February 10 news, today's world's two major flash memory production giants Western Digital and Jiaoxia said that its two joint venture NAND Flash factories in Japan's Yokkaichi and Kita listed two joint venture NAND Flash production lines have been contaminated, and some materials have been contaminated in late January, which will affect the production of its factories. Western Digital and Armored Man's statements did not give an estimate of when production would resume. It is understood that Jiaoxia and Western Digital are the world's leading producers of NAND Flash products, and the main producers of such products are South Korea's Samsung Electronics, South Korea's SK Hynix, and the United States Micron' three companies.
Affected by the contamination of production materials, market research institute TrendForce Jibang Consulting gave the latest expectations of the global NAND Flash market, according to the information released by TrendForce Jibang Consulting, the total market share of Western Digital and Jiaoxia in the third quarter of last year was as high as 32.5%, and under the influence of this production material pollution event, the price of NAND Flash in the second quarter of the global market may increase by 5 to 10%.
At the same time, the global giant in the field of solid-state drive production, Qunlian, said that Qunlian and Jiaoxia have signed an LTA (long-term supply contract), and in the priority supply guarantee contract, the supply has no impact. Qunlian will pay close attention to the operation status and supply stability of NAND's original plant to ensure that it meets the needs of customers around the world.
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