Introduction: On May 19, according to Taiwanese media reports, due to the intensification of water and electricity supply on the island, peak power limits, "five supply and two stops" measures such as TSMC are facing the threat of production line shutdowns.
Photo: TSMC Hsinchu Science Park factory
According to Taiwan's Business Times, the No. 1 unit of Xingda Power Plant in Taiwan failed again on May 18, resulting in two major power outages on the island of Taiwan in the past five days (May 13 and 18). Due to the failure of the generator set to recover in time that night, all units reached 20 million households were powered.
and so in the afternoon of the same day, the head of the Taiwan economic department had directly contacted the senior management of TSMC and asked to move or suspend some production lines to reduce electricity use.
analysis stated that the large-scale " power shortage " was caused by artificial and equipment failures in the power plants on the island. At the same time, power consumption in Taiwan has increased significantly during the high temperature season, and the epidemic on the island has made a comeback. The recent epidemic on the island has brought about a comeback. Working from home and closures across the island have led to a rapid growth in household electricity demand.
Picture: Hsinchu Science Park with dense fabs (partial)
. Under the threat of power outages across the island due to the failure of the power plant, the Taiwanese authorities can only take the last piece of "economic private land" and require industrial power users - TSMC, UMC, and other factories to temporarily limit power to prevent the entire island from falling into darkness.
According to public reports, entering the 7nm era, the daily power consumption of a single EUV has reached an astonishing 30,000 kWh , while theoretically, the annual power consumption of a 3nm fab has reached 7 billion kWh , comparable to a city (in 2018, , Guangdong's annual power consumption of was 8.1 billion kWh kilowatt-hour). There are more than a dozen Fabs operating in Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu Science Park.
In a sense, under the current circumstances, the wafer foundry, packaging and testing plants and panel factories on the island, which are crucial to the global supply chain, may face production suspension at any time.
If only temporary shutdowns are suspended, the impact may be limited, but the "water cutoff" of may make the possibility of tightening of production capacity .
Picture: The water level on the island hits the lowest in ten years
chip master once reported on the water shortage crisis! Several IC manufacturers such as TSMC have taken urgent measures, and the water shortage crisis has become increasingly severe on the island since February.
htmlOn May 19, according to Taiwan Economic Daily, the tight water situation made TSMC unable to hold on. TSMC decided to increase the number of water on in advance to maintain normal production of in response to the water shortage in the Hsinchu Science Park factory.Because since May 21, Taiwan’s water situation management department has required Taoyuan City and New Taipei City to reduce water supply again, and Tainan and Kaohsiung industrial water users saves water 13% again. The most important thing is that if precipitation continues to be insufficient, the water supply in Hsinchu area will be adjusted to "five supply and two stops" from June 1, and industrial users are facing the dilemma of having no tap water available for .
Therefore, it is expected that this week, the Hsinchu Science Park, including UMC, World Advanced, Wanghong, Huabang and Global Crystal , will also urgently take self-supply measures to make up for the water use gap and face the possible water outage crisis of .
Reprinted from: Chip Master
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