May

15

Semiconductor factories spared from China’s massive earthquake

Filed Under Semiconductor Industry 

Chengdu is one of the areas in China with the most concentrated semiconductor companies. Despite the massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province of China, most semiconductor factories in Chengdu, Sichuan and Chongqing are reportedly mildly affected by the earthquake. For example, Taiwan ProMOS’s 8-inch fab in Chongqing is normal, not even the electricity supply, as claimed by its chairman ML Chen (Ref); SMIC’s 8-inch fab in Chengdu was also barely affected and the production has resumed on the evening of May 12. SMIC even claimed that there would not be any disruption in their monthly supply of 7,000 8-inch wafers(Ref); Intel has a test-and-assembly plant in Chengdu. While the plant has shutdown since the quake happened,

Intel is still conducting a seismic analysis of the earthquake’s impact, so far the damage seems to be minimal and the employees are expected to return on Friday (Ref). Intel reported that the impact on the global IC supply would not be affected since any damaged chips could be replaced relatively quickly from other sources. According to reports, Intel had contacted ASE, Amkor and Siliconware for assistance in replacing the parts (Ref); Unisem, a Malaysian assembly and test company with a factory in Chengdu, also reported there was likewise no major physical damage to the factory (Ref). It seems that most semiconductor plants are solidly built against the earthquake, but definitely not the schools.

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