You will probably, at one time or another, run into the famous back-scratching production method.
Back in the day, I mean way-back, there used to be around 100+ trademark companies that sold VHS VCR's, while there were only 14 or so component manufacturers and 9 or 10 actual VCR builders. I used to work on them and you go out and purchase a SAM'S Photofacts Service manual for a Sharp SV1100 and the manual would clearly state on the cover:
Also for:
GoldStar ######
Emerson #####
Sears #####
LLoyd's #####
Same metal box with the same components, in the same place with a different plastic bezel on the front.
A famous case-in-point is when Mitsubishi wanted to enter the low/medium end consumer market and contracted Sharp to sell them one of their better models and Mitsubishi had new (and much cooler) front bezels made for the box. Part of the deal was that Sharp wanted to enter the mid to high end consumer market and with the same deal, purchased a batch of Mitsubishi's middle of the line boxes and had new bezels made for them. lol
"You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours."
People used to laugh at "Radio Shack High End Home Audio" equipment.
Most of that equipment was made by Pioneer, Sony, Technics, Kenwood, Teac, Tascam, just to name a few. Back in the mid-to-late 70's, they had some prime audio equipment that were sleepers. People had no idea. And one way to tell is to look at the back and you will find a number under the (UL) circle that by federal law - cannot be altered - and it points to a "File" at Underwriters Laboratories that defines who made the thing. Doesn't matter what the "branding" is or what the manual says.
Take Western Digital. They've purchased at least two - if not more - competing rotating memory storage companies (hard drives). Did they do anything more than slap a Western Digital label on the Maxtor drives that were being rebranded as Western Digital drive? Nope! But, the physical shape of the drive chassis always gave it away.
Another way to find out if the SSD in question was made by a reliable/reputable company, is to check and see if they also make a real "Data Center Professional" line - not just "#### Pro". These devices will be easily identified by a 10 year or longer warranty and an extra decimal place (or two) on the price tag. And, no - not every quality manufacturer will have that product line. But, if they do, it's a good indication that they are serious about all of their products. A bad wrap in a consumer product will impact their data center product sales.
Just to clarify. Hynix has been a - go to - memory maker for years. Their products have been finding their way into most major brands of storage devices with the exception of those that make their own silicon, such as Samsung.
Too bad, small computer components don't have this.
I'm reminded of the scene in Blade Runner when he identifies the maker of a snake by a serial number on one of the scales.
