R&D Organization and Locations

KIOXIA's R&D is conducted in collaboration with three organizations: the laboratory, which studies future technologies from a long-term perspective; the development center, which studies technologies to be applied to products; and the business division, which develops technologies for product commercialization.

We aim to pursue continuous technological exploration and its social implementation to achieve an affluent and sustainable digitalized society through innovative memory technologies.

Frontier Technology R&D Institute will promote research and development of technologies to support the accelerated expansion of AI technology and its applications, high-capacity and high-speed memory system technologies utilizing new principles and new materials, and new process technologies to spread these technologies to society at low cost.

Conducts R&D on BiCS FLASH™, a type of 3D flash memory that KIOXIA was the first to develop in the world, while serving as a bridge between R&D and volume production.

The Advanced Memory Development Center is engaged in the development of a wide range of cutting-edge technologies. Engineering divisions, including those for advanced module development, memory device development, unit process development, and process integration, closely collaborate with one another, facilitating technological development using production lines at Yokkaichi Plant.

Endeavoring to enter various markets, leveraging the strengths of its flash memories, controllers, and BiCS FLASH™

IoT is expected to spur the demand for storage products. To address new customer requirements, the Memory Division promotes the development of higher-density, high-capacity memories while striving to develop epoch-making solutions.

Developing SSDs based on flash memory technology to meet the enormous demand for data.

Solid-state drives (SSD) are data storage devices that use flash memories. Leveraging the strength of our company as a manufacturer of flash memories, the SSD Division is engaged in the research, design, manufacturing, and marketing of SSDs as well as the creation of new markets for SSDs. The SSD Division provides high-quality SSDs for a wide range of markets, including computer, enterprise, and data center SSD markets.

KIOXIA conducts its R&D at our Yokohama Technology Campus and at the Memory R&D Center adjacent to our Yokkaichi Plant. Every day, discussions take place that transcend the boundaries of laboratories, development centers and business divisions.

R&D locations in overseas located in various regions where many advanced IT companies are based for both business and R&D. It provides access to emerging technologies, making it possible to respond flexibly to market and customer needs. They spearhead the development of cutting-edge storage technologies, the designing of software and other techniques critical for memory and SSDs by the collaboration with Japanese engineers.