With the rapid growth of data content, larger and more affordable mobile storage devices have become a “must-have” for many. Western Digital recently launched a 6TB 2.5-inch portable mechanical hard drive, currently the largest...
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...
Owing to market volatility and the evolution of storage technologies, the shipment volume of HDDs (hard disk drives) continued to contract in the first quarter of 2023. Nearline hard drives, the most profitable segment...
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...
The memory semiconductor market has been very sluggish recently. With weak demand and high inventory levels, Western Digital, as the world’s fourth largest NAND flash memory manufacturer, is determined to reduce the production of...
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...
With the weak market demand and the change in storage technology, HDD shipments have been showing a downward trend. The latest HDD shipment report recently shows that HDD shipments almost halved in 2022, and...
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...
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...
Recently, Samsung and Western Digital signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop the next-generation Data Placement, Processing, and Fabrics (D2PF) storage technology standard and are committed to promoting the widespread use of...
With the increase in demand in the digital field of science and technology, people’s demand for hard disk storage capacity is also increasing, and 20TB HDD has gradually begun to be used for civilian...
Western Digital disclosed some important details of their hard drive roadmap at the 5th Annual Virtual Wells Fargo TMT Summit Conference this week. Western Digitalremain optimistic about the demand for HDDs in the next...
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...
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,...
