Will Japan's Earthquake Shake the Electronics Industry? - IEEE ...
Last month, Samsung-- the Korean behemoth of the semiconductor industry-- suffered a modestly reported power outage at its facility in Giheung, Gyeonggi Province. Analysts said the incident could wipe out "as much as a month's worth of Samsung's total production of NAND flash memory chips." By itself, this is not exactly news, but there's always the butterfly effect. …