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Following the huge chemical explosions that took out 15% of the world's memory production a short while ago, KitGuru has now been in contact with several major memory companies and we have been told “Everything is on hold”.

As KitGuru reported earlier today, Hynix fabrication plants 1 and 2 (FABs) have been put out of action following huge chemical explosions.

With the latest estimates placing Hynix somewhere around 30% of the world's DRAM production – for Hynix to lose half its capacity in seconds is about as serious as it gets in the technology market.

High performance GDDR5 from these FABs is crucial to the production of nVidia's fastest GeForce GTX cards, so if you were thinking about buying one – then NOW might be the right time.

Our sources in the Far East have just told us that major memory brands have stopped shipping anything at all, until they know the full extent of the damage and how the markets will react.

This makes sense.

If you are a major memory brand and your warehouses in the Far East, Europe, USA etc are all packed full of product that was destined to be sold as the ‘pre-explosion price', why wouldn't you wait a day or two to see just how far the memory price will jump?

Given the profiling information we have seen on Hynix so far, it seems as though the slower cheaper memory in the world will ‘float up' in price a little, while the performance product pricing will leap up like a leopard.

The Hynix fires will have huge repercussions across the market
The Hynix fires will have huge repercussions across the market. This memory stuff is everywhere.

KitGuru says: When the floods hit Western Digital in Thailand, the effect on the global market was significant, immediate and long-lasting. We can't see this being any different. It took over 12 months for pricing to come back to pre-flood levels. Want to bet this will be the same?

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Hynix FABs on fire after chemical explosion https://www.kitguru.net/components/memory/faith/hynix-fabs-on-fire-after-chemical-explosion/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/memory/faith/hynix-fabs-on-fire-after-chemical-explosion/#comments Wed, 04 Sep 2013 12:04:54 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=150858 World DRAM prices are set to rocket as news comes in that Hynix FABs 1 and 2 have been engulfed in a ball of flame following a huge chemical explosion. UPDATE: We have just heard that several major memory suppliers have stopped shipments – read more here. Reports are still coming in, but the effects …

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World DRAM prices are set to rocket as news comes in that Hynix FABs 1 and 2 have been engulfed in a ball of flame following a huge chemical explosion.

UPDATE: We have just heard that several major memory suppliers have stopped shipments – read more here.

Reports are still coming in, but the effects are immediate – with memory prices already shooting up by 10% in the first hour after reports started.

This is one of the main factories for nVidia GDDR5 we are told, so expect a major issue for the green team with production and pricing.  That said, As nVidia begin to switch to other sources, so AMD's price for Radeon RAM will also jump up.

Hynix makes 30% of the world's memory in this area, and now it will lose half its production, so world production will drop by 15%.

All figures are approximate – we are getting news/images in from our Far East sources as we type. Without actually being at the plant, there is no way we can verify that these shots are of the Hynix fire itself, but we are seeing the same unattributed shots across a load of technology and general news sites in the region.

At the source - FABs 1 and 2 burn
At the source – FABs 1 and 2 burn
Further away smoke billows at Hynix
Further away smoke billows at Hynix
Even from afar - it's a terrible sight
Even from afar – it's a terrible sight

KitGuru says: We're thankful that no one was killed, but pricing will be crazy now that 15% of the world's production has been switched off indefinitely.

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