Company Insight

Japan’s Recent Earthquake and Tsunami Disrupted the Smartphone Supply Chain

Author: Celia Bo, Industry Analyst, Wireless & Semiconductor

Published: 12 May 2011

Since Japanese suppliers control significant global market share and since Japan-based manufacturing facilities are still recovering or trying to recover from the recent disaster, the supply of smartphone components, such as NAND flash, Bismaleimide-Triazine (BT) resin, and CMOS sensors will be affected.

The full text of this Insight is available to subscribers of the Smartphones & Mobile Devices Research Service and the Asia Intelligence Research Service.

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