A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Hualien county in Taiwan Wednesday morning, with the most recent studies indicating that its affect on Taiwan’s semiconductor provide chain is comparatively minor. Most wafer foundries are positioned in areas experiencing seismic depth of degree 4, whereas chip factories are constructed with excessive requirements and superior inner damping measures. Taiwan’s chip producers carried out shutdown inspections and resumed operations after the earthquake on April 3, based on market intelligence agency TrendForce. Regardless of potential losses from emergency shutdowns or earthquake-induced damages, most chip corporations can quickly get better the bulk after resuming operations, as the present capability utilization charges in mature course of fabs vary between 50% to 80%. [Icsmart, in Chinese]
