Multiple individuals have staked a claim to having invented the USB flash drive.

The question of who invented the USB flash drive is contentious. The Israeli company M-Systems, which was acquired by SanDisk in 2006, filed the first patent for a “USB-based PC flash disk” in April 1999.

Oct 9, 2023 · There is always been debates about where the USB flash drive came from. In 1999, an Israeli company named M-Systems, led by engineer Dov Moran, introduced the DiskOnKey, the …

Mar 21, 2019 · In 1999, USB 1.0 and 1.1 was invented and released. With much dispute as to who actually invented these, the following are amongst many who claim to have invented these. M …

Dec 10, 2022 · In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) …

Jul 9, 2025 · A common misconception is that Dov Moran solely invented the USB flash drive. While he led the team that commercialized the DiskOnKey, it’s crucial to acknowledge the contributions of …

Oct 16, 2021 · In 1987, Mousaka began creating Nand Flash Memory, the first USB flash drive. However, he and his partner preferred to work on other projects, so Intel took the lead for Nand …

According to his profile on EE Times, Dov Moran of M-Systems first conceptualized the USB flash drive in 1998 after experiencing computer problems during a presentation to investors. The USB flash …

Feb 15, 2013 · The release of the first removable drive was in 1984, using Masuoka's NOR Flash Memory. It was in 1984 when he invented NOR Flash Memory, which is the predecessor to NAND …

Jul 30, 2025 · On 15 April 1999, Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan of M-Systems filed a patent application entitled "Architecture for a Universal Serial Bus-Based PC Flash Disk" and launched it …