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MIT’s Dudley Bell Labs’ Merz and C.T. “Tom” Sah of Dov Frohman writes Edgar A. Sack, Ting Dawon Kahng and Stanford R. Ovshinsky Dov Frohman- Buck creates first Anderson create Fairchild envisions Berkeley PhD thesis L. Chu and others Simon M. Sze invent the announces the Ovonic Bentchkowsky semiconductor NVM monolithic 256-bit floating gate NVM using “Charge Transport and of Westinghouse Non-Volatile Memory Memory Switch, the invents the Erasable from ferroelectric FRAM ferroelectric NVM, charge storage on the Trapping in MNOS use a Metal-Nitride- Floating Gate at Bell basis for 3D XPoint Programmable Read- crystals the first monolithic gate electrode of a MOS Structures and its Oxide-Silicon (MNOS) Labs; this is published as memory as later Only Memory (EPROM) memory chip tetrode transistor Memory Applications” structure as a charge- “A Floating Gate and Its productized by Intel at Intel; this is presented and builds a 9-bit trapping element Application to Memory as Optane at the 1971 IEEE ISSCC, prototype Devices” (Bell System and is published as Technical Journal); “Memory Behavior Simon M. Sze went on in a Floating-Gate to receive the 2014 FMS Avalanche-Injection Lifetime Achievement MOS (FAMOS) Structure” Award in April 1971 (Applied Physics Letters), which John R. Szedon cited the 1967 Kahng/ and Ting L. Chu of Sze Bell Labs Floating Westinghouse propose Gate publication using a charge trap as a nonvolatile memory After work with bit at the IEEE Solid Stanford R. Ovshinsky, State Device Research Intel’s Gordon Moore Conference co-authors article for Electronics Magazine on the first demonstration of Phase Change Memory (PCM), the NVM technique used by 3D XPoint as announced by Intel and Micron in 2015, and as later productized by Intel as Optane

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Toshiba’s Iizuka, General instrument Hitachi files patent for Hughes Eli Harari of Hughes Eli Harari of Hughes IEEE Solid State Circuits Hughes Masuoka and others ships EAROM, the first NAND-type MROM Microelectronics files Microelectronics Microelectronics publishes paper titled Microelectronics introduce first double- commercial EEPROM Eli Harari patent for first publishes “Conduction publishes “Dielectric “An Electrically Alterable introduces the 3108, layered polysilicon practical floating gate and Trapping of Breakdown in Non-Volatile Memory first CMOS EEPROM memory cell (SAMOS) EEPROM using thin SiO2 Electrons in Highly Electrically Stressed Cell Using Floating Gate 8Kb chip employing with Floating Gate and Fowler Nordheim Stressed Thin Films of Thin Films of Thermal Structure” by Guterman, Fowler Nordheim electrical erase tunneling for program Thermal SiO2” (Applied SiO2” (Journal of Applied Rinawi, Chieu, tunneling at International and erase; Eli Harari Physics Letters) Physics) Holvorson, and McElroy Intel introduces the Conference on Solid went on to receive of Texas Instruments P.C.Y. Chen of Fairchild Hughes 2816, 16Kb HMOS State Devices and the 2012 FMS Lifetime introduces SONOS Microelectronics EEPROM employing Materials Achievement Award charge trap NVM cell introduces first CMOS Fowler Nordheim in IEEE Transactions on NOVRAM 256-bit chip tunneling Electron Devices (non-volatile SRAM) Fujitsu files patent employing Fowler with improvements to Nordheim floating gate Hitachi’s 1975 MROM EEPROM at IEEE ISSCC Hughes introduces 8K-bit EEPROM Intel’s George Perlegos designs the 2816, the first commercially successful EEPROM; George Perlegos went on to receive the 2017 FMS Lifetime Achievement Award

