Who makes those SEDs?
Non-Volatile storage devices are among the most high-tech devices in the world. As a consequence, the original equipment manufacturers of these devices is not a large universe of companies. This makes it easy to find makes and models of SEDs by going to the OEMs web site and searching with the right terms.
Traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)
| OEM Home Page | Comment | OEM Search Terms to find their Products |
| www.hgst.com | Subsidiary of WDC that makes TCG Opal and TCG Enterprise | Self-encrypting drives |
| www.seagate.com | TCG Opal and TCG Enterprise Available for all Models | Self-encrypting Drives |
| http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/product/storage-products.html | Toshiba makes TCG HDD SEDs but they are very hard to find | Look at both Enterprise (TCG Enterprise SAS) and Client (TCG Opal.) Search does not work. |
| www.wdc.com | Does not make SEDs, but HGST, their subsidiary does, and WD makes SED USB drives | n/a |
Solid State Drives (SSDs)
Note. There are hundreds of smaller players.
| OEM Home Page | Comment | OEM Search Terms to find their Products off their home page |
| www.intel.com | Makes SSDs, Raid Controllers both Opal and proprietary enterprise | ssd hardware encryption |
| www.micron.com / also calledwww.crucial.com | While Micron SSDs are all SEDs, some lower end Crucial ones are not from what we can tell | Self-encrypting drives |
| www.samsung.com | EVO Series SSDs are Opal Self-Encrypting | Evo ssd self-encrypting |
| www.sandisk.com | 300 Series SSDs are Opal self-encrypting | Self-encrypting drives |
| www.seagate.com | TCG Enterprise | Self-encrypting Drives |
| www.seagate.com | TCG Opal and Enterprise SanForce SSD Controllers | Sanforce flash controller |
| http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/product/storage-products.html | Toshiba makes SED SSDs but they are very hard to find | Look at both Enterprise (TCG Enterprise SAS) and Client (TCG Opal. Search does not work. |
USB SED Attached Storage Drives
| OEM Home Page | Comment | OEM Search Terms to find their Products off their home page |
| www.wdc.com | USB Drives, Proprietary Encryption in Bridge Chip | Hardware Encryption USB |
| www.samsung.com | USB Drives, SED, not evidently TCG but proprietary | Portable SSD |
| www.ironkey.com | Proprietary self-encrypting | Hardware self-encrypting flash drives |
| us.toshiba.com/ | Proprietary self-encrypting | Flash Drive Encrypted |
