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Kioxia

Kioxia Holdings Corporation (/kiˈksiə/),[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.

Formerly

  • Toshiba Memory Corporation (2018–2019)
  • Toshiba Memory Holding Corporation (2019)

June 1, 2018 (2018-06-01)

Worldwide

Nobuo Hayasaka (President and CEO)

Increase ¥1.53 trillion (FY2021)

c. 15,300 (2023)

Name[edit]

Kioxia is a combination of the Japanese word kioku meaning memory and the Greek word axia meaning value.[4]

(56,24%)

Bain Capital Private Equity

(40.64%)

Toshiba

(3.13%)

Hoya Corporation

As of April 14, 2024, Kioxia ownership is as follows:[3]

Subsidiaries[edit]

Kioxia Holdings Corporation is the holding company of Kioxia Corporation. Kioxia Corporation is the parent company of several companies including Kioxia Systems Company, Kioxia Advanced Package Corporation, Kioxia America, and Kioxia Europe.[12]

Kioxia Holdings Corporation

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