On the last Saturday in Taiwan was an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 points that affected the Science Park in the south, where are the factories TSMC and UMC. As reported by the site DigiTimes, the damage from the disaster for the producers will be minimal and unlikely to affect the schedule of finished products deliveries.
So, TSMC's will be ready to return to the ranks of more than 95% of the equipment at Fab 6 and Fab 14 facilities located in the affected area within three days. The number of damaged wafers is estimated, however, TSMC said that the deliveries volumes in this quarter will be reduced by no more than 1% due to the earthquake. At Fab 6 and Fab 14 is focused output Technology 16 and 20 nm for Apple, MediaTek and Altera.
UMC also reports on the health of the equipment Fab 12A object caught up in the earthquake zone. Here the company is engaged in processing 300-mm silicon wafers to 28-nm technology. In general, serious damage to the park not resumed supply of water, electricity and gas, and most companies are back to normal operation.