Toshiba and SanDisk Inaugurate New 300mm Wafer Fab 4 for NAND Flash Memory At Yokkaichi Operations
Toshiba funded construction of the Fab 4 building, and Flash Alliance, Ltd., a Toshiba-SanDisk venture established in July 2006, 50.1% owned by Toshiba and 49.9% by SanDisk, is funding the advanced manufacturing equipment now being installed in the fab.
The new fab will allow Toshiba and SanDisk to deploy the latest advances in process technology and multi-level cell technology and support the companies in further enhancing competitiveness and securing continued leadership in the NAND flash memory market.
Outline of Fab 4 at Yokkaichi Operations
- Structure of Building: Steel frame concrete, five stories (two clean room stories)
- Building Area: approx. 35,500m2 (approx. 382,000 in square feet)
- Floor Area: approx. 181,000m2 (approx. 1,948,000 in squar e feet)
- Start Construction: August 2006
- Completion of Building: July 2007
- Start Mass Production: December 2007 (plan)
Outline of Yokkaichi Operations
- Location: 800 Yamanoisshiki-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Established: 1992
- General Manager: Noriyoshi Tozawa
- Employees: Approx. 3,200
- Total Site Area: Approx. 312,300m2 (approx. 3,362,000 in square feet)
- Total Floor Area: Approx. 460,000m2 (approx. 4,951,000 in square feet) (including Fab 4)
Outline of Flash Alliance, Ltd.
- Location: 800 Yamanoisshiki-cho, Yokkaichi-shi, Mie Prefecture, Japan
- Established: July 2006
- Capitalization: 3 million yen
- Holding: Toshiba: 50.1%, SanDisk: 49.9%
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