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6.5 exabytes short? It sounds like a lot, but does someone more informed know if that is going to make a dent?

• zinekeller 5y ago
  6.5 million in equivalent 1-terabyte units (note that NAND chips tend to be 64-512GB, the unit is just to illustrate approximate loss). However, I'm reading it beyond the 6.5 exabytes since that the WD press release (or any Kioxia statement) did not state that the production has been resumed, so I'm assuming it's actually a downtime and not just bad chips.
• jeffbee 5y ago
  Global flash shipments last year were estimated to be ~600EB, so that is ~1%.
  • usr1106 5y ago
    So nothing dramatic. Except that there is bad component shortage already (no idea whether flash is a bottleneck in the general shartage situation)
    • ksec 5y ago
      >So nothing dramatic A 5% target miss in ~2018 triggered the avalanche of NAND price. So 1% isn't insignificant.