Industrial contamination disrupts flash chip output at two Japan plants


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TOKYO (AFP): Operations at two Japanese factories producing flash memory chips have been disrupted by the contamination of industrial materials, chipmaker Kioxia said Thursday (Feb 10).

It comes as the tech industry grapples with a global semiconductor shortage that has hampered the manufacturing of numerous products from cars to gaming consoles.

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