If these chips have internal dates, or if their functioning is connected to time, they might come down with a bad case of Y2K at the turn of the century. An estimated 2 % of the chips produced in the past decade are connected in some way to the date or the year, and may experience Y2K problems.
主導國內中心﹘﹘衛星工廠體系的中衛發展中心專案經理姜述尚則指出，過去十多年來，全球平均每年生產七十億顆晶片，估計其中約百分之二和日期或年序相關，會發生 Y2K 問題。