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Taiwan's most valuable company, and chipmaker of the world, TSMC, confirmed that at least two of its fab workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19, but maintains that it doesn't affect operations at the plants. Most regions around world, including Taiwan, are bracing for successive waves of the disease, and a spread of COVID at TSMC could spell big trouble for the tech-giants dependent on the company for contract-manufacturing of their cutting-edge logic chips. Taiwan has been mostly spared from the Corona epidemic, but is now experiencing its largest wave of COVID-19 infections, with its medical infrastructure under strain. The latest outbreak has the potential to throw operations at TSMC off gear, affecting the supply chains of tens of billions of Dollars worth devices and vehicles around the world.
TSMC maintains an internal epidemic prevention committee, which has conducted contact-tracing of the the two employees, and discovered 10 contacts. Some of these have been sent to home-isolation, while others are closely monitoring themselves for symptoms. TSMC pledged that it will monitor the health of its employees on a daily basis. It has also completed the disinfection of the affected employees' workplace, and public areas visited by them. It once again emphasized that the incident will not affect company operations.
Taiwan is experiencing a spike in new COVID-19 cases since around May 10, sending more of the country's workforce on home-isolation or quarantine. Most countries hit by spikes in COVID cases have had to institute lockdowns to curb spread of the disease. For Taiwan, this means either factories being shut, or working under-capacity. The prospects of both of which could horrify TSMC's clientele that include AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel. Pat Gelsinger last week stated that the company received its first 7 nm wafers from TSMC, and could be exploring the fab for its next-gen products.
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TSMC maintains an internal epidemic prevention committee, which has conducted contact-tracing of the the two employees, and discovered 10 contacts. Some of these have been sent to home-isolation, while others are closely monitoring themselves for symptoms. TSMC pledged that it will monitor the health of its employees on a daily basis. It has also completed the disinfection of the affected employees' workplace, and public areas visited by them. It once again emphasized that the incident will not affect company operations.
Taiwan is experiencing a spike in new COVID-19 cases since around May 10, sending more of the country's workforce on home-isolation or quarantine. Most countries hit by spikes in COVID cases have had to institute lockdowns to curb spread of the disease. For Taiwan, this means either factories being shut, or working under-capacity. The prospects of both of which could horrify TSMC's clientele that include AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, and Intel. Pat Gelsinger last week stated that the company received its first 7 nm wafers from TSMC, and could be exploring the fab for its next-gen products.
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