Kioxia
Japanese multinational computer memory manufacturer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kioxia Holdings Corporation (/kiˈoʊksiə/),[2] simply known as Kioxia and stylized as KIOXIA, is a Japanese multinational computer memory manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. The company was spun off from the Toshiba conglomerate as Toshiba Memory Corporation (東芝メモリ株式会社, Tōshiba Memori Kabushikigaisha) in June 2018.[3] It became a wholly owned subsidiary company of Toshiba Memory Holdings Corporation on March 1, 2019, and was renamed Kioxia in October 2019.[4][5] In the early 1980s, while still part of Toshiba, the company was credited with inventing flash memory.[6] In the second quarter of 2021, the company was estimated to have 18.3% of the global revenue share for NAND flash solid-state drives.[7] The company is the parent company of Kioxia Corporation.
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Company type | Joint venture |
Industry | Electronics |
Founded | June 1, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-06-01) |
Headquarters | Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo, Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Nobuo Hayasaka (President and CEO) |
Products | Computer memory |
Revenue | ¥1.53 trillion (FY2021) |
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Number of employees | c. 15,300 (2023) |
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