Kioxia and Sandisk Announce Beginning of Operation of Fab2 at Kitakami Plant, Japan to Meet the Market Demand Driven by AI

Kioxia and Sandisk Announce Beginning of Operation of Fab2 at Kitakami Plant, Japan to Meet the Market Demand Driven by AI

TOKYO & MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 29, 2025-

Kioxia and SanDisk Launch Advanced Fab2 Operations in Japan

Kioxia Corporation, a subsidiary of Kioxia Holdings Corporation and Sandisk Corporation, recently announced the start of operations at Fab2 (K2), a state-of-the-art semiconductor fab at its Kitakami Facility in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Fab2 has the capacity to produce eighth-generation, 218-layer 3D flash memory featuring the companies’ revolutionary CMOS Direct-Attached-to-Die (CBA) technology and future advanced 3D flash memory nodes to meet t…

Kioxia and SanDisk launch new Japan facility amid rising AI demand for advanced memory chips

Kioxia and its long-time partner SanDisk announced on September 30 that their new chip factory in northern Japan has officially begun operations, a strategic move to meet the surging global demand for memory fueled by artificial intelligence (AI).

Kioxia and Sandisk Announce Beginning of Operation of Fab2 at Kitakami Plant - Semiconductor Digest

Kioxia Corporation today announced the start of operation at the Fab2 (K2), a semiconductor fabrication facility, at the Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Kioxia and Sandisk Announce Beginning of Operation of Fab2 at Kitakami Plant

Kioxia Corporation, a subsidiary of Kioxia Holdings Corporation and Sandisk Corporation today announced the start of operation at the Fab2 (K2), a state-of-the-art semiconductor fabrication facility, at the Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. Fab2 has the capability to produce eighth-generation, 218-layer 3D flash memory, featuring the companies' revolutionary CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) technology, and future advanced 3D flash me…