Kingston

Kingston Technology Corporation is an American, privately held, multinational computer technology corporation that develops, manufactures, sells and supports flash memory products and other computer-related memory products. Headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, USA, Kingston Technology employs more than 4,000 people worldwide as of Q1 2014. The company has manufacturing and logistics facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Taiwan, andMainland China.

It is the largest independent producer of DRAM memory modules, currently owning 53% of the third-party worldwide DRAM module market share, according to IHS. Kingston is arguably the second largest supplier of flash memory. Gartner ranks Kingston as the world's #2 supplier of USB drives, #4 in flash cards and #5 in solid state drives.