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British scientist and SEEQ Technology Intel introduces 2817A First paper describing Exel files patent for first Flash card concept Toshiba’s Fujio Masuoka SunDisk founded to inventor Kane Kramer introduces the 5213, 16Kb EEPROM flash EEPROM NOR Flash cell introduced with ECC presents IEEE IEDM develop new “System designs first digital first EEPROM with presented by Fujio and on-card controller paper on NAND flash Flash” architecture audio player (IXI) based on-chip charge pump Masuoka of Toshiba by Intel memory combining embedded on magnetic bubble for in-system write and at IEEE International controller, firmware Intel forms unit focusing Intel introduces NOR memory chips erase, an invention used Electron Devices and flash memory to on solid state drives flash chips in all flash memory Meeting (IEDM) in emulate disk storage devices San Francisco; Fujio RCA’s VLSI Tech SunDisk files first two Masuoka went on to Symposium paper Ramtron introduces first MLC (Multi-Level Cell) receive the 2013 FMS on first NAND-type commercial FRAM NVM flash patents Lifetime Achievement EEPROM Award JPEG and MPEG standards allowing Intel begins flash economical production process development of digital cameras are ATMEL (Advanced published Technology for Memory Intel samples 1Mb NOR and Logic) is founded flash by George Perlegos Intel and Psion design flash-based mobile PC First flash-based digital camera, Fuji DS-1P, demonstrated 150mm wafers used

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SunDisk files System Sony introduces Toshiba develops Information Storage Datalight introduces SunDisk introduces Casio introduces the Toshiba introduces Flash patent EReader using flash world’s first 4Mb Devices introduces “Card Trick” flash CompactFlash card QV-11 digital camera SmartMedia Memory memory NAND flash flash-based voice management software with flash rather than Card (also called Solid M-Systems founded and Norris Communications recorder chip film or floppy State Floppy Disk Card) introduces Flash Disk Kodak flash-based Kodak ships Apple introduces NOR introduces Flashback, concept (precursor to camera prototypes DCS-100, its first DCS AMD introduces its first flash-based Newton the first portable digital Mitsubishi introduces Samsung starts shipping flash SSDs); M-Systems shown at $13,000 NOR product PDA voice recorder with DiNOR NAND flash co-founders Dov Moran flash memory NOR flash pricing Zenith, Poqet and Fujitsu introduces its Intel introduces 16Mb SunDisk introduces Kodak DC-25 is and Aryeh Mergi went in parity with DRAM HP palm-sized first NOR product and 32Mb NOR flash 0.5 micron process 34Mb Serial NOR first DSC with on to receive 2018 FMS pricing notebook computers announced Flash—first MLC CompactFlash card Lifetime Achievement M-Systems introduces Intel and Conner using flash memory flash chip for SSD Awards PCMCIA sets TrueFSS, the first flash Peripherals introduce SunDisk introduces Datalight introduces cards shown at Spring applications standard on ATA PC memory card FTL; this jointly-developed 18Mb Serial NOR “FlashFX” flash Intel ships 512Kb and Comdex Card form factor was later adopted by 5MB/10MB ATA flash flash chip for SSD SunDisk changes name management software 1Mb NOR flash and pinout, using the PCMCIA as its FTL disk drive applications to SanDisk supporting NOR and Psion flash-based PC SunDisk “System Flash” NAND in a single driver Intel launches second- AMD introduces M-Systems introduces Flash (NOR and introduced specification for full generation FFS2 5-volt-only NOR using NOR-based DiskOnChip NAND) revenues exceed SanDisk introduces first HDD compatibility Microsoft introduces negative gate erase $1B flash cards with MLC Intel introduces 8Mb Flash File System in joint Intel 1MB and 4MB serial NOR flash chip and 4MB- CompactFlash effort with Intel linear flash PCMCIA 20MB linear flash Association (CFA) Palm introduces flash cards introduced DigiPro introduces memory cards founded memory-based PDA 8MB NOR Flashdisk at Intel introduces 2Mb Intel introduces 1Mb 0.35 micron process Comdex NOR chip “boot lock” NOR flash announced Western Digital and SunDisk introduces with sectors for BIOS $2.6B in flash memory SunDisk pioneer world’s first NOR flash applications—first use revenues, 163,063% NOR-based SSD fully SSD: 20MB 2.5”, fully of internal write state growth in 10 years emulating ATA HDD compatible with machine to manage Conner peripherals flash write algorithm Lexar Media spins off Personal Computer 2.5” ATA HDD from Cirrus Logic Memory Card SunDisk introduces International first serial 9Mb NOR USB Association (USBA) Association (PCMCIA) Flash chip for SSD founded founded applications Silicon Storage PCs begin using flash Technology (SST) for BIOS storage founded to produce Toshiba ships first mass- NOR SuperFlash, produced NAND (4Mb) compatible with a CMOS logic process

