This will hurt the South Korean firms in the short term - then badly damage the Japanese firms. If the SK firms cannot rely on Japan then they WILL produce their own supplies. This will cost the SK firms several billion dollars but will end up destroying the Japanese firms. It will take a few years for this to happen but any shareholders in these Japanese companies would be wise to sell.
The Japanese firm don't solely rely on the SK firms since they have broad product lines and customers in many continents. Think about it - Dow Chemical won't go bankrupt even if Intel and Micron stopped buying their chemicals.
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Rookierookie - Friday, July 26, 2019 - link
The occasional typo may be excusable, but please avoid making them in the title.PeachNCream - Friday, July 26, 2019 - link
In "...and uneasy to store," consider replacing uneasy with the word difficult.quantumshadow44 - Monday, July 29, 2019 - link
lol, he is russian.Arsenica - Friday, July 26, 2019 - link
Finding alternate photoresist suppliers for advanced nodes is going to be a challengeDuncan Macdonald - Friday, July 26, 2019 - link
This will hurt the South Korean firms in the short term - then badly damage the Japanese firms. If the SK firms cannot rely on Japan then they WILL produce their own supplies. This will cost the SK firms several billion dollars but will end up destroying the Japanese firms. It will take a few years for this to happen but any shareholders in these Japanese companies would be wise to sell.dropme - Friday, July 26, 2019 - link
The Japanese firm don't solely rely on the SK firms since they have broad product lines and customers in many continents. Think about it - Dow Chemical won't go bankrupt even if Intel and Micron stopped buying their chemicals.dropme - Friday, July 26, 2019 - link
Is Mircon a buy?s.yu - Saturday, July 27, 2019 - link
This started with SK's laughable acts of extortion.