Kioxia begins shipping next-gen memory samples amid AI-driven stock surge
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Kioxia
Kitakami, Japan
July 3, 2026
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Kioxia has begun shipping samples of its next-generation memory chips from its Kitakami fab in Japan. The company's market capitalization has surged over sevenfold this year, exceeding $250 billion. Kioxia is focusing on high-capacity Nand memory to meet growing AI inference demand.
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