KIOXIA
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KIOXIA, which will officially start operating on October 1, 2019, after rebranding from Toshiba Memory, is a world leader in memory solutions, dedicated to the development, production and sale of flash memory and solid-state drives (SSDs).
In April 2017, its predecessor Toshiba Memory was spun off from Toshiba Corporation, the company that invented NAND flash memory in 1987. KIOXIA is committed to uplifting the world with memory by offering products, services and systems that create choice for customers and memory-based value for society.
KIOXIA's innovative 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH™, is shaping the future of storage in high-density applications, including advanced smartphones, PCs, SSDs, automotive and data centers.
Name / Legal form: KIOXIA Europe GmbH
Headquarters: Düsseldorf, Germany
History: In 1984 Toshiba developed a new semiconductor memory – the flash – and started a new era of memory way before their competitors did. After a while, in 1987 the development of the NAND flash memory started and since that day, the NAND flash memory has been used in various memory cards and electronical devices. The market of NAND flash memory grew rapidly and the flash memory was announced to be the international standard memory device. Toshiba, the founder of the flash memory leveled off the way to a new era, where we can take videos, music and data with us wherever we want to, no matter where we are. 2017 the Toshiba Memory Cooperation was founded. On October 1st 2019 Toshiba Memory Cooperation changed to KIOXIA Holding. KIOXIA’s Mission: Uplifting the world with “memory”
Year of foundation: 1.10.2019
Division / Area: Technology and Electronics
Line-Up: SLC NAND, BENAND™, Serial NAND (SPI), e.MMC™, UFS, Solid-State-Drive (SSD): 2,5" SATA, 2,5" U.3 PCIe® /NVMe™, M.2 SATA/PCIe® /NVMe™, EDSFF, eSSD
Typical applications: Automotive (Navigation Systems), Medical Devices, Test Systems, POS & Kiosk, Telecommunication & Server, Industrial Handheld Device, HMI & Thin Client, MFP, Ind. /Embedded MB