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X’ian lockdown (from 35) tinue to closely monitor responses by
Samsung as the pandemic progresses.
Production has not been interrupted at If the lockdown continues, the decline in
Samsung’s Xi’an plant; the company’s NAND Flash contract prices may potentially
see a further tapering. trendforce.com
remedy is reduced operational scale which
may affect utilization rate
EVENTS
No significant disruptions
Following up on TrendForce’s previous
press release, Samsung’s two major NAND Feb. 9-11, SEMICON Korea, Seoul, semicon
Flash fabs in Xi’an are still manufacturing korea.org
without experiencing significant disrup-
tions at this moment. Feb. 15-17, Wafer-Level Packaging Sympo-
sium, San Jose, smta.org
With the local authority enforcing even
stricter restrictions on the movements of March 7-10, 18th International Conference on
people, however, Samsung has been com- Device Packaging, Fountain Hills, Ariz., imaps.
pelled to perform some temporary opera- org
tional adjustments to the two fabs.
March 21-25, SEMI-THERM Symposium 2022,
San Jose, semi-therm.org
With respect to end-products, facilities in
the Xi’an region are primarily responsible March 23-25, SEMICON China, Shanghai,
for the assembly of consumer electron- China, semiconchina.org
ics such as UFS and client SSDs, meaning
changes in the Xi’an fabs’ operations will March 23-25, productronica China, Shanghai,
have a direct impact on the procurement China, productronica-china.com
activities of smartphone and notebook
computer manufacturers. Listing in the Events column
Non-proft trade organizations may be listed
Inventory level relatively high in the “Events”i column free. Submit cal-
Samsung’s inventory level is still relatively endar items to roniscoff@gmail.com two
high, and the company should be able to months prior to the event.
keep supplying these products to buyers
with no issues in the short run, although ADVERTISERS
the decline in the these products’ prices
may moderate somewhat.
Advanced Interconnection advanced.com
Judging by the performance of the NAND Contech Solutions contechsolutions.com
E-tec
e-tec.com
Flash spot market on December 29, Trend- HCD Corp. hcdcorp.com
Force further indicates that most suppli- LEENO Industrial leeno.com
ers have now stopped giving price quotes MCT Worldwide mctint.com
for NAND Flash products after Samsung MEPTEC meptec.org
released an official statement on the Xi’an Mirror Semiconductor mirrorsemi.com
OKins Electronics
okinsglobal.com
matter. Signal Integrity signalin.com
TestConX testconx.org
Regarding the forecast of NAND Flash con- TopLine topline.tv
tract prices for 1Q22, TrendForce will con-