Reuters: Technology News: Toshiba, SanDisk to build about $4 billion flash memory plant: Nikkei

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Toshiba, SanDisk to build about $4 billion flash memory plant: Nikkei Aug 5th 2013, 18:22 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News CORRECTED-Toshiba's quarterly profit misses forecasts, TVs and PCs weigh Wed, Jul 31 2013 The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen at an electronics store in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, June 25, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Toru Hanai Mon Aug 5, 2013 2:22pm EDT (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp (6502.T) plans to build a memory chip production factory with a total investment of 400 billion yen (about $4 billion) with SanDisk Corp (SNDK.O), the Nikkei reported. Toshiba plans to make chips of 16-17 nanometers circuit line width at the new plant to gain an edge over Samsung Electronics Co (005930.KS) by making more chips from a single silicon wafer, the business paper said. The chips made at the factory now have a width of 19nm. The new facility, expected to start production in the next fiscal year, would raise the plant's capacity by about 20 percent from an estimated monthly equivalent of 450,000 300mm wafers, Nikkei reported. Toshiba and SanDisk, who have a joint venture to make NAND flash memory, will split the bill for a new building on the grounds of their plant in Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, the Japanese newspaper said. This would be Toshiba's first major investment to increase production in nearly two years, Nikkei said. (Reporting by Sagarika Jaisinghani in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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