Power Outage at TSMC Arizona Fab Forces Production Halt, Thousands of Wafers Scrapped
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A power outage at an industrial gas facility servicing TSMC's Arizona fab caused manufacturing to halt for several hours in mid-September, resulting in thousands of wafers being scrapped. The outage affected production for major clients including Apple, Nvidia, and AMD, highlighting supply chain vulnerabilities in semiconductor manufacturing.
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The incident stopped the flow of crucial inputs needed for chipmaking, forcing the facility to shut down for at least a few hours
As a result, the company had to scrap thousands of wafers that were in production for clients at the site which include Apple, Nvidia, and AMD
The event happened mid-September and was caused by a power fault at its outsourced vendor Linde
[Exclusive] Supply of industrial gases used for chipmaking at TSMC in Arizona was interrupted when power at a vendor's facilities was cut, @culpium reports.
