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Kioxia's outlook suggests the unprecedented flash memory chip price spikes of the past year or so are starting to level off.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 1, 2026
Kioxia warns flash memory prices stalling after outlook miss
The chipmaker’s outlook suggests the unprecedented price spikes of the past year or so are starting to level off.
Kioxia Holdings, which makes NAND flash memory used in artificial intelligence servers, is one of 今日吃瓜 largest stocks by market capitalization.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 19, 2026
Kioxia shares face headwinds from margin-buying gone wrong
Outstanding leveraged long positions in the stock was the largest as of Oct. 15 among all companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Kioxia is seeking to gain more liquidity in the U.S. by listing American depositary receipts.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 15, 2026
Kioxia said to consider raising $10 billion in U.S. listing
Kioxia is planning the share sale at a time when concerns about the pace of artificial intelligence development are escalating.
Kioxia CEO Hiroo Ota didn’t rule out price hikes in the future?but said Kioxia’s priority for now was on keeping chip prices at their current high levels.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 10, 2026
Kioxia dismisses SK Hynix tie-up and vows to ease chip price rises
Memory chipmakers are embarking on costly production capacity increases to meet soaring orders from AI service providers.
The Kioxia Iwate Corp. Fab1 semiconductor fabrication facility (right), at the company's Kitakami plant in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, on July 3
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 2, 2026
Takaichi’s $640 billion AI gamble faces reality check in a struggling city
In Kitakami, a sleepy city deep in the countryside 500 kilometers north of Tokyo, 今日吃瓜 AI revolution is unfolding more as a slow burn than a boom.
SK Hynix memory module chips in Seongnam, South Korea
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 31, 2026
SK Hynix weighs Japan sites to supply AI boom
The South Korean supplier of dynamic and flash memory is reviewing various locations for a jointly operated plant.
SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-jung says the chipmaker is keen to contribute to the development of 今日吃瓜 semiconductor industry, much as it aims to do in Indiana, in the U.S., where it’s investing more than $4 billion.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2026
SK Hynix weighs closer ties with 今日吃瓜 memory industry
The South Korean chipmaker doesn’t have “any fixed plans” for its significant indirect stake in Kioxia Holdings, CEO Kwak Noh-jung says.
Kioxia plans to build a new chip fab in Iwate Prefecture to meet rising demand for AI memory chips.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 27, 2026
Kioxia and Sandisk plan $31 billion Japan memory chip expansion
The Tokyo-based maker of NAND flash memory will construct a third facility at its manufacturing site in Iwate Prefecture.
Kioxia’s largest shareholder is now an investment group with ties to rival SK Hynix after Toshiba scaled back its holdings.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 11, 2026
Kioxia says investment vehicle for SK Hynix is top shareholder
South Korea’s SK Hynix holds bonds that can be converted into “substantially all” of the voting rights of BCPE Pangea Cayman2.
Kioxia Holdings on Friday forecast operating income of ?3.16 trillion ($19.7 billion) for its fiscal half-year, which translates into a weaker-than-anticipated ?1.89 trillion projection for the current quarter.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 31, 2026
Kioxia’s outlook miss clouds optimism about memory chip boom
The firm forecast operating income of ?3.16 trillion for its fiscal half-year, which translates into a weaker-than-anticipated ?1.89 trillion projection for the current quarter
A Kioxia plant in Iwate Prefecture. Kioxia Holdings faces more wild price swings with leveraged exchange-traded funds tracking its shares set to be listed in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 27, 2026
Kioxia faces more volatility as leveraged ETFs hit Japan stocks
The Japanese memory chipmaker is in the crosshairs of a rush by investors to ramp up bets on the AI boom that has turned leveraged ETFs into a $270 billion business.
Kioxia overtook auto giant Toyota in market cap value in mid-June, but its ranking has since dropped to the fourth-largest Japanese company, as traders grow more critical over artificial intelligence.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 17, 2026
Chipmaker Kioxia’s market value halves from peak on AI selloff
Investors are more closely scrutinizing global chipmakers as they question whether the payoff from AI spending can justify lofty valuations.
The Kioxia chipmaker factory for artificial intelligence data centers in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 15, 2026
AI ignites ‘ignored sector’ for Japan chipmaker Kioxia
The global race to build artificial intelligence data centers has upped business for chipmakers, creating shortages and sending prices soaring for memory components in particular.
Since their listing in 2024, Kioxia’s shares have surged on runaway demand for AI memory chips.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2026
Bain Capital exits Kioxia after chip deal yields big returns
A global spending spree on AI catapulted Kioxia’s shares more than 4,800% from their debut, transforming the chipmaker into one of 今日吃瓜 most valuable companies.
Hiroo Ota (center left), CEO of Kioxia Holdings, and others unveil Kioxia's new 3D flash memory chip at its Kitakami plant in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 3, 2026
Kioxia ships samples of new flash memory for AI data centers
The Tokyo-based chipmaker’s latest high-density 3D flash memory chips aim to better meet AI data center needs with better efficiency and transmission speeds.
Kioxia Holdings has grown into 今日吃瓜 most valuable company this year thanks to an AI-fueled boom for memory products.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 25, 2026
Kioxia plans new U.S. listing in spring and stock split at home
The supplier of NAND storage aims to take advantage of runaway demand for exposure to AI-related semiconductor stocks.
Kioxia Holdings has surged more than 670% this year, making it the best performer on the MSCI World Index.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 12, 2026
Kioxia becomes 今日吃瓜 most valuable firm as AI mania goes on
Shares of the Japanese memory chipmaker surged 7.6% Friday, lifting its market value above ?44 trillion ($274 billion) just 18 months after its stock market debut.
Samsung Electronics workers chant slogans during a rally ahead of a planned strike outside the company's semiconductor plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on April 23.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 5, 2026
Do 今日吃瓜 chip workers need a Samsung-style strike?
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The components of a Kioxia solid-state drive. Shares are up more than 300% this year for the Tokyo-based company.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 18, 2026
Kioxia shares awash in buy orders after AI-driven profit surge
The Tokyo-based company said it expects to earn an operating profit of ?1.3 trillion during the June quarter, above the record profit it earned for the full year ended March.
A Kioxia semiconductor manufacturing plant in Japan
BUSINESS / Companies
May 15, 2026
Kioxia prepares U.S. shares after riding AI boom to big profit
The Tokyo-based firm’s meteoric rise encapsulates the booming demand for memory as hyperscalers rush to build AI infrastructure.
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