Semiconductor supplies to get hampered by Japan's recent Quake, Tsunami
Manufacturers and industry analysts are attempting to understand the damage to Japan's semiconductor industry in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan's eastern coast north of Tokyo and caused an emergency shutdown of one of that country's nuclear reactors.
Japanese manufacturers produce over 40 per cent of the world's NAND Flash and about 15 per cent of the world's DRAM and is a major source of chips used in producing consumer electronics products.
The quake, which registered 8.9 on the Richter scale and which caused a massive tsunami seconds later, was about 10 times stronger than the September 1999 Taiwan 7.6 earthquake that disrupted the LCD and computer components supply chain.
Japan's two major DRAM fabs, which account for 10 per cent of the world's supply of DRAM, seem to have been spared direct damage.
While the earthquake and tsunami may not have caused direct damage to production facilities, they will likely cause a major disruption to the supply chain.
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