Joint venture between major semiconductor company Kioxia and America's Western Digital is jointly producing flash memory at factories in Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture, and Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture. Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Saito.
revealed that the joint venture between the two companies will make a large capital investment to expand production of cutting-edge flash memory, and new support will be provided. "We will work together to fulfill our responsibility to supply the memory that the world needs," he said.