Silicon Motion and Phison Electronics reportedly have landed controller chip orders for eMMC modules and USB 3.0 flash drives, respectively, from SanDisk, according to industry sources.

　　Silicon Motion, which has been cooperating with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) for production of controller chips for SSDs, eMMC modules, NAND flash memory cards and flash drives, will produce SanDisk's eMMC controller chips using a 55nm node, said the sources.

　　The production of the eMMC controller chips will migrate to a 40nm process node in the third quarter of 2014, said the sources, adding that Silicon Motion is to begin shipping eMMC controller chips to SanDisk in the second quarter.