Kioxia plans new chip fab in Japan to meet AI memory demand
The Tokyo-based maker of NAND flash memory will construct a third facility at its manufacturing site in Iwate Prefecture.
Kioxia Holdings, a Tokyo-based company specializing in NAND flash memory, is set to construct a new chipmaking plant in northern Japan. This move is aimed at increasing production capacity to keep pace with the growing demand for storage in AI-related applications. The new facility will be built at the company's existing manufacturing site in Iwate Prefecture.
The plant will focus on producing Kioxia's latest high-density 3D flash memory chips, designed to handle the large volumes of data generated by AI services. The investment, to be carried out in partnership with manufacturing giant Sandisk, comes amid increasing pressure on the world's leading memory chipmakers to boost output and address a global shortage that has driven up the cost of electronics.
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