Toshiba creates a new factory to produce 96-layer chip chips

Toshiba is one of the giants of NAND memory along with Samsung and Micron, the company has announced the creation of a new factory that will be responsible for the production of new 96-layer NAND BiCS chips, which will offer a higher storage density compared to the current 64 layers.

Toshiba already builds a new factory to produce 96-layer BiCS memory

Toshiba's new factory will be in Kitakami (Japan), and will be in charge of demonstrating the company's leadership in the field of NAND memory. Toshiba currently has the most advanced NAND memory stacking technology, which gives rise to its BiCS (Bit Column Stacked) chips. This is the same technology that will be used for its new 96-layer chips, and also for future 128-layer chips. The latter could jump to QLC memory, which allows four bits per cell to be stored, instead of the three bits per cell of the current TLC.

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Toshiba's new factory will be completed in 2019, and will have a structure that will absorb earthquakes, as well as an eco-friendly design that includes the latest energy-saving manufacturing equipment. It will also introduce an advanced production system that uses artificial intelligence to boost productivity. Decisions on equipment investment, production capacity and the production plan of the new factory will reflect market trends.

The demand for 3D flash memory is significantly increasing in the growing demand for enterprise SSDs for data centers and servers. Toshiba expects strong and continued growth in the medium and long term, and the time of construction of the new factory positions it to capture this growth and expand its business.

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