# Kioxia to build Fab7 3D flash memory plant at Yokkaichi, Japan

Kioxia Corporation announced it will begin construction of a new fabrication facility (Fab7) at its Yokkaichi Plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan, to expand production of 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH. Construction is expected to commence in spring 2021, with the first phase completed by spring 2022.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2020-10-28
- Where: Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Starts operating: Q2 2022
- Status: announced
- Products: 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [Kioxia Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/50829.md)
- [Western Digital](https://endata.com/companies/21541.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [businesswire.com](https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201028005537/en/Kioxia-Corporation-to-Expand-3D-Flash-Memory-Production-Capacity-by-Building-New-Fabrication-Facility-at-Yokkaichi-Plant), 2020-10-28: "Kioxia Corporation, the world leader in memory solutions, today announced it will begin construction of a state-of-the-art fabrication facility (Fab7) at Yokkaichi Plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan to expand production of its proprietary 3D Flash memory BiCS FLASH."
- [tomshardware.com](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/kioxia-bics-3d-nand-fab-yokkaichi), 2020-10-29: "Kioxia has announced via a press release that it plans to build a new 3D NAND manufacturing facility."
- [eenewseurope.com](https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/kioxia-announces-next-3d-nand-wafer-fab-delays-ipo/), 2020-11-02: "The plant is to be known as Fab 7 and construction is due to begin in the spring of 2021."

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