Devastating earthquake spares TSMC's $150M chip-making tools, Apple's not facing a chip shortage

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Devastating earthquake spares TSMC's $150M chip-making tools, Apple's not facing a chip shortage
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. Although the world's leading contract chip foundry, TSMC, is located on the opposite side of the island from where the center of the earthquake hit, the Taiwanese company had to evacuate workers.

This, in theory, could lead to chip supply shortages for TSMC's top customers such as Apple, MediaTek, AMD, and Qualcomm. Mere hours after the tragedy and after assuring that the site is safe, TSMC allowed workers to return to the assembly lines.

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