This week at the Flash Memory Summit Conference & Expo, KIOXIA America, Inc.—along with the entire industry - will celebrate an important milestone: the 35th anniversary of its invention of NAND flash memory. While looking back at the transformative technology it invented back in 1987, KIOXIA also has its eyes on the future, defining what's next for flash by introducing innovative new products, form factors, and solutions. At FMS, the company will highlight how it is using flash memory to drive advancements and improvements in a wide variety of applications, including mobile computing, the edge, the cloud, data centers and automotive.

KIOXIA's Scott Nelson, executive vice president and chief marketing officer and Shigeo (Jeff) Ohshima, technology executive, SSD Application Engineering will jointly present a keynote session titled: "KIOXIA: 35 Years of Flash & Beyond." The session will highlight the 35th Anniversary of the invention of flash memory and will look forward to how KIOXIA is driving the future of this game-changing technology."With the invention of flash memory, we entered into an entirely new era - an era that includes the mobility of content, thin and light form factors, high-density, scalable storage and more," said Nelson. "From its earliest uses in the 1990's to today's innovations, the influence of flash memory is felt far and wide. Simply put, flash memory has enriched people's lives and expanded society's horizons - and there is much, much more to come."

In this panel session, Doug Wong, senior staff engineer for KIOXIA America, will discuss topics related to NAND Flash Memory, including key events over the last 35 years, applications that wouldn't exist if NAND flash had not been invented, the new applications it is enabling and how KIOXIA is continuing to innovate with its invention.