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Related Parties and Related Commitments and Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2022
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Related Parties and Related Commitments and Contingencies Related Parties and Related Commitments and Contingencies
Flash Ventures

The Company’s business ventures with Kioxia Corporation (“Kioxia”) consist of three separate legal entities: Flash Partners Ltd. (“Flash Partners”), Flash Alliance Ltd. (“Flash Alliance”), and Flash Forward Ltd. (“Flash Forward”), collectively referred to as “Flash Ventures”.

The following table presents the notes receivable from, and equity investments in, Flash Ventures:
December 30,
2022
July 1,
2022
(in millions)
Notes receivable, Flash Partners$12 $27 
Notes receivable, Flash Alliance66 55 
Notes receivable, Flash Forward737 793 
Investment in Flash Partners174 166 
Investment in Flash Alliance251 243 
Investment in Flash Forward117 112 
Total notes receivable and investments in Flash Ventures$1,357 $1,396 

During the three and six months ended December 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company made net payments to Flash Ventures of $1.0 billion and $2.0 billion, and $1.1 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively, for purchased flash-based memory wafers and net loans.

The Company makes, or will make, loans to Flash Ventures to fund equipment investments for new process technologies and additional wafer capacity. The Company aggregates its Flash Ventures’ notes receivable into one class of financing receivables due to the similar ownership interest and common structure in each Flash Venture entity. For all reporting periods presented, no loans were past due and no loan impairments were recorded. The Company’s notes receivable from each Flash Ventures entity, denominated in Japanese yen, are secured by equipment owned by that Flash Ventures entity.

As of December 30, 2022 and July 1, 2022, the Company had accounts payable balances due to Flash Ventures of $368 million and $320 million, respectively.

The Company’s maximum reasonably estimable loss exposure (excluding lost profits) as a result of its involvement with Flash Ventures, based upon the Japanese yen to U.S. dollar exchange rate at December 30, 2022, is presented below. Investments in Flash Ventures are denominated in Japanese yen, and the maximum estimable loss exposure excludes any cumulative translation adjustment due to revaluation from the Japanese yen to the U.S. dollar.
December 30,
2022
(in millions)
Notes receivable$815 
Equity investments542 
Operating lease guarantees1,895 
Inventory and prepayments1,128 
Maximum estimable loss exposure$4,380 
The Company is obligated to pay for variable costs incurred in producing its share of Flash Ventures’ flash-based memory wafer supply, based on its three-month forecast, which generally equals 50% of Flash Ventures’ output. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay for half of Flash Ventures’ fixed costs regardless of the output the Company chooses to purchase. The Company is not able to estimate its total wafer purchase commitment obligation beyond its rolling three-month purchase commitment because the price is determined by reference to the future cost of producing the semiconductor wafers. In addition, the Company is committed to fund 49.9% to 50.0% of each Flash Ventures entity’s capital investments to the extent that each Flash Ventures entity’s operating cash flow is insufficient to fund these investments.

In January 2022, the Company entered into additional agreements regarding Flash Ventures’ investment in a new wafer fabrication facility currently under construction in Yokkaichi, Japan, referred to as “Y7”. The primary purpose of Y7 is to provide clean room space to continue the transition of existing flash-based wafer capacity to newer flash technology nodes. The Company is committed to pay, among other items, future building depreciation prepayments aggregating approximately $147 million as follows: $124 million for the remaining six months of 2023 and $23 million in 2024, to be credited against future wafer charges.

Inventory Purchase Commitments with Flash Ventures. Purchase orders placed under Flash Ventures for up to three months are binding and cannot be canceled.

Research and Development Activities. The Company participates in common research and development (“R&D”) activities with Kioxia and is contractually committed to a minimum funding level. R&D commitments are immaterial to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities

Flash Ventures sells to and leases back from a consortium of financial institutions a portion of its tools and has entered into equipment lease agreements of which the Company guarantees half or all of the outstanding obligations under each lease agreement. The lease agreements are subject to customary covenants and cancellation events related to Flash Ventures and each of the guarantors. The occurrence of a cancellation event could result in an acceleration of Flash Ventures’ obligations and a call on the Company’s guarantees.

The following table presents the Company’s portion of the remaining guarantee obligations under the Flash Ventures’ lease facilities in both Japanese yen and U.S. dollar-equivalent, based upon the Japanese yen to U.S. dollar exchange rate as of December 30, 2022.
Lease Amounts
(Japanese yen, in billions)(U.S. dollar, in millions)
Total guarantee obligations¥250 $1,895 
The following table details the breakdown of the Company’s remaining guarantee obligations between the principal amortization and the purchase option exercise price at the end of the term of the Flash Ventures lease agreements, in annual installments as of December 30, 2022 in U.S. dollars, based upon the Japanese yen to U.S. dollar exchange rate as of December 30, 2022:
Annual InstallmentsPayment of Principal AmortizationPurchase Option Exercise Price at Final Lease TermsGuarantee Amount
(in millions)
Remaining six months of 2023
$285 $55 $340 
2024450 99 549 
2025250 90 340 
2026261 136 397 
202781 116 197 
2028 and thereafter12 60 72 
Total guarantee obligations$1,339 $556 $1,895 

The Company and Kioxia have agreed to mutually contribute to, and indemnify each other and Flash Ventures for, environmental remediation costs or liability resulting from Flash Ventures’ manufacturing operations in certain circumstances. The Company has not made any indemnification payments, nor recorded any indemnification receivables, under any such agreements. As of December 30, 2022, no amounts have been accrued in the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements with respect to these indemnification agreements.

Unis Venture

The Company has a joint venture with Unisplendour Corporation Limited and Unissoft (Wuxi) Group Co. Ltd. (“Unis”), referred to as the “Unis Venture”, to market and sell the Company’s products in China and to develop data storage systems for the Chinese market in the future. The Unis Venture is 49% owned by the Company and 51% owned by Unis. The Company accounts for its investment in the Unis Venture under the equity method of accounting. Revenue on products distributed by the Unis Venture is recognized upon sell through to third-party customers. For both the three and six months ended December 30, 2022, the Company recognized approximately 3% of its consolidated revenue on products distributed by the Unis Venture. For both the three and six months ended December 31, 2021, the Company recognized approximately 4% of its consolidated revenue on products distributed by the Unis Venture. The outstanding accounts receivable due from the Unis Venture were 7% and 5% of Accounts receivable, net as of December 30, 2022 and July 1, 2022, respectively.