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SaeHan Information 250nm process Toshiba and SanDisk M-Systems Toshiba and SanDisk Olympus and FujiFilm SanDisk introduces U3 software system for Systems introduces announced create flash memory (working with IBM) announce 1Gb MLC introduce xD-Picture miniSD card USB flash drives flash-based MPMan manufacturing joint and Trek Technology NAND Card introduced by SanDisk NOR revenues exceed Sony and SanDisk jointly MP3 player venture introduce USB flash and M-Systems $2B SanDisk introduces first MMCmoblie card introduce Memory Stick drives Sandisk and Micron announces NOR NAND System Flash introduced by MMCA PRO Micro NAND prices drop SaeHan Information Siemens introduce products Intel ships its one- product (MultiMediaCard below DRAM prices Systems and licensee Spansion spins out of MultiMedia Card (MMC billionth flash unit Association) Eiger ship world’s first Over one billion flash Hitachi introduces AMD and Fujitsu SanDisk and and MMCplus) mass-produced MP3 chips ship 160nm process AG-AND Sony and SanDisk jointly Motorola introduce NAND revenues exceed Sony introduces the player (MPMan) with announced introduce the Memory TransFlash card, now Dov Moran of Samsung begins mass $5B Memory Stick 32MB Stick PRO and half-size the microSD card M-Systems applies for Flash (NOR and production of 512Mb Memory Stick PRO Duo Samsung introduces First cell phones ship Diamond Rio introduces patent on USB-based NAND) revenues exceed flash memory device Datalight introduces cards TaNOS structure at IEEE with flash memory PMP300 MP3 player flash drive $10B multi-threaded NAND revenues exceed IEDM, a technology M-Systems introduces “FlashFX Pro” M-Systems introduces Panasonic, SanDisk and NOR revenues exceed SD Card Association $1B later used in 3D NAND Mobile DiskOnChip, the management software NAND-based Toshiba launch SD card $4B founded Saifun develops NROM first SSD in a chip; this to support multimedia DiskOnChip MultiMediaCard Lexar Media introduces with charge trap flash was used in handsets NAND devices 200mm wafers begin Association (MMCA) CompactFlash-to-USB structure, the basis for by Nokia, Motorola and Spansion announces production founded by 14 JumpSHOT Spansion’s MirrorBit Ericsson MirrorBit Quad 4-bit companies 500 million flash chips AMD introduces NOR ship MirrorBit using hot 90nm process electron injection- Intel introduces announced 2-bit/cell 64Mb MLC based charge trap flash Hynix and ST Micro StrataFlash Cypress introduces form flash joint venture MultiMediaCard (MMC) Programmable System Hynix NAND product unveiled by SanDisk and on Chip (PSoC) introduced Siemens with first embedded SONOS using quantum Infineon NAND mechanical tunneling- product introduced based charge trap flash based on Saifun Charge 130nm process Trap Flash announced Panasonic and Sanyo introduce first flash- based camcorders SanDisk introduces Flash Sansa MP3 players Freescale (later Everspin) ships first commercial MRAM NVM

