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Transcend Information

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Transcend Information, Inc.
Native name
創見資訊股份有限公司
Company typePublic
TWSE: 2451
IndustryStorage devices
Founded1988; 36 years ago (1988)
FounderChung-Won Shu
Headquarters
Taipei, Taiwan
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Chung-Won Shu (Chairman & CEO)
ProductsFlash 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)
Websitewww.transcend-info.com
Taiwan factory

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

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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

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

JetFlash

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Transcend JF V30 2GB flash drive

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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Company Profile-Overview". Transcend. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  2. ^ "Transcend USB Flash Drives". Transcend. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  3. ^ "Transcend donates USB flash drives to support needy children in India". Transcend. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  4. ^ "Transcend and Trend Micro unveil JetFlash V15s Antivirus USB Flash Drive in India". Techgadgets.in. Retrieved 2009-06-19.
  5. ^ "Transcend JetFlash 160 wins flash drive test". Lets Go Digital. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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