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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (32613)	9/24/1999 10:02:00 PM
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TSMC plans to call in full workforce with power being restored Semiconductor Business News (09/24/99, 04:32:09 PM EDT) HSINCHU, Taiwan--Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. today said its chip-processing plants here have 55-60% full electrical power as the company continued efforts to restart the wafer fabs for production following Tuesday's powerful earthquake. TSMC said it expects to be receiving 85% of its usual external power on Saturday. If all goes as planned, the external power and backup generators will be essentially providing "full power" to the silicon foundry's facilities over the weekend, said TSMC officials. Consequently, TSMC said it plans to call in a full workforce for each wafer fab, and it anticipates gradually resuming chip production next week. TSMC and other Taiwan chip makers have been racing the clock to restart their fabs after power outages knocked them out of commission early Tuesday morning. So far, no major structural damage has been found in the fabs. With increased power allocation, TSMC said all air conditioning and exhaust systems are now running, and DI water plants are operating at a higher level than Thursday. Gas line testing was fully underway today. TSMC also said equipment inspection and repair were also well under way. "We have equipment vendor support people arriving now and over the weekend to supplement our efforts and help deal with any complex problems we may run into as we bring up the equipment," said Ron Norris, senior vice president of worldwide marketing and sales for TSMC--the world's largest pure-play silicon foundry. "Our operations people report that so far they have identified 'no major showstoppers'," he added. TSMC also said its mask shop and test areas received minimal damage and those operations were expected to fully resume within one or two days.

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