Japan in 2010 accounted for 13.9% of all global electronic equipment factory revenue, according to a preliminary IHS iSuppli estimate according to Impact of Japanese earthquake on electronics industry article. The article tells also what kind of disruption to the supply chain can be expected. Update on events in Japan page is a compiled a list of information issued by companies that were directly or indirectly affected by last week’s earthquake and subsequent tidal wave in Japan.
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Tomi says:
VLSI: Quake analysis has missed the boat
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4214346/VLSI–Earthquake-analysis-has-missed-boat?Ecosystem=communications-design
Tomi says:
Fukushima hysteria now completely disconnected from reality
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/fukushima_panic_breaks_completely_free_of_facts/
As the situation at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear powerplant slowly winds down, the salient facts remain the same as they have been throughout: nobody has suffered or will suffer any radiological health consequences. Economic damage and inconvenience resulting from the quake’s effects on nuclear power have been significant, but tiny in comparison to all other human activities – the nuclear power plants in the stricken region have suffered less damage and caused less trouble to local residents than anything else that was there.
Tomi says:
UBM Electronics produced a special digital issue on how the earthquake and tsunami have impacted Japan
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cmp/eetimes032811_japan/
Stories in the issue include:
Opener: The day the lights went out in Japan
Japan’s rolling blackouts: Is the smart power grid working?
How the next-generation power grid needs to be designed
How Japan’s nuclear power plants failed; and its consequences
Impact of “loss of electric power” on the electronics industry in Japan and on the global market
Impact of “loss of electric power” on Japan’s economy at large
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