IC Design Blog

The recent earthquake in Taiwan did have an impact on TSMC’s production, but probably not as great as some in the press have indicated:  TSMC loses 40K wafers in quake. This blog gives a more careful reading of the announcement. What it comes down to is “1.5 days loss of wafer movement for the company in total.” Regardless of whether or not they had to scrap any wafers, 1.5 days of downtime is 1.5 … Read More

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