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Supply And Price Of Electronic Components Influenced By Japanese Earthquake

Japan earthquakes and tsunamis can lead to serious shortage of some electronic elements, and then push these components prices are rising dramatically. Although the currently almost nothing about the electronic factory actual damage coverage, but transport and power facilities will cause damage to supply disruptions, cause components supply shortages and price rises. Affected components will include NAND flash memory, DRAM, micro controller, standard logic, liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, LCD components and materials.

Japan is also used in the production of semiconductor chips, the biggest supplier of silicon around 60% of the global supply. If Japan's logistics and infrastructure problems cause this supply disruptions, will not only influence NAND flash memory, DRAM, micro controller, standard logic, LCD panels and LCD components, and affect division devices and other products, such as MOSFET, bipolar transistors and small signal transistor.

The next two weeks, infrastructure problems will lead to Japan shipping slowdown or disruption. But, for the Japanese earthquake affected by electronic components, global supply chains have approximately two weeks of excess inventory. Therefore, expected before the end of march or early April supply shortage does not seem to appear. Similarly, shortage of the influence of its price is likely to continue to third quarter.

A strong earthquake in Japan this happened before the semiconductor, global semiconductor supply chain inventories in high. Japanese earthquake will cause shortages arise time delayed for several weeks.

Although the actual hasn't happened shortages, but because the psychological impact caused by natural disasters, component prices have been affected. The price of high-density MCF-C29BM05 flash memory in the spot market rose 10%, buyers usually the spot market relatively small purchases usually. But IHS, expects OEM DRAM customers won't face price swings. And in the contract on the market, the average price of main OEM customers will stabilize, until the supply chain withstand the test of infrastructure questions.

Stock prices rise in DRAM, rose 7% since last Friday. At present, but steady contract price with contract negotiations again, the price may mild rise.

Japan's largest electronic components manufacturer located in south of the factory most epicenter and away from far away, the most serious areas. Tsunami Therefore, the damage is very small. However, these companies face transport components, receiving raw materials and transport workers work problems. Power outages, and also affects production big - depends on the effects may produce product type.

In addition, Hitachi a display factory closest to the quake zone. The Hitachi factory production, evaluation on Monday's earthquake influence. Even if no damage powerhouse structure, its production business may not be affected because of power outages. Hitachi production monitor nintendo DS handheld game console and supply of mobile phone. The LG If the factory shutdown a month or longer may affect these shipments of the product.

Panasonic in Japan the sixth generation of Laptop Accessories factory production LCD TV panel, the products used for panasonic and China brand. Due to the factory near the surrounding area, its earthquake might temporarily affected production. Preliminary information shows that large LCD use devices, such as glass, filter color device and polarization ware, most of the production in Japan was not affected. However, the power supply problems could affect these LCD device future production and supply. If production continued interference and may affect supply and causing prices to rise.

Used in the production of LCD panel devices have signs disrupted supplies. Fuji film color polarization implement production affected, may affect the price of this key devices.

According to the preliminary estimates iSuppli company IHS, 2010 Japan share of global electronic equipment factory 13.9% of operating revenue. Including all electronic equipment manufacturing, involving computer, consumer electronics and communications equipment.

By: johnbrad

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