Following the devastating tragic earthquake in Taiwan two days ago, companies across the country continue to provide data on the extent of the damage. Today it’s TSMC’s turn, company responsible for the production and supply of chips for Apple, Qualcomm, AMD and many others. In accordance with Reutersthe factory had to evacuate staff working during the earthquake.
After returning to work, TSMC released a damage report stating that This is not as strong an earthquake as one would expect from such an earthquake.. The problems they’ve encountered have more to do with downtime than hardware damage, says the Apple chip maker.
A few hours after the incident and making sure that everything was in order, The company allowed almost all of its employees to return to workexcept for some workers who depended on the damaged equipment.
Apple won’t run out of chips due to earthquake
A quick look at a map of Taiwan shows why TSMC factories They suffered no devastating consequences. The epicenter of the earthquake was very close to the city of Hualien. city located in the east of the island. Against, The company’s headquarters are located on the west side.. The distance in kilometers is not that terrible, but it is enough to avoid suffering the worst consequences of this disaster.
Moreover, TSMC is more vulnerable than other industries. Because producing chips like Apple’s requires extremely delicate equipment.. The devices used are calibrated with micron measurements, so slight jitter can be fatal to production.
Depending on the source, each of the machines used to produce processors may cost more than 150 million dollars. They are used for UV lithography and, fortunately for Apple, AMD and MediaTek, are in perfect condition.
But this does not mean that there are no affected plants. TSMC confirmed that the normal state has been restored to 80%. Therefore, areas at its factories are still paralyzed, awaiting repairs.
To make matters worse, the industry and market supported TSMC in the US stock market, achieving shares growth by 3% after the disaster occurred.
Source: Hiper Textual
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