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TSMC “still assessing” chipmaking facilities after 7.4-magnitude quake hits Taiwan (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by redcalcium@lemmy.institute to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Imagine a really bad quake.... Everything has to be realigned. Their perfectly manometer aligned tech suddenly moves 3 inches in all directions, so it must be re-alighned before it can continue making good chips. Even today will have an effect on prices, but imagine a week or a month of no chip making!

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i think on the richter scale an earthquake of this size moves everything like 12+ feet.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

That's a lot of alignment work.