The influence of 6.5EB flash memory chips by pollution continues to expand: many large factories are involved

On Wednesday, Western Digital and Armor announced that as many as 6.5 EB of flash memory chips were contaminated.

Guernsey And Kagura reported that the two factories could cause up to 16 EB of flash memory to be wasted, affecting a 10% share of the flash memory market in the quarter.

Not only Apple, which is preparing to release new products recently, has been affected, the original chip is very scarce, coupled with the problem of flash pollution now, for those manufacturers that rely on Western Digital and Armor Flash memory, it is a huge blow, including Microsoft, Sony, Google and other well-known manufacturers.

Coupled with the market panic caused by related events, there has been news that the group increased the price of the module by 15% at the first time, and other manufacturers suspended the quotation.

However, in this regard, it is not all bad news, and competitors Samsung, Hynix and Micron will benefit from such events. Among them, the shares of SK Hynix and Micron rose about 2% in after-hours trading.