Iicards zememori yeflash ziqheleke kakhulu kwii-smartphones zanamhlanje kunye neelaptops, kwaye le chip yenziwa nguToshiba Corporation yaseJapan kule nkulungwane idlulileyo. UToshiba ukwanguye nomenzi wokuqala we-chip memory chip emhlabeni. Ngokweendaba zakutshanje ezivela kwimithombo yeendaba zangaphandle, nge-22 kaJuni, uToshiba wenza isibhengezo esibalulekileyo sokuba inkampani iya kurhoxa kwimarike yememori yeflash, ithengise zonke izabelo eziphathwe yinkampani ye-Toshiba flash memory chip, kwaye inike isiqingatha ukubuya kwemali kubanini zabelo.
Ngokwengxelo zosasazo zakwamanye amazwe, uToshiba ebengumvelisi ohamba phambili we-flash memory chips kule minyaka ingamashumi idlulileyo, kodwa ngenxa yobunzima bokusebenza kunye netyathanga eliyimali eyaphukileyo, ngoJuni ka-2018, uToshiba watshintsha ishishini lakhe lokukhumbula "I-Toshiba Memory Chip Company" ukuya kwixabiso lezigidi ezili-18 zeedola yathunyelwa kwiqela elidityanisiweyo elikhokelwa yiBain Capital, inkampani yabucala yaseMelika. Kodwa ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uToshiba usabambe ama-40% e-equity kule nkampani.
Kubikwa ukuba emva kohambo lwangaphandle, inkampani ye-Toshiba ye-chip itshintshile igama layo yi "Kioxia Holding Company". UToshiba uthe ngoMvulo kulindeleke ukuba i-Kioxia idweliswe ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka, xa uToshiba ezakuhambisa iipesenti ezingama-40 zesabelo sakhe. Isiqingatha semali yokuhlawulwa kwemali iya kubuyiselwa kubanini-zabelo.
"UToshiba akananjongo yokuhlala kwimarike ye-chip chip," u-CEO waseToshiba uNobuaki Kurumatani uthe kwinkomfa yemithombo yeendaba ngoMvulo. "Sikhangela iindlela zokukhupha imali izabelo zethu eKioxia, kwaye nje ukuba le nkqubo yokufumana imali igqityiwe, sinqwenela ukubuyisela inkcitho eninzi kubanini zabelo abasixhasayo."
"UToshiba uza kufuna ukuqhubela phambili ukuphucula iinkonzo zophuhliso kunye neenkonzo zedatha," utshilo.
Ngelixa acwangcisa ukuthengisa izabelo zeKioxia, uToshiba uqhubekile nokukhuthaza ngamandla amanyathelo okuphucula ishishini lakhe, ukuthengisa ishishini leLNG eMelika, nokuphelisa iiprojekthi zayo zokwakha zamandla enyukliya zase-UK.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, njengoko ii-smartphones ziyaqhubeka nokwandisa ulwabiwo lwenkumbulo yeflash, kwaye iikhompyuter zencwadana isebenzisa ngakumbi i-state-state drive (ethathwe kwi-flash memory chips), imakethi yememori yeflashini yomhlaba ibonisa ukuqhubela phambili ngokuduma, kwaye iinkampani ze-semiconductor ziyaqhubeka ukwanda imigca yotyalo-mali kunye nemveliso, njengeSouth Korea. Inkampani ye-elektroniki yenze utyalomali olongezelelweyo kwi-chip memory memory yayo e-Xi'an, China, ukukhulisa amandla ememori ye-flash.
Ngokwengxelo, I-Nokia Electronics okwangoku yinkokeli yemizi-mveliso kwimakethi yeflashini yenkumbulo ye-chip, kunye neKioxia ikwindawo yesibini. Emva kokushiya ulawulo lukaToshiba, inkampani ekuqaleni yayiceba ukuya esidlangalaleni ngonyaka ka-2019, kodwa abantu abaqheleneyo nalo mbandela bathi ngenxa yeenguqu kwimarike yeemesiconductor zehlabathi kunye nengeniso yenkampani, iKioxia yandisile ixesha layo loluhlu ukusukela ngonyaka ka-2019 ukuya kowama-2020.
NgoMvulo, uToshiba ukwathe u-Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, ongusihlalo we-Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings, uza kurhoxa njengosihlalo we-Toshiba. Lomntu ubesebenza njengosihlalo ka Toshiba ngoSeptemba ngo-2015, xa uToshiba wayenobugcwabalalana bobuqhetseba. UToshiba unethemba lokuba angasebenzisa amava akhe ukuphucula ulawulo lwangaphakathi lukaToshiba.
Emva kwentlanganiso jikelele yabanini bezabelo ngoJulayi 31, u-Osamu Nagayama, usihlalo ohloniphekileyo we "Japan Chugai Pharmaceutical Company", uzosebenza njengosihlalo we Toshiba.
UToshiba wayefudula eyinto eyaziwayo yabathengi kwihlabathi liphela, kodwa kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ishishini likaToshiba lishishini lotshintsho oluye lwenzeka notshintsho olukhulu, kwaye nenkampani irhoxile ngokupheleleyo kurhwebo lwezinto zombane zabathengi. Ngaphambili, uToshiba waye wahambisa ishishini lencwadi kwikhompyuter kwi-Foxconn Group, kwaye wagqithisela ishishini lezixhobo zekhaya kunye namalungelo okusebenzisa uphawu kwezinye iinkampani zokusebenza kwekhaya e-China. Umzekelo, iMidea kwiPhondo laseGuangdong yathenga ishishini leempahla ezimhlophe likaToshiba.