Transcend Information, Inc.

Transcend headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan
Native name	創見資訊股份有限公司
Company type	Public
Traded as	TWSE: 2451
Industry	Storage devices
Founded	1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Founder	Chung-Won Shu
Headquarters	Taipei, Taiwan
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Chung-Won Shu (Chairman & CEO)
Products	Flash memory cards USB flash drives External hard drives DRAM Multimedia product Solid-state drives Dashcams Body cameras Personal cloud storage Apple solutions Embedded solutions
Number of employees	2,000 (2011)
Website	www.transcend-info.com

Transcend Information, Inc. (Chinese: 創見資訊股份有限公司; pinyin: Chuàngjiàn Zīxùn Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is a Taiwanese company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan that manufactures and distributes memory products. Transcend deals in over 2,000 products including memory modules, flash memory cards, USB flash drives, portable hard drives, multimedia products, solid-state drives, dashcams, body cameras, personal cloud storage, card readers and accessories.

It has offices in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Japan, Hong Kong, China and South Korea. It was the first Taiwanese memory module manufacturer to receive ISO 9001 certification.

History

Transcend Information. Inc. was founded in 1988 by Mr. Chung-Won Shu, Peter, with its headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan. Today, Transcend has become a global brand of digital storage, multimedia and industrial products with 13 offices worldwide. The design, development, and manufacture all their products is done in-house, as well as the marketing and sales.

Product lines

Transcend manufactures memory modules, flash memory cards, USB flash drives, card readers, external hard drives, solid state drives and industrial-grade products.

• Memory cards – SD / CF / micro SD
• USB flash drives – USB 3.0 / USB 2.0
• External hard drives – Rugged series / Classic series / 3.5" Desktop storage
• Solid-state drives – 2.5" SSDs / M.2 SSDs / mSATA SSDs / Portable SSDs
• Card readers – USB 3.0 / USB 2.0 / USB Type - C
• Dashcams
• Body cameras
• Personal cloud storage
• Apple solutions - Lightning / USB 3.1 flash drives / SSD upgrade kit / Expansion cards for MacBook Air and MacBook Pro / Portable hard drive and portable SSD for Mac
• Multimedia products - Digital media players / DVD writers
• Memory modules - For Desktop / Notebook / Server
• Embedded solutions
• Flash: SSD / CF / SD / MMC / eMMC / SATA Module / PATA Module / USB Module
• DRAM: Industrial temperature / Workstation / Server / Standard / Low voltage / Low profile

JetFlash

JetFlash are a series of flash based USB drives designed and manufactured by Transcend.^[1] In addition to USB flash drives, Transcend has also created different JetFlash software to maximize the usage of the flash drives.^[2] Types include:

• Hi-Speed Series - Performance-focused flash drives
• V Series - Design-oriented flash drives
• T Series - USB flash drives designed for replacing floppy/CD/DVD media
• Security Series - USB flash drives designed for security

Transcend, working in collaboration with Bharti Enterprises, has donated 500 2GB JetFlash V33 USB flash drives through the Bharti Foundation in order to support the Satya Bharti School Program in India.^[3]

Transcend has worked with Trend Micro to launch USB flash drives with preloaded anti-virus software exclusively in India.^[4]

Transcend's Jetflash 160 won the flash drive test conducted by German magazine ComputerBild.^[5]