As AI-driven memory demand continues to outpace supply, leading Asian memory makers are accelerating capital market strategies to support large-scale expansion. Notably, SK hynix and Kioxia have both advanced plans to issue U.S. depositary receipts (ADRs), underscoring a broader push to tap U.S. inv...

As Kioxia’s market capitalization briefly surpassed Toyota Motor in June to become Japan’s largest listed company, attention is also turning to the company’s top executive compensation. According to Bloomberg, citing Kioxia’s freshly revealed securities report (year ended March 2026), Execut...

As Kioxia briefly saw its market capitalization exceed ¥50 trillion on June 16—becoming only the second Japanese firm to reach that level—focus has turned to whether the NAND upcycle can sustain its momentum. Notably, Global Economic News, citing Nikkei, reports that the company is taking a mor...

As SK hynix reportedly targets mass production of 375-layer NAND by year-end, according to The Elec, the 400-layer threshold is increasingly seen as a key technical frontier in advanced NAND scaling. Against this backdrop, ET News notes that Samsung began mass producing its 286-layer NAND in Apri...

After projecting a 48-fold year-on-year surge in net profit for the April–June quarter, Japan’s NAND heavyweight Kioxia delivered an even more bullish outlook at its Investor Day on June 2. According to EE Times Japan, the company plans to ride the memory upcycle with average annual capital expe...