# Toshiba Memory to build new flash memory fab in Kitakami, Japan

Toshiba Memory Corporation announced plans for a new memory fabrication facility (Fab 7) in Kitakami, Iwate prefecture, with an initial investment of approximately 7 billion yen for site preparation and construction work in FY2017. The facility will produce BiCS Flash memory.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2017-12-22
- Where: Kitakami, Iwate prefecture, Japan
- Value: $62.0M (7.00B JPY)
- Status: announced
- Products: BiCS Flash memory, 3D flash memory
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Toshiba Memory Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/27192.md)
- [Toshiba](https://endata.com/companies/8893.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [techpowerup.com](https://www.techpowerup.com/239936/toshiba-to-prepare-new-semiconductor-fabrication-facility-in-7b-investment), 2017-12-22: "Toshiba Corporation today announced that it is going ahead with a forward-looking plan for a new memory fabrication facility in Kitakami, Iwate prefecture."

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