Kioxia and Sandisk have begun making their 10th-generation 3D flash memory products at Fab2 in Kitakami, Japan.
The new production line arrives as demand for storage keeps climbing, especially from AI-related systems that need more memory bandwidth, greater capacity and better efficiency.
“Beginning production of our 10th-generation 3D flash memory at our Kitakami facility marks an important milestone for the two companies as demand for high-performance flash technologies continues to increase,” said Alper Ilkbahar, Chief Technology Officer of Sandisk.
“Leveraging the partnership and scale advantages, Kioxia will continue to manufacture leading-edge flash memory products and achieve sustainable corporate growth,” said Koichiro Shibayama, President and CEO of Kioxia Iwate.
The launch is more than a routine manufacturing update. It shows the companies are pushing to stay competitive in a market where data centres, cloud providers and device makers all want denser flash memory that can handle larger workloads at lower power.
Fab2 is an increasingly important part of that strategy. By ramping production there, Kioxia and Sandisk are building a stronger base for future NAND flash output and giving themselves more room to scale as demand grows.
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