Samsung fights off damage from contaminated DRAM semiconductor devices
In a report from BusinessKorea is has become apparent that Samsung suffers from significant damage in its foundry industry. Equipment for the fabrication of its chips, which could have an effect for the output throughout the production facility.
Businesskorea reports that defects have been found in Samsung Electronics’ foundry products. Earlier this year, the company had found problems in its first-generation 10-nm (1x ㎚) DRAM products. This time, defects were discovered in its foundry products, undermining the semiconductor giant’s reliability.
The defects were caused by the use of contaminated equipment on an 8-inch wafer line located in Samsung Electronics' Giheung Plant in Korea. A Samsung Electronics official acknowledged that defective products were found, but said that the process has already been normalized and that the damage is estimated at billions of Korean won.
However, some experts say that the damage may be much more than estimated by Samsung Electronics. "I understand that Samsung has not calculated the exact amount of the damage yet," said an industry insider. "The loss can be much larger than the company’s estimate.”
Irrespective of the scale of the damage, it really hurts Samsung Electronics that the defects themselves occurred to the global semiconductor leader. This is because Samsung Electronics is investing heavily in the foundry sector to take the global No. 1 position in the system semiconductor sector by 2030.
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So... anybody following the hardware industry in the last years reads it like @sverek has described it:
Hardware gets cheaper.
Something happens that cuts in on hardware supply.
Hardware doesn't get cheaper, or more expensive.
Rinse and repeat. HDDs, RAM, RAM, it has happened a couple of times in the last 60 months. I honestly don't believe in any of this anymore. This is all just shady business, creating artificial shortages to keep prices for old tech high.
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So... anybody following the hardware industry in the last years reads it like @sverek has described it:
Hardware gets cheaper.
Something happens that cuts in on hardware supply.
Hardware doesn't get cheaper, or more expensive.
Rinse and repeat. HDDs, RAM, RAM, it has happened a couple of times in the last 60 months. I honestly don't believe in any of this anymore. This is all just shady business, creating artificial shortages to keep prices for old tech high.
I'm onboard with this , it's all about the money and always has been, that's never going to change.
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If other industries can do this - and they do - then this is, sadly, to be expected.
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Goddamnit. I said NO FARTING ON THE PRODUCTION LINE!
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Consumers: "Wow, I enjoy how affordable RAM price these days"
Samsung: "Hold my beer"
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Take2:
Samsung: "Oh that's a nice low price RAM you got there, would be shame if something bad happened to production line..."
I totally agree with You. They don't like prices of RAMs right now, and that is excuse for rising prices. Everybody in computer industry does that, so why Samsung would be different? I think all started with flood (Western Digital 2009 if i recall right, and i don't think WD wanted this, but after that, an idea for everyone else = low stock-bigger price). After that, it's all history