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To: tejek who wrote (1868)	9/26/1999 3:37:00 PM
From: semi_infinite	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3661

here is an article from Taiwan sent to me. Can't vouch for its authenticity: > Taiwan's chipmakers to slow down expansion after quake > > > Published: Sept.23, 1999 > Source: The Taiwan Economic News > > > aiwan's semiconductor companies located in the Hsinchu Science-based > Industrial Park are planning to slow down their expansion projects after > their manufacturing facilities were jolted by the strongest earthquake to > hit Taiwan in decades, sources at the park said Thursday. > > Instead, they said they will focus their efforts on restoring the existing > production lines located in the park in order to contain their losses, while > meeting their tight delivery deadlines. > > Power supply at the science park, the island's technology hub, has been > restored only by 25% of the total electricity needed on Thursday afternoon, > dashing chipmakers' hopes for an early resumption of their operations. > > The 25% power supply could only help us maintain the temperature and the > humidity of our clean rooms, said Tseng Fan-chen, president of Taiwan > Semiconductor Mfg. Co., the world's largest wafer foundry. > > Meanwhile, a dam, which provides the science park with the needed water, was > also affected by the powerful earthquake and might be unable to supply water > as normal, the source said. > > With the supply of power and water heavily disrupted, the science park is no > longer desirable for building new wafer plants, said the sources. > > Most chipmakers said the losses resulting from production delay would > certainly affect their sales revenues in the next two months at least. > > Tseng of TSMC predicted that it might take three to four months for TSMC to > restore its operations at the level that is able to meet the requirements of > its clients if Taiwan Power Co. is able to restore up to 80%-90% of the > power.