Key Data:
Organization
Toshiba and SanDisk
Location
Fab-4, Yokkaichi, Japan
Type of facility (technologies)
Flash memory
Project Details:
Project cost
Similar to Fab-3, which has cost around ¥200 billion (nearly US$2 billion) to the end of FY2005.
Main contractor
Not yet announced
Area
Floor area will be around 113,000m², with 34,500m² clean room.
Construction start
August 2006
No of employees
Nearly 2,000 at the site
Applications
Memories for mobile products including digital still cameras and multimedia mobile phones.