TSMC production issue

[WereCat]

Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/TSMC-chip-output-for-Nvidia-and-Huawei-hit-by-defective-chemical

 

 

TAIPEI -- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said on Monday a defective chemical had damaged production at a factory that supplies customers including chip developers Huawei Technologies, Nvidia and MediaTek.

This marks the second production problem linked to suppliers in less than six months for the world's biggest contract chipmaker, which is suffering from weak demand as smartphone sales slow.

"TSMC has discovered a shipment of chemical material used in the manufacturing process that deviated from the specification and will impact wafer yield," the company said in a statement. It said it was investigating the cause of the problems at the Fab 14B production site in southern Taiwan and contacting customers.

 

 

This seems like it will mostly affect smartphones and it shouldn't have negative impact on CPU/GPU prices for computers. 

Another fab disaster that would cause huge price hikes would be a huge PITA. Still, this seems like the fab will get back on track quite quickly, luckily. 

[WereCat]

Just now, VegetableStu said:

sorry ,_,

I was looking and I couldn't find it