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Who invented the USB flash drive?

April 26, 2017flash drive invented USB

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Who invented the USB flash drive?

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The Israeli company M-Systems (acquired by SanDisk in November 2006) had been working on a USB flash drive since 1998. They registered the domain www.diskonkey.com on October 12, 1999, indicating their intention to sell a product. In 2000 Dan Harkabi joined the M-Systems team and led the development of DiskOnKey. The industrial design was done by Ziba and the product won the IDEA award in 2001. M-Systems’ patent rigorously describes the USB flash drive and its implementation.