Supply Chain Bottleneck

Uncontained Outbreak Set to Affect 1H20 Smartphone Production, Expanding Total Projected 2020 Dip to 3.5%

Feb 27, 2020 | PDF

The continuing spread of COVID-19 is having varying degrees of impact on parts of the global manufacturing industry...

Memory Fabs in China Remain Operational With No Imminent Threat to the Supply Chain Despite Virus Outbreak

Jan 31, 2020 | PDF

According to TrendForce’s investigation on the impact of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak on DRAM supply...

Early Analysis of Damages to Kioxia’s Fab 6 Caused by the January 7 Fire and Forecast of the Plant’s Recovery

Jan 08, 2020 | PDF

TrendForce’s latest investigation on the equipment fire at Fab 6 of Kioxia’s Yokkaichi base on January 7 finds...

TrendForce’s Update on the Fire at Fab 6 of Kioxia’s Yokkaichi Base on January 7, 2020

Jan 07, 2020 | PDF

A piece of equipment caught fire at Kioxia’s NAND Flash production facility Fab 6 on the morning of January 7, 2020...

TrendForce’s Comment on Power Outage at TMC’s NAND Flash Base in Yokkaichi on June 15

Jun 20, 2019 | PDF

The NAND Flash production base of Toshiba Memory Corp. (TMC) in Yokkaichi...

Global Notebook Shipments for 2018 to Drop by 0.2% YoY Due to Shortage of Intel CPUs

Sep 07, 2018 | PDF

TrendForce has lowered the projection of the total NB (notebook PC) shipments worldwide for 2018 due to the worsening shortage of Intel CPUs. Intel originally planned to begin mass production of CPUs...