Flash Memory Prices Set to Rise Due to Factory Contamination at Western Digital and Kioxia, “At Least” 6.5-Exabyte Loss

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Western Digital and Kioxia shared press releases yesterday revealing that they had lost a ton of 3D NAND due to contamination, with the former estimating a loss of “at least” 6.5 exabytes of flash memory. Sources such as TrendForce are now predicting that pricing of flash memory is poised to spike as a result of the dilemma, possibly as high as 10 percent in Q2. Western Digital, nor Kioxia, have clarified how the contamination happened.

NAND Flash Pricing Set to Spike 5-10% in Q2 Due to Material Contamination at WDC and Kioxia, Says TrendForce (TrendForce)



Before this incident, TrendForce had forecast that the NAND Flash market will see a...

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[Grimlakin]

I'm amazed and shocked that our quarterly crisis event has occurred causing in demand tech that was reaching a lower price to suddenly be more expensive.

 

[Brian_B]

Guess we need to add SSD production to the bingo card now

 

[MadMummy76]

Oh, look, we accidentally created scarcity for a product that was to be available in abundance, silly us.

 

[Dogsofjune]

Not a thing I need in that arena right now thankfully

 

[LeRoy_Blanchard]

Right on time!