The wording on Phison's letter isn't specific about which type of clients will asked for pre-payment and which will face shorter payment windows, suggesting Phison will evaluate terms on a case-by-case basis. It's not hard to imagine that the company will prioritize allocations and perhaps extend more generous terms to larger customers, seeing as the letter mentions the usual "rapid changes from AI infrastructure".
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WrongRookie So I guess we should avoid buying SSDs that are having a Phison controller. Reply
VizzieTheViz WrongRookie said: So I guess we should avoid buying SSDs that are having a Phison controller. Wait what? How did you get that from this article? Every company that’s doing anything with memory, RAM or SSD, will have to make some hard choices these days. I don’t see why you specifically shouldn’t buy Phison drives anymore. If you want to make a statement by not buying something it should be: don’t use AI services. Reply
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/phison-is-now-demanding-customers-pre-pay-with-shorter-timelines-nand-squeeze-affecting-everyone-in-the-ssd-supply-chain#main
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