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Electronics makers facing semiconductor shortages due to Japan quake

Electronics makers facing semiconductor shortages due to Japan quake

Electronics manufacturers are facing shortages and unprecedented price fluxes in semiconductor supplies as Japan, which accounts for around a fifth of the world's total semiconductor production, suffered a destructive earthquake.

On Friday, the 8.9 magnitude earthquake, which had its epicenter around 231 miles northeast of Tokyo, caused widespread wreckage just before 3p. m. local time.

As per analysts? estimates, the quake will hit production and supplies of semiconductor wafers that are used in the production of microprocessors, PCs? system memory DRAM, and NAND flash that is used for storing content like video and music in handheld devices.

Japan accounts for more than 40 per cent of the world's NAND and 15 per cent of the world's DRAM production. According to research firm IHS iSuppli, Japan accounted for 16.5 per cent of the world?s total revenue from consumer electronics equipment.

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Cheers Don...

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And Coles are selling bananas for ten bux a kilo this morning :(

Grant.

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Grant

The same formula will be applied to semiconductor based products most likely.

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kreed

well, now we must be fast and buy lots of DDR modules coz it will result with price jump up to 50%...maybe even more...just like some years ago when some factory burned down and SDR module prices jumped for around 200%...

friend of mine bought around 160 modules of 128mb SDRAM at that time....and

2 days later prices did really jump high like he said it will...he sold them 1 by 1 in next month or two and earned money for vacation travel that year...
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Cargo containers are strewn about in Sendai Japan March 12.

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perhaps your next order was in one of these containers

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:On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:07:30 +1100, Don McKenzie wrote: : :>Electronics makers facing semiconductor shortages due to Japan quake : :And Coles are selling bananas for ten bux a kilo this morning :( : :Grant.

That's cheap... In Perth, IGA Gwelup is selling loose bananas for $14.99/kg. They are even selling the local Carnarvon lunchbox (small) bananas for $8.49/kg which normally sell for around $2.99/kg.

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Ross Herbert

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My friend Mick, came up with this:

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:-)

However I think there will be many delays now on goods to and from Japan. I sent a 25KG Fedex box there on Friday, and here is the current tracking:

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My Grand daughter spent an hour at NARITA airport on Saturday, I wonder how long this package will spend there

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