Thursday, February 10th 2022
Western Digital's Flash Memory Factory Contaminated—6.5 Exabytes Lost
Western Digital Corp. (Nasdaq: WDC) today announced that contamination of certain material used in its manufacturing processes has occurred and is affecting production operations at both its Yokkaichi and Kitakami joint venture, flash fabrication facilities. Western Digital's current assessment of the impact is a reduction of its flash availability of at least 6.5 exabytes. The company is working closely with its joint venture partner, Kioxia, to implement necessary measures that will restore the facilities to normal operational status as quickly as possible.
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Western Digital creates environments for data to thrive. As a leader in data infrastructure, the company is driving the innovation needed to help customers capture, preserve, access and transform an ever-increasing diversity of data. Everywhere data lives, from advanced data centers to mobile sensors to personal devices, our industry-leading solutions deliver the possibilities of data. Our data-centric solutions are comprised of the Western Digital, G-Technology, SanDisk, and WD brands.
42 Comments on Western Digital's Flash Memory Factory Contaminated—6.5 Exabytes Lost
Seems like a long term (months?) fix and isnt even started.
how much chips is 6.3 exabytes actually
Isn’t there 1 TB single nand chip now?
so 1PT would be a 1000 chips and an EB 1,000,000 chips??
how many on a wafer? 750? So 8700 ish wafers worth of chips?? How much production worth of chips is that? 1 month??
"Oh, contamination hits us!"
Right.
How big will be the flash mem price spike?
www.theregister.com/2022/02/10/kioxia_wd_chemical_contamination_flash_fabs/
And if you're going to tell me this was done on purpose to push the prices up, I will tell you you're just confusing cause and effect. Plus, literally one post above yours, you have the estimation that this will only move prices 5-10%.
Well, hard drives aint going away anytime soon