MEGA Electronics Co., Ltd. (CEO Cho Ho-kyeong) and Sun System Co., Ltd. (CEO Yang Jeong-mi) made an announcement on the 1st that they have become the first small and medium businesses to develop their own M.2 512GB SSD that can be equipped into small IT devices.
Both companies exchanged a MOU regarding mutual technical cooperation and had been working on development of this SSD. By developing M.12 512GB SSD, they now have technology regarding design of SiP (System in Package) and competitive edge in price.
“This newly-developed SSD is expected to be applied to laptops and small mobile IT products.” said Manager Cheon Jong-ok of Sun System Co., Ltd.’s Laboratory. “We are currently discussing with a Chinese laptop manufacturer that has its name of the company start with L and an Israeli business that has its name of the company start with A regarding exportation of this SSD.”

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<M.2 512GB SSD that was developed by small and medium companies known as Sun System Co., Ltd. and MEGA Electronics Co., Ltd. for the first time >

Sun System Co., Ltd. and MEGA Electronics Co., Ltd. are going to co-develop M.2 1TB SSD, which has twice more of capacity that their product, with Novachips (CEO Kim Yeong-kwan) and commercialize it shortly. They have designed and manufactured their own PCB multi-layer substrates for M.2 with high density. By designing and manufacturing their own NAND-memory packages that are installed in PCBs, they have secured competitive edge in price and differentiability in SSD technologies. They are currently developing BGA SSD with electromagnetic wave shielding device as a follow-up model and registered patents regarding this.
Currently, global SSD markets are occupied by global corporations such as Samsung, Intel, Toshiba, and SanDisk and Taiwan’s small and medium companies. South Korea’s small and medium companies practically gave up on SSD businesses since they were not able to secure technical skills and competitive edge in price.
“Because 7 South Korea’s small and medium companies are participating in this product, which was developed by Sun System Co., Ltd. and MEGA Electronics Co., Ltd., we are able to exclude Taiwanese and Chinese businesses regarding parts and production technologies and have maximized ratio of localization.” said Manager Cheon. “We are going to go after global markets based on these technologies.”
Staff Reporter Han, Juyeop | powerusr@etnews.com