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Kioxia and Sandisk unveiled ninth-generation 2-terabit quad-level-cell 3D flash, designed for AI-infrastructure storage demand.

· ComputeLabs Research · from the August 12, 2026 edition

Kioxia Corporation and Sandisk Corporation unveiled a ninth-generation three-dimensional flash-memory technology. Kioxia Corporation is identified as a subsidiary of Kioxia Holdings Corporation.

The new device has a density of 2 terabits and uses quad-level-cell (QLC) flash technology. The announcement characterizes it as high-performance 3D flash memory.

The companies designed the technology to support growing storage demand from AI-driven infrastructure. Their announcement framed the product as an architectural response to the rate at which storage requirements are increasing alongside AI infrastructure.

  • Kioxia
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