World-leading chip makers TSMC threatened by Taiwan water crisis
Lack of typhoons could see the megafoundry drowning in orders it can't fill, come red alert.
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I guess good luck with finding any hardware anytime soon.
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[PCGamer] World-leading chip makers TSMC threatened by Taiwan water crisis
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www.pcgamer.com
I guess good luck with finding any hardware anytime soon.
I'm more concerned about people not getting the water than need than whether chips get produced, to be honest.
It's less "All of them" and more "Everything". Their chips are everywhere and they can barely keep demand as they are.
This might affect several electronic devices.
All three, yeah. TSMC handles AMD processors and GPUs, as well as the Switch SOC. NVIDIA is running their current GPUs through Samsung, and Intel has it's own fabs, but TSMC does pretty much everything else.
pretty much everything is effected. From the PS5 to a pair of headphones to cars to TVs.
According to the original source article:
That ain't good. Makes me wonder if the emergency water tankers TSMC is going to get from other semiconductor companies could be used to, you know, hydrate the Taiwanese people.
Yeah. Electronics can wait. Going to keep a look out for Taiwan news regarding this water crisis.
Same, this takes way more priority over something as menial as chips. People need to drink.
Also thanks for edit jon bones.
Lots of people here have it right.
This article came from PC Gamer - so its obviously video game focused - but the impact of a semiconductor shortage is profound.
New cars are not being produced at the rate the manufacturers want. Television production is slowed.
And this says nothing of the people & jobs impacted in those industries.
And now a drought in Taiwan? Man.....
This article came from PC Gamer - so its obviously video game focused - but the impact of a semiconductor shortage is profound.
New cars are not being produced at the rate the manufacturers want. Television production is slowed.
And this says nothing of the people & jobs impacted in those industries.
And now a drought in Taiwan? Man.....
Boy, the semiconductor supply chain seems really limited by a small number of high-end players and physical foundries.
I wonder if there are any plans - from TSMC or others - to spin-up new foundries to alleviate this ongoing constraint? Obviously that's a tremendous undertaking, particularly if you're a TSMC competitor given their apparent lead over other foundries, but this situation is quickly becoming untenable, and you'd think there would be immense pressure from your Microsofts, Sonys, etc. to get something done in this regard.
I wonder if there are any plans - from TSMC or others - to spin-up new foundries to alleviate this ongoing constraint? Obviously that's a tremendous undertaking, particularly if you're a TSMC competitor given their apparent lead over other foundries, but this situation is quickly becoming untenable, and you'd think there would be immense pressure from your Microsofts, Sonys, etc. to get something done in this regard.
As someone living in a country with a drought while companies freely dry the land even more, yeah. I agree with you
There are.
Bloomberg: "EU Weighs Deal With TSMC, Samsung for Semiconductor Foundry" News
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-11/europe-weighs-semiconductor-foundry-to-fix-supply-chain-risk
www.resetera.com
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co(TSMC) to spend US$3.5b on Arizona subsidiary News
https://focustaiwan.tw/business/202011100030
www.resetera.com
Dag nabbit. I thought putting all of your eggs in one basket was the way to go.
Everyone (really not overstating that) has leaned too heavily on TSMC for their bleeding edge manufacturing needs. Global foundries... Intel... Samsung... whoever else... get your shit together.
Everyone (really not overstating that) has leaned too heavily on TSMC for their bleeding edge manufacturing needs. Global foundries... Intel... Samsung... whoever else... get your shit together.
yeah this was my first thought. We shouldn't be worried about chips being made. I mean its good to know they will be affected. But emergency water should not be used for chip production but for the people being affected.
Sounds like we need lots of places to source chips and components from. The people need that water more right now.
So far much of what I have read has to do with the economic impact. What has the human impact of this crisis been for the people of Taiwan?
reading the posts itt it feels like people are more concerned about the lack of chips than fucking people facing difficulty getting water
you know, that shit you need to live?
you know, that shit you need to live?
This is apparently due to low rainfall.
focustaiwan.tw
TSMC buying trucked-in water in preparation for supply shortages - Focus Taiwan
Taipei, Feb. 23 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) began buying water by the truckload on Tuesday for some of its foundries in Taiwan, as reservoirs in parts of the country face dwindling water levels following months of scant rainfall.
focustaiwan.tw