thumb|right|A Kingston USB pen drive.
The USB Flash Drive Alliance, founded in December 2003 by
Samsung, Lexar Media, Kingston Technology and others, is a group of companies promoting the use of USB flash drives (also called "keydrives" and a variety of other names).
In 2003, according to the alliance, 50 million USB flash drives were sold in the US alone.
Alliance members
- Buffalo Technology
- Corsair Gaming
- Crucial Technology
- Infineon Technologies
- Kingston Technology
- Lexar Media
- Microsoft
- Phison
- PNY Technologies
- Samsung
- SimpleTech
See also
- USB
- USB flash drive
- U3 USB "smart" drives