Kioxia disagrees with Sandisk on SK Hynix HBF

NAND flash manufacturing joint-venture partners Kioxia and Sandisk hold diverging views on the SK Hynix-led High-Bandwidth Flash initiative. While Sandisk supports the parallel-signaling, layer-stacked memory standard and is reportedly building a pilot production line, Kioxia is pursuing alternative architectural positions involving serial connectivity without layer stacking. Additionally, Kioxia CEO Hiroo Ota recently rejected public suggestions from SK Group's chairman regarding a potential three-way partnership. Open article →