Wednesday, June 9th 2021
SK Hynix Admits that a Batch of its DRAM Wafers is Defective, Downplays Scale of the Problem
Korean DRAM and NAND flash giant, SK Hynix, admitted that a rather big batch of its DRAM wafers is defective and in circulation. The size of this defective batch is rumored to be 240,000 wafers according to a Yonhap report, although the company downplays the scale of the problem citing its monthly production output of 1.8 million wafers.
The company said that it is working with its customers who received these wafers, for recall and replacement. "We're currently talking to a limited number of customers affected by this to address the issue. While it's too early to estimate the potential losses, we don't think they would be that significant as the defect is within the range of typical quality issue check." Besides this, the company is battling rumors surrounding the scale of defective DRAM wafers by the company, in circulation. "The scale of the potential losses mentioned in the rumor is absolutely not true and exaggerated," the company said, in a statement to The Register.
Sources:
The Register, Yonhap News
The company said that it is working with its customers who received these wafers, for recall and replacement. "We're currently talking to a limited number of customers affected by this to address the issue. While it's too early to estimate the potential losses, we don't think they would be that significant as the defect is within the range of typical quality issue check." Besides this, the company is battling rumors surrounding the scale of defective DRAM wafers by the company, in circulation. "The scale of the potential losses mentioned in the rumor is absolutely not true and exaggerated," the company said, in a statement to The Register.
12 Comments on SK Hynix Admits that a Batch of its DRAM Wafers is Defective, Downplays Scale of the Problem
So something most likely happened after those modules left their factory. I'm also sure they were replaced by Kingston?
Not defending Kingston here as such, I own exactly zero Kingston products, but something outside of their control most likely caused the issues you were having.
I don't know but in agreement with others here, each and every year some BS reason comes up for jacking prices up and it's never a small one either.
Massive fires, power outages, earthquakes......
I'm just waiting to see what excuse they'll come up with next but at least I know what it is this time around.
Doesn't leave out the possibility that it's some complex, non-immediate issue that slipped thru at Hynix themselves (or at Essencore that seems to be to Hynix what Spectek is to Micron, dumping out eTTs and whatnot at a reduced cost), when the silicon made it into packaged chips. That'd indeed affect any Hynix DRAM made from those wafers.