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Quote Originally Posted by WDC
Western Digital Corp. (Nasdaq: WDC) today announced that contamination of certain material used in its manufacturing processes has occurred and is affecting production operations at both its Yokkaichi and Kitakami joint venture, flash fabrication facilities.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/ho...ing-Facilities

Quote Originally Posted by Toms Hardware
Update 2/10/2022, 3am PT: Analyst firm TrendForce has now reported that the incident could cause NAND flash prices to spike 5 to 10% in Q2, which will ultimately impact SSD pricing.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/we...st-65-exabytes