In the evening of yesterday (15), according to Kyodo News reported that affected by the expansion of the COVID-19 epidemic, Toshiba decided to target approximately 76,000 people in all locations in Japan and temporarily suspend work from 20th to May 6th.

Regarding Toshiba's full shutdown, according to Juheng.com, the flash memory control chip maker Phison said that Toshiba in Japan and Tokiba shareholder Kaixia Co., Ltd. (KIOXIA) are two different independent companies. All operations are normal and will not affect the supply of Phison.

It is understood that Toshiba is the major shareholder of Phison, and Phison mainly purchases NAND Flash from Toshiba, and the two parties have a cooperative relationship.

Phison said that Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC), the company ’s shareholder and NAND Flash supplier, has been renamed to Kai Xia since October 1 last year. The Toshiba factory in Japan, which was completely shut down, is different from Kai Xia. the company.

Phison also emphasized that the current factory operations and production of Kaixia are all normal, which does not affect the supply of NAND Flash with Phison, and the company's NAND Flash suppliers come from a wide range of sources, including Japan, the United States, South Korea and China, etc. Carefree.

According to the inspection, Toshiba reported by Kyodo News should be one of the eight flagship motor manufacturers in Japan. In 1939, Tokyo Electric and Shibaura Manufacturing Co., Ltd. formally merged into "Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co., Ltd.", and began to use the new brand name "Toshiba" in 1984. The English name is also merged according to the Japanese pinyin; To represents the pronunciation of Japanese East, Shiba represents the pronunciation of Shiba.