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Japan earthquake
Earthquakes in Japan often cause huge damage. They have had strong impacts on the country's electronics industry.
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Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: NAND flash supply to tighten
Market observers have predicted that NAND flash memory, which is widely used in smartphones, tablets and other digital consumer electronics, will be in tight supply due to supply...
Monday 14 March 2011
Digitimes Insight: SEH plant suspension may hit global wafer supply chain
While the massive tremor that ravaged the northeastern part of Japan did not cause damage to Japan's major production sites for DRAM and flash memory products, it may disrupt the...
Monday 14 March 2011
DRAM companies stop offering quotes after Japan earthquake
Many DRAM chip suppliers reportedly have stopped quoting their chip prices for the spot market segment following the earthquake which hit Japan on March 11. Meanwhile, downstream...
Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Taiwan-based semiconductor companies see clients take precautions against short supply
The March 11 earthquake impacted Northeast Japan, which is also the main region of the country's semiconductor supply chain. With Japan-based wafer foundry Shin-Etsu Chemical stopping...
Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Battery cell prices likely to be pushed up, say Taiwan makers
Sony's two battery cell factories located in Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, have stopped production in the wake of Friday's earthquake, and this may push up international...
Monday 14 March 2011
Foundries brace for impact of wafer shortage
With the impact of Japan's massive earthquake disrupting production at silicon wafer supplier Shin-Etsu Handotai (SEH), major pure-play foundry chipmakers Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing...
Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Elpida says still assessing impact
Elpida Memory, Japan's only maker of DRAM, has provided its business status in the wake of the massive earthquake that hit the country, saying that information remains incomplete,...
Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: M.Setek production disrupted, to resume operation in a week, says AUO chairman
M.Setek, the Japan-based polycrystalline silicon and solar-grade wafer maker under the AU Optronics (AUO) group, saw production disrupted by the massive earthquake on March 11, but...
Monday 14 March 2011
Japan earthquake: Acer says supply chain not substantially hit
Acer has said that the devastating earthquake in Japan will not bring substantial impact on the company's supply chain.