2024-04-04

SHAKING RESPONSE:
TSMC said that its employees returned to work after being evacuated temporarily from some factories and it was conducting inspections Taiwan’s major chip companies, led by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), reported limited damage from yesterday’s magnitude 7.2 earthquake, the strongest in 25 years, major science parks and analysts said.
“There were no major production disruptions due to the quake at companies that operate in the park,” Hsinchu Science Park (新竹科學園區) Bureau deputy director-general Chen Shu-chu (陳淑珠) said by telephone.
“As the earthquake was larger than magnitude 5, the companies were required by law to evacuate their workers,” Chen said.
Infrastructure at the science park, including for power and water, was not affected, she said.
Contract chipmakers TSMC, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC, 聯電)

By Lisa Wang