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Apple introduces first Intel introduces Robson Toshiba introduces SanDisk introduces ABL Intel and Micron Toshiba introduces LSI acquires SandForce SanDisk and Toshiba two flash-based iPods, Cache Memory (now eMMC NAND to enable high speed introduce 34nm TLC 128GB SD card based announce 19nm process SanDisk acquires Pliant iPod shuffle and iPod called Turbo Memory) MLC, TLC and X4 NAND NAND on 16-chip stack in 128Gb chips IMFT begins shipping nano IMFT introduces Microsoft introduces 50nm NAND flash 34nm process Samsung introduces Intel, Micron Ultrabooks begin to ship 20nm NAND flash Microsoft introduces ReadyBoost announced by Intel first full HD camcorder introduce 25nm TLC with Smart Response Toshiba introduces Hybrid Hard Disk Drive and Micron with 64GB SSD and MLC NAND Intel announces Smart SSD cache SanDisk announces first MLC SATA-based concept Response SSD caching 3-bit MLC NAND SSD Toshiba introduces first Seagate enters SSD Numonyx acquired by Macronix and Winbond for PCs MMCmicro card technology 512GB MLC SATA-based market Micron enter NAND business Apple introduces the introduced by MMCA SSD Seagate announces M-Systems announces iPhone SandForce Microchip acquires SST Seagate introduces SSHD, second generation 70nm process 4-bit MLC technology Intel and STMicro spin introduces first combining flash and HDD Fusion-io announces Samsung Electronics Momentus XT hybrid announced off Numonyx compression-based SanDisk announces 640GB ioDrive MLC begins producing 64Gb HDD with 8GB NAND Elpida introduces ReRAM SSD controller Micron introduces microSDHC card NAND-based PCIe X4 IBM demos first “Million 3-bit NAND flash and 750GB Micron and Intel NAND product board IOPS” array Virident and Schooner HDD storage SanDisk acquires Matrix Samsung Electronics introduce 20nm 128Gb introduce first flash- Over three billion flash Semiconductor BiTMICRO launches EMC announces use introduces high-speed Apple acquires Anobit NAND chip using hi-k based application chips ship 3.5” SSD with capacity of flash-based SSDs 512GB SSD utilizing planar cell SanDisk acquires appliances for the data Fusion-io acquires of 1.6TB (for military for enterprise SAN toggle-mode DDR SK hynix formed upon NAND GB shipments M-Systems center IO Turbine applications) applications NAND memory overtake those of DRAM SK Telecom’s acquisition Samsung and Seagate Pillar Data converts NVM Express Spansion acquires Apple introduces Seagate announces of controlling interest in NAND revenues exceed demonstrate first Hybrid Axiom SANs to SSD organization established Saifun MacBook Air first self-managed Hynix Semiconductor $10B Hard Disk Drives and NVMe Rev. 1.0 Pliant introduces first hybrid HDD, Momentus Several laptop MLC Micron, Samsung and published MOSAID samples IMFT formed by Intel SAS SSD XT, with 4GB NAND SSDs introduced with Sun Microsystems 333GB/s HL-NAND and Micron to flash and 500GB HDD Richard Pashley, up to 128GB storage announce high- SanDisk and Toshiba Adesto acquires ATMEL’s manufacture NAND storage Stefan Lai, Bruce endurance flash present 4-bit/cell flash Serial NOR business flash Dell introduces SSD McCormick and Niles memory at IEEE ISSCC Universal Flash Storage option for laptop Kynett formerly of Intel Spansion introduces 8Gb STEC acquires Gnutech Association (UFSA) models Violin Memory WD acquires receive FMS Lifetime NOR chip founded Spansion introduces introduces first SiliconSystems and gets Achievement Awards Sub-$200 netbook DensBits Technologies ORNAND flash fully flash-based storage into SSD business JEDEC publishes computers introduced JEDEC publishes first introduces Memory appliance two specs for Solid- 56nm process with flash memory NVELO introduces Universal Flash Storage Modem State Drives: “SSD announced storage Samsung announces first PC flash caching (UFS) spec Requirements and Proximal Data introduces 150GB 2.5” MLC SSD software “Dataplex” 300mm wafers begin Microsoft introduces Endurance Test Method” LSI acquires SandForce AutoCache with SATA II Interface production flash-based Zune Player SanDisk introduces and “SSD Endurance SanDisk acquires Several companies 100-year flash storage Micron acquires Lexar NAND revenues Workloads” FlashSoft announce MLC flash vault Media exceed $14.5B SSDs with up to 256GB EMC acquires XtremIO AgigA ships Flash revenues exceed Flash revenues exceed for notebook apps OCZ acquires Sanrad NAND-backed DIMM $20B $22B, almost 9 times Micron introduces first Samsung acquires NVELO First Flash Memory 1997 revenues serial NAND flash Intel acquires Nevex and Summit held in Seagate announces Toshiba develops 3D introduces CacheWorks San Jose Hybrid Storage Alliance NAND structure, BiCS LSI introduces Nytro Open NAND Flash Seagate introduces Apple sells one million flash with MegaRAID Interface (ONFi) V1.0 first hybrid HHD, the flash-based iPhones CacheCade caching spec published Momentus PSD in 3 days software Numonyx and Samsung MMCA/JEDEC e.MMC Micron introduces 2.5” introduce phase change MMCA merges into spec published PCIe enterprise SSD NVM JEDEC SNIA Solid State Storage IBM acquires Texas Initiative (SSSI) formed Memory Systems HGST releases first SSD Cypress Semiconductor with a SAS interface acquires Ramtron Western Digital acquires HGST Skyera launches 44TB flash array JEDEC and ONFi introduce toggle mode SanDisk founder Eli Harari receives FMS Lifetime ©2020 Conference Concepts Inc. 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Samsung announces Samsung, SanDisk and SanDisk introduces Micron, Intel, Toshiba, Microchip ships its Cypress introduces NGD Systems ships WDC ships 112-layer availability of 24-layer Toshiba announce InfiniFlash storage SanDisk and SK hynix 75-billionth SST 16Mb FRAMs industry’s first BiCS 3D NAND as 512 3D V-NAND at FMS and 3D NAND production system ship 3D NAND SuperFlash-based scalable ASIC-based Gbit TLC part Toshiba completes $18B demos it in a 1TB SSD facilities device Computational Storage Cypress Semiconductor XMC breaks ground memory business sale KIOXIA ships first NVMe SSD Diablo Technologies SanDisk introduces acquires Spansion on first China-owned SK hynix announces Automotive UFS at Samsung launches announces Memory 4TB Enterprise SSD NAND flash lab 72-layer 3D NAND Samsung announces 512GB density Toshiba, Samsung, and high-speed Z-SSD Channel Storage commercial production SanDisk announces SanDisk announce Micron introduces Toshiba migrates all Lightbits Labs ships first technology Micron ships Enterprise of eMRAM on 28nm 128GB microSD card, 48-layer 3D NAND 768Gb 3D NAND new SSDs to 64-layer clustered, redundant, SSD using QLC and 1Tb FD-SOI process SMART Storage Systems a 1000x increase in BiCS FLASH TLC scale-out NVMe/TCP Intel and Micron Western Digital acquires 3D NAND die incorporates Diablo capacity on device’s Lightbits Labs ships software solution announce 256Gb SanDisk Intel ships Optane Technologies designs into 10th anniversary Hyperstone introduces industry’s first 3D NAND (3D XPoint) SSD Infineon acquires ULLtraDIMM Everspin announces flash controllers with AI commercial NVMe/ IBM announces eXFlash Cypress Semiconductor Samsung introduces 256Mb MRAM chips Violin Memory goes and Machine Learning TCP software-defined SNIA NVDIMM SIG formed; DIMMs using SanDisk first NVMe m.2 SSDs private disaggregated storage KIOXIA acquires LiteOn many flash-based ULLtraDIMM’s IBM adapts TLC to PCM Intel samples Optane NVDIMM products SanDisk introduces HPE acquires Nimble (3D XPoint) DC solutions NVMe ZNS Command implementation of Samsung ships 48-layer introduced 200GB microSDXC Storage and Simplivity Persistent Memory Set Spec V1.0 published Diablo Memory- 3D NAND YMTC samples 32-layer UHS-1 card Western Digital and Channel Storage Micron ships first string- China’s “Big Fund” “Xtacking” NAND NVMe Computational NVMe-oF (NVM Express SanDisk introduce SSHD technology Cypress introduces 4MB stacked 3D NAND Phase 2 targets over Storage Task Group over Fabrics) Rev. 1.0 Intel ships Optane using iSSD combined with serial FRAM $30B for semiconductor formed Samsung rolls out published Samsung and Toshiba/ (3D XPoint) memory an SDD investments second generation 3D Intel and Micron WD announce 96-layer on DIMMs Open Compute Project NVMe-oF products Toshiba introduces line V-NAND with 32 layers announce 3D XPoint 3D NAND NVMe/TCP Transport (OCP) publishes NVMe demonstrated by at Micron ships industry’s