Kioxia and Sandisk announce beginning of operation of Fab2 at Kitakami plant

Kioxia Corporation, a subsidiary of Kioxia Holdings Corporation, and Sandisk (SNDK) Corporation announced the start of operation at the Fab2, 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 technology, and future advanced 3D flash memory nodes to meet growing demand for storage driven by AI. Production capacity at Fab2 will ramp up in stages over time, in line with market trends, with meaningful output expected to begin in the first half of 2026.