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

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werefreeatlast@lemmy.world
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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!

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Num10ck@lemmy.world
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i think on the richter scale an earthquake of this size moves everything like 12+ feet.

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That’s a lot of alignment work.

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