Toshiba Memory Corporation
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Toshiba Memory Corporation was the former memory business of Toshiba, known for producing NAND flash and solid-state storage solutions before being spun off and later rebranded as Kioxia.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kioxia | 4 |
| Toshiba Memory Corporation canonical | 3 |
| Kioxia Corporation | 2 |
| Kioxia Holdings Corporation | 1 |
| Toshiba Memory (Kioxia) | 1 |
| Toshiba memory business unit | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2066432 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toshiba Memory Corporation Context triple: [Toshiba, formerSubsidiary, Toshiba Memory Corporation]
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A.
Toshiba
Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
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B.
Micron Technology
Micron Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing memory and storage solutions, including DRAM and NAND flash products used in computers, mobile devices, and data centers.
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C.
NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
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D.
SanDisk
SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.
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E.
Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology is a leading American data storage company best known for manufacturing hard disk drives and other storage solutions for consumer and enterprise markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Toshiba Memory Corporation Target entity description: Toshiba Memory Corporation was the former memory business of Toshiba, known for producing NAND flash and solid-state storage solutions before being spun off and later rebranded as Kioxia.
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A.
Toshiba
Toshiba is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate known for its electronics, semiconductors, and information technology products and services.
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B.
Micron Technology
Micron Technology is a leading American semiconductor company known for designing and manufacturing memory and storage solutions, including DRAM and NAND flash products used in computers, mobile devices, and data centers.
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C.
NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics company known for providing IT services, network solutions, and telecommunications equipment worldwide.
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D.
SanDisk
SanDisk is a prominent data storage brand known for its flash memory products such as SD cards, USB drives, and solid-state drives.
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E.
Seagate Technology
Seagate Technology is a leading American data storage company best known for manufacturing hard disk drives and other storage solutions for consumer and enterprise markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
memory manufacturer
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semiconductor company ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| brandTransition | Toshiba Memory to Kioxia ⓘ |
| businessFocus |
flash memory
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solid-state storage solutions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| formerNameOf |
Kioxia Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Toshiba Memory Corporation
Kioxia Holdings Corporation ⓘ
linked to:
Toshiba Memory Corporation
|
| headquartersLocation |
Tokyo, Japan
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linked to:
Tokyo
|
| industry |
computer memory
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semiconductors ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| market |
consumer storage
ⓘ
data center solutions ⓘ enterprise storage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
NAND flash development
ⓘ
SSD solutions ⓘ |
| originatedAs |
Toshiba memory business unit
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linked to:
Toshiba Memory Corporation
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| parentCompany |
Toshiba Corporation
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linked to:
Toshiba
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| product |
NAND flash memory
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client SSDs ⓘ data center SSDs ⓘ embedded flash storage ⓘ enterprise SSDs ⓘ solid-state drives ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs |
Kioxia
ⓘ
linked to:
Toshiba Memory Corporation
|
| spunOffFrom |
Toshiba Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Toshiba
|
| technology |
3D NAND
ⓘ
BiCS FLASH ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Toshiba Memory Corporation Description of subject: Toshiba Memory Corporation was the former memory business of Toshiba, known for producing NAND flash and solid-state storage solutions before being spun off and later rebranded as Kioxia.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation
linked to: Toshiba Memory Corporation