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WD expects to produce six exabytes less flash NAND due to power outage
Western Digital will produce six exabytes less flash NAND memory than planned due to a power outage at its Toshiba Memory Corporation joint venture on June 15, the company reports. An exabyte is 1000 petabytes = 1million terabytes = 1billion gigabytes.
The power failure occurred on Saturday, June 15 in the Yokkaichi region in Japan. The incident affected the facilities of the joint venture between Toshiba and Western Digital, which meant that, among other things, the process tools for processing wafers for the production of nand memory did not function for a short time. TrendForce reports that the power outage lasted only thirteen minutes. Daughter division of TrendForce DRAMeXchange, which analyzes memory prices, expects the prices for 2d-nand to rise as a result of the incident, while the price reductions for stacked 3d-nand may flatten out.
- WD - SAN JOSE, CA - Jun 27, 2019
Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) announced that on Saturday, June 15, an unexpected power outage occurred in the Yokkaichi region in Japan, affecting production operations at the flash fabrication facilities operated by the company's joint venture partner, Toshiba Memory Corporation. The power outage impacted both the facilities and process tools and Western Digital is working closely with its joint venture partner to bring the facilities back to normal operational status as quickly as possible.
Western Digital continues to assess the impact of this event. The company currently expects the incident will result in a reduction of Western Digital's flash wafer availability of approximately 6 exabytes, the majority of which is expected to be contained in the first quarter of fiscal year 2020.
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#5685444 Posted on: 06/29/2019 07:34 AM
Here we go again...
Here we go again...
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#5685451 Posted on: 06/29/2019 08:28 AM
So, who's to commit seppoku?
I think that operation of this importance and scale should be able to have contingency for something as trivial as loss of power.
In place where I work, we have batteries and generators which will enable over 4000 people to continue their work in usual fashion.
They could not deal with 13 minutes outage.
So, who's to commit seppoku?
I think that operation of this importance and scale should be able to have contingency for something as trivial as loss of power.
In place where I work, we have batteries and generators which will enable over 4000 people to continue their work in usual fashion.
On June 15, a
13-minute
outage hit Japan's Yokkaichi region, where Toshiba Memory Corporation (TMC), WD's joint venture partner, produces flash chips. The blackout affected process machinery that are still not working properly. ... For Western Dig, that is the July-September quarter of this year.They could not deal with 13 minutes outage.
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#5685456 Posted on: 06/29/2019 08:55 AM
So, who's to commit seppoku?
I think that operation of this importance and scale should be able to have contingency for something as trivial as loss of power.
In place where I work, we have batteries and generators which will enable over 4000 people to continue their work in usual fashion.
They could not deal with 13 minutes outage.
Considering the Fukushima catastrophe likely wouldn't have happened at all if the power plant had had decent backup systems (not stupidly designed, untested ones), I wouldn't be surprised by any place in Japan to only have countermeasures that work on paper but not in reality. For all we know, the Toshiba NAND plant also had batteries and generators, but they didn't end up working as intended when they were needed.
So, who's to commit seppoku?
I think that operation of this importance and scale should be able to have contingency for something as trivial as loss of power.
In place where I work, we have batteries and generators which will enable over 4000 people to continue their work in usual fashion.
They could not deal with 13 minutes outage.
Considering the Fukushima catastrophe likely wouldn't have happened at all if the power plant had had decent backup systems (not stupidly designed, untested ones), I wouldn't be surprised by any place in Japan to only have countermeasures that work on paper but not in reality. For all we know, the Toshiba NAND plant also had batteries and generators, but they didn't end up working as intended when they were needed.
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#5685457 Posted on: 06/29/2019 09:07 AM
Power outage
Power outage
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#5685462 Posted on: 06/29/2019 09:46 AM
We all know what's the cause of the outage.
The low prices...
We all know what's the cause of the outage.
The low prices...
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#5685471 Posted on: 06/29/2019 10:48 AM
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#5685474 Posted on: 06/29/2019 11:04 AM
We all know what's the cause of the outage.
The low prices...
Probably failed to pay for the power bill...
We all know what's the cause of the outage.
The low prices...
Probably failed to pay for the power bill...
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#5685500 Posted on: 06/29/2019 01:38 PM
6 exabytes equal 6 million terabytes - which would be ~15-20 million SSD drives, given the popularity of 256GB and 512GB disks.
This year SSD shipments are projected to be ~280 million SSD drives , ~70 million per quarter.
So that's about 20-30 percent of the world's total manufacturing capacity in Q1 2019.
6 exabytes equal 6 million terabytes - which would be ~15-20 million SSD drives, given the popularity of 256GB and 512GB disks.
This year SSD shipments are projected to be ~280 million SSD drives , ~70 million per quarter.
So that's about 20-30 percent of the world's total manufacturing capacity in Q1 2019.
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#5685517 Posted on: 06/29/2019 03:44 PM
No backup generators?
No backup generators?
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#5685519 Posted on: 06/29/2019 03:45 PM
6 exabytes equal 6 million terabytes - which would be ~15-20 million SSD drives, given the popularity of 256GB and 512GB disks.
This year SSD shipments are projected to be ~280 million SSD drives , ~70 million per quarter.
So that's about 20-30 percent of the world's total manufacturing capacity in Q1 2019.
So a 13min power outage did that... hmm...
6 exabytes equal 6 million terabytes - which would be ~15-20 million SSD drives, given the popularity of 256GB and 512GB disks.
This year SSD shipments are projected to be ~280 million SSD drives , ~70 million per quarter.
So that's about 20-30 percent of the world's total manufacturing capacity in Q1 2019.
So a 13min power outage did that... hmm...
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#5685539 Posted on: 06/29/2019 05:01 PM
I don't buy it.
Just another movie from the same director, same actors and same outcome.
Rising prices, by all means.
I don't buy it.
Just another movie from the same director, same actors and same outcome.
Rising prices, by all means.
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#5685543 Posted on: 06/29/2019 05:05 PM
I don't buy it.
Just another movie from the same director, same actors and same outcome.
Rising prices, by all means.
In highly competitive market with sharply decreasing NAND pricing, who would be brave enough to raise prices?
I don't buy it.
Just another movie from the same director, same actors and same outcome.
Rising prices, by all means.
In highly competitive market with sharply decreasing NAND pricing, who would be brave enough to raise prices?
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#5685564 Posted on: 06/29/2019 05:57 PM
What a lame excuse to increase prices.
What a lame excuse to increase prices.
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#5685578 Posted on: 06/29/2019 06:43 PM
LOL.. conspiracy theorists abound.. here, there, everywhere
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What a lame excuse to increase prices.
LOL.. conspiracy theorists abound.. here, there, everywhere
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Can't have SSD keep dropping like they have been.