Flash memory manufacturer Kioxia has recently unveiled the world’s highest-capacity solid-state drive, the Kioxia LC9, offering an astounding maximum capacity of 245.76TB—enough to store approximately 12,500 movies at 4GB each. Technically, the LC9 employs...
The partnership between Western Digital and Kioxia in the realm of data storage has spanned over two decades, during which they have jointly invested in the research and production of NAND flash memory. Their...
The 2023 VLSI Technology and Circuits Symposium will take place in Kyoto, Japan, from June 11th to 16th, 2023, where Kioxia and Western Digital will showcase their latest innovations to support future high-capacity, high-performance...
As previously reported, NAND flash shipments in the third quarter of 2022 declined 6.7% quarter-over-quarter, with average selling prices dropping 18.3% and total revenue amounting to approximately $13.71 billion, a 24.3% decline. Recently, TrendForce...
Recently, TrendForce released its latest market research report, showing that the quarter-on-quarter decline in enterprise SSD prices widened to 25% in the fourth quarter of 2022, with total revenue for the quarter at only...
Kioxia has announced its participation in the Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2) program by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). As part of the program, Kioxia will provide flash memory for HPE Edgeline and HPE ProLiant servers to...
Samsung has maintained its leading position in the semiconductor memory industry for many years. It has ranked first in the NAND flash memory market for 20 consecutive years, and in the DRAM market for...
Western Digital and Kioxia have partnered in the storage field for more than 20 years, during which time they jointly invested in the R&D and production of NAND flash memory. The respective product lines...
About half a year ago, Kioxia announced that it had reached an agreement with Western Digital to jointly invest in the Fab 7 factory in Yokkaichi. Both Kioxia and Western Digital are very satisfied...
TrendForce previously stated that in the third quarter of 2022, the inventory backlog in the supply chain has a tendency to spread. At the same time, distributors are slow to destock, and customers generally...
Some time ago, Kioxia confirmed that the plant in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan will be expanded to build a new Fab 2 factory, which will focus on the production of BiCS Flash. The expansion...
TrendForce released the NAND Flash Revenue in 3Q21, showing that driven by the demand for servers and smartphones, the NAND flash memory market ushered in substantial growth. Enterprise customers and large equipment manufacturers continue...
Under normal circumstances, many companies use acquisitions and mergers to expand their scale and integrate more resources to enhance competitiveness and even form monopolies. However, it is not always better to become a giant....
It was reported this spring that Micron and Western Digital are both studying the possibility of gaining control of Kioxia. Kioxia originally planned for an initial public offering (IPO) last fall. At that time,...
