Materials contamination has forced two NAND production plants to cease operations.
If component shortages weren’t bad enough already, they look set to get worse for anyone looking to buy a new SSD. As Tom’s Hardware reports, Western Digital and Kioxia (formerly Toshiba) have been working in partnership to manufacture memory chips for the past two decades. However, yesterday it was announced that they have been forced to cease production at two NAND factories, located in the Japanese cities of Kiakami and Tokkaichi.
