Mr. Katsuki Matsudera is a General Manager of the Memory Technical Marketing Managing Department at KIOXIA Corporation. He has played a key role of the planning and marketing of KIOXIA’s groundbreaking BiCS FLASH™ Generation 8 3D flash memory, utilizing CBA (CMOS directly Bonded to Array) architecture and taking flash memory to the next level. Mr. Matsudera graduated with a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kyoto University in 1996, joining Toshiba Corporation the same year. Later he worked on groundbreaking products, including the world's first NAND flash memory using TSV technology and 3D flash memory with 4-bit-per-cell technology, referred to as BiCS FLASH™ QLC. Today, Katsuki directs the company’s comprehensive product strategy planning and execution, as well as new market development of future BiCS FLASH™ generations.
The AI industry focus is shifting from model training to inference systems that deliver customer value. This transition is changing the design of new data centers built specifically for AI workloads, placing new demands on memory and storage. As the inventor of NAND and 3D flash memory, KIOXIA continues to deliver innovations in flash memory, SSDs, and software for every application, and especially AI. KIOXIA BiCS FLASH™ 3D memory deliver advances in performance, density, and reliability, which enable SSDs to address workloads for today and the future. KIOXIA memory and SSD leaders will share the latest advancements in the technology, and how they deliver performance and scaling advantages in new AI-centric data centers.