Blackout 1 minute, Samsung's RAM and SSD factory lost millions of dollars, stopped working for 3 days

On January 2, a Samsung RAM and memory chip factory for Samsung SSDs in Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, suffered a sudden power outage within 1 minute of a power cable explosion. at a nearby substation. This problem caused the plant to completely shut down operations for about 2 to 3 days to restore production processes.

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This 1-minute power outage at Hwaseong factory made all wafers unusable. If you don't already know, the wafer is a thin piece of silicon used to make memory chips. The wafers will become useless and cannot be used anymore if there is any damage, big or small. Therefore, a power outage within a single minute can also cause severe damage to the factory producing RAM components and memory chips for Samsung SSDs.

According to Samsung's announcement, no major damage has been found but to ensure there are no unintended incidents taking place, they are strictly inspecting the entire production line before it. be active again.

Specific information about the extent of loss has not been disclosed by Samsung. Last year, Samsung suffered about 50 billion won, or about $ 43 million, when a factory located in Pyeongtaek lost power within 30 minutes.

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