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Concerns Mount as Taiwan Earthquake Hits Chipmaker TSMC

Earthquake in Taiwan rattles global chip production, impacting tech stocks. Retail investors need to monitor supply chain disruptions and potential chip shortages.
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TSMC halts some production after massive earthquake hits Taiwan

Taiwan experienced a 7.4 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday, the strongest in 25 years. The earthquake was followed by several aftershocks with tremors that went across the island, with an active Tsunami warning across the region. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM) was one of the...
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Will HDD and SSD prices be affected as well?

Condolences for all those affected by the quake.
 
look due to hdd/ssd being used for some form of minning they had over manufactured and there hence there was a lull and ssd prices had lowered. hence there was gradual cutback to bring the price up but now this will result in shortage bring up all the pricing up by may be 15 to 20 % and than retailers etc fill further mess it up + the scalpers.
 
letmein said:
Will HDD and SSD prices be affected as well?

Condolences for all those affected by the quake.
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Lots of websites reported yesterday before the earthquake that SSD prices are bound to spike soon, the NAND cartel is colluding to jack the prices up it seems.


Anticipated 15% Increase in SSD Prices for Q2 2024

Industry analysts have released their latest projections for the NAND flash market, forecasting a significant price increase for Solid State Drives (SSDs) in the second quarter of 2024.
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Need to hoard up then.
In my limited experience, there's never a bad time to be a data hoarder.
 
guest_999 said:
Biggest ssd chips & hdd mfg facilities are not in Taiwan, most affected will be processors & motherboards & graphics card as asus/gigabyte/msi/asrock are all Taiwan based.
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So the 2021 gpu scalping era is gonna begin soon..
Peeps grab all 40xx series now at whatever rates..
 
nRiTeCh said:
So the 2021 gpu scalping era is gonna begin soon..
Peeps grab all 40xx series now at whatever rates..
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I don't think situation is ever going to be that bad again unless some very big change happen in cryptocurrency sector, maybe a 4-5% increase in prices due to delay in stock shipment.