In fact, Toshiba's Fab 6 is currently under construction and is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2018. However, in the face of strong market demand, Toshiba does not seem to plan to expand the pace of the stop. , Toshiba announced on the 21st that it will invest 7 billion yen for the construction of Fab7 plant located in Yokkaichi, Japan. Toshiba recently sold the semiconductor business has been and Witten hand shake hands and reached an agreement. Data from Witten Electronics is available to bring the new advanced chip line up in 2018 to compete with Samsung, Intel and SK hynix.
The report further states that the current strong demand for NAND flash memory in data centers and enterprise servers has prompted Toshiba to expand the size of its devices in Yokkaichi and that other NAND Flash flash suppliers, including Samsung and SK hynix, announced their completion in 2017 or Start a new plant construction plan.
Currently, Toshiba is mainly focused on the 64-layer stack of V-NAND flash memory, and plans to upgrade to 94-layer V-NAND flash memory in the next step. In addition to the TLC specification, there will also be special QLC specification products Is to enhance the penetration of products to enhance market competitiveness.
Toshiba plans to complete the acquisition of land for the new plant in February 2018 and order construction materials and infrastructure for the plant Fab7 to be built.It is understood that Toshiba will also establish Toshiba Storage Iwate Co., Ltd. according to market trends, To manage the construction and operation of the plant.The overall plant construction plan will be completed by the end of 2018 and the equipment will be installed gradually after 2019 and production will begin by the end of the year.