Ships first electronic toll collection (ETC) RFIC
- Ships first 500 millionth IC
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| 2006 | - Ships first MP3 SoC
- Introduces first CDMA transceiver (FCI)
- Introduces first T-DMB/DAB triple band mobile TV tuner IC (FCI)
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| 2005 | - Silicon Motion completes Initial Public Offering on NASDAQ under trading symbol "SIMO"
- Ships first microSD card controller
- Ships first USB2.0 flash drive controller
- Introduces first S-DMB diversity one-chip mobile TV tuner IC (FCI)
- Ships first 100 millionth IC
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| 2004 | - Introduces direct conversion CDMA Rx/Tx IC, including GPS receiver and power amplifier module (FCI)
- Introduces CDMA low noise amplifier (FCI)
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| 2003 | - Ships first SD and MMC card controllers
- Ships first 10 millionth IC
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| 2002 | - Silicon Motion combines with Feiya Technology Corporation in Taiwan, which becomes Silicon Motion’s new Mobile Storage product line
- Sharp selects Silicon Motion's Lynx3DM+ graphics solution and Transmeta's Crusoe processor for ultra-thin Mebius notebook PC
- Acer integrates Silicon Motion's Lynx3DM+ graphics solution in tablet PC
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| 2001 | - Develops PCS receiver RFIC (FCI)
- IBM selects Silicon Motion's Lynx3DM graphics solution for ultra-thin ThinkPad i Series notebook PC
- Announces Microsoft Windows XP certification for Lynx graphics product family
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| 2000 | - Ships first 1 millionth IC (Feiya)
- Transmeta selects Silicon Motion's LynxEM+ graphics solution for Crusoe processor reference design
- HP selects Silicon Motion's Lynx3DM graphics solution for new HP Pavilion notebook PC
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| 1998 | - Launches CF controller, the 1st in Asia (Feiya)
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| 1997 | - Ships first low power graphics processor IC
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| 1995 | - Silicon Motion is established in San Jose, California
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