Tag: Kioxia
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Kioxia Unveils World’s Largest SSD: The LC9 Boasts a Staggering 245.76TB Capacity
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 BiCS8 2Tb 3D QLC NAND flash memory and an unspecified controller chip that supports the NVMe 2.0 protocol. It interfaces via…
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Kioxia and Western Digital speed up merger negotiations
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 respective product lines have been intentionally divergent to mitigate any potential competition. As of early this year, it was rumored that…
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Kioxia and Western Digital will demonstrate 300+ layers of 3D NAND flash memory
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 3D NAND storage devices. As reported by eeNewsEurope, Kioxia, and Western Digital are pursuing the realization of 1Tb 3D TLC NAND…
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Global NAND flash shipments increase 5.3% quarter-over-quarter in Q4 2022
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 released a report on the NAND flash market for the fourth quarter of 2022, revealing total revenue of $10.29 billion, a…
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TrendForce: The QoQ decline in prices of enterprise SSDs widened to 25% for 4Q22
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 $3.79 billion, a 27.4% decrease from the previous quarter. From the NAND flash industry category perspective, the trend is expected to…
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Kioxia announced to provide SSD for HPE SBC-2 program
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 be used in scientific experiments on the International Space Station in a testing environment. HPE’s Spaceborne Computer-2 is designed to execute…
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Samsung continues to rank first in DRAM and NAND market share
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 30 years. Its market share is more than 10% ahead of its competitors. According to Business Korea, Samsung’s technology leadership is…
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Kioxia and Western Digital are considering merging their flash memory production operations
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 of the two parties also have a focus, in order to avoid competition between each other as much as possible. According…
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Kioxia and Western Digital celebrate the start of production of Fab 7
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 with this cooperation and consider it another important milestone in their 20-year strategic joint venture partnership. Recently, Kioxia issued an announcement…
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Kioxia cuts 3D NAND flash production
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 take a wait-and-see attitude, which makes the balance of supply and demand deteriorate rapidly. The decline in NAND flash prices is…
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Kioxia and Western Digital announced a joint investment in the Yokkaichi plant
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 project of the Beishang factory has begun, Kioxia said it will adopt a shock-absorbing structure and environmentally friendly design, install advanced…
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NAND Flash Revenue in 3Q21 increased by 15% from the previous quarter
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 their large-scale procurement activities in the second quarter of 2021 to deploy platforms based on the new processors. At the same…
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Toshiba announces strategic reorganization: split into three independent companies
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. Being too bloated may lead to scattered power, waste of resources, low efficiency, difficult management, etc., and ultimately drag down its…
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Western Digital and Kioxia are negotiating a merger
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, its management expected Kioxia’s valuation to reach $16 billion. Later, due to the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, market uncertainty, and…