This article explains how the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan has made a major impact on computer chip industry. It has damage the semiconductor manufacturing facilities and Japan's electrical supply and transportation infrastructure. It could be four to six months before Japan's semiconductor production get back up and running. Vice president with IHS iSuppli, a research firm said, that a few of Japan's production facilities are so badly damaged that they may never comeback online again. "This is the biggest impact on the electronics supply chain in the history of the semiconductor industry," said Ford. Ford also stated that in the production of equipment you can't have 94% of a part, you need 100% of the parts to build any device. I hope Japan will get back on their feet soon as possible because it affects us in way and not only them.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215432/Japan_disaster_puts_historic_hurt_on_chip_industry
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