of SSHDs Memory Binding spec ratified by Cloud SSD Spec V1.0: Spansion introduces least 12 vendors NGD Systems first QLC enterprise NVMe WG first Cloud SSD reqs. Everspin Technologies HyperFlash NOR with Intel announces ships NVMe 24TB SSDs Toshiba introduces spec announces shipments of 333 MB/s HyperBus 3D XPoint-based Computational Storage SNIA forms Through-Silicon Via Intel ships SSDs with STT MRAM “Optane” DIMMs and device Computational Storage JEDEC publishes first Toshiba acquires OCZ (TSV) NAND both Optane (3D SSDs Technical Work Group XPoint) and QLC NAND DDR4 NVDIMM-P Micron and others sample Everspin introduces Everspin samples 1Gb Spin Transfer (TWG) Persistent Memory 16nm flash memory and ramps production Micron introduces STT MRAM chip All major vendors ship Technologies delivers Module spec device with CMOS Gyrfalcon Technology SanDisk releases CFast of ST-MRAM fully functional ST- Global Foundries or sample 96-Layer 2.0 professional video Under 3D NAND Array ships AI accelerator NAND SNIA publishes specs Samsung introduces MRAM samples introduces embedded memory card (CUA) incorporating first use for Native NVMe-oF 3-bit/cell 3D NAND eMRAM All leading foundries Micron launches Xccela of TSMC’s eMRAM and Cloud Data Mgmnt. M.2 PCIe interface SSDs SanDisk introduces produce embedded Consortium Flash Memory market Interface (CDMI) formalized 200GB microSD card SNIA publishes MRAM Adesto ships one- exceeds size of entire Toshiba ships industry’s Performance specs for KIXOIA ships first PCIe Western Digital acquires millionth CBRAM Mellanox and partners 1990 semiconductor Trade tensions brew first NVMe BGA “SSD on Solid State Storage and 4.0 Enterprise NVMe sTec, Virident, Velobit demonstrate pre- market between US and China SK hynix acquires Violin a chip” for Real World Storage SSD standard NVMe over SanDisk acquires SMART Memory’s PCIe SSD WD develops TLC on Workloads Open-Channel SSDs Fabrics (NVMe-oF) Western Digital Storage Systems business 64-layer 3D NAND begin transition demonstrates prototype Dov Moran and Aryeh Pure Storage has IPO to NVMe Zoned NVMdurance introduces Seagate acquires of the world’s first 1TB JEDEC and SNIA Mergi, M-Systems Namespaces (ZNS) software to extend flash LSI/Avago storage JEDEC publishes SDXC card win FMS Award for co-founders, endurance first DDR4 NVDIMM-N Standard business Adesto launches receive FMS Lifetime Computer Express Link NVDIMM-N Persistent Achievement Awards (CXL) introduced, and Micron acquires Elpida SanDisk acquires CBRAM-based Moneta ScaleFlux is first to Memory Module spec Spec V1.1 published Intel introduces Intel Fusion-io family of ReRAM deploy production- LightNVM and Open- qualified Computational Eideticom ships Cache Acceleration HGST acquires Skyera SFF Committee Channel SSD support Storage Software becomes SNIA SFF first NVMe-based Samsung acquires added to Linux kernel Technology Affiliate 2012 FMS Lifetime Computational Storage First NVMe devices from Proximal Data Flash Memory Summit’s Achievement Awardee Processor Samsung and SanDisk Kinam Kim, President Simon Sze, formerly of 10th Anniversary Eli Harari inducted into SNIA publishes Key Panasonic ships first of System LSI / Bell Labs, receives FMS National Inventors Value Storage API V1.0, commercial embedded Bob Norman, formerly Semiconductor Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame and wins FMS Award ReRAM in an MCU of SanDisk and Micron, Business at Samsung, Award receives FMS Lifetime receives FMS Lifetime George Perlegos, Adesto ships Mavriq Toshiba Memory Achievement Award Achievement Award formerly of Intel, CBRAM: first commercial becomes KIOXIA SEEQ and ATMEL, stand-alone ReRAM Sanjay Mehrotra of receives FMS Lifetime Micron, and formerly of SNIA publishes NVM Achievement Award Programming Model V1.0 Intel, SEEQ, IDT, ATMEL, SanDisk and WD, Fujio Masuoka, formerly receives FMS Lifetime of Toshiba, receives FMS Achievement Award Lifetime Achievement Award ©2020 Conference Concepts Inc.