TSMC Says Recovery from Taiwan Quake to Take Longer Than Expected

by Alan Patterson - EETimes

TAIPEI, Feb. 17, 2016 – 

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), the world's largest foundry, today revised its expectations on the impact from a February 6 earthquake, saying the recovery will take longer than the company originally forecast.

"We still expect to see wafer delivery delays in the first quarter," the company said in a press statement. For Fab 14A, wafer delivery will be delayed by 10 to 50 days, and delivery of about 100,000 12-inch wafers will be delayed from the first quarter to the second quarter, according to TSMC. For Fab 6, the wafer delivery delay will be 5 to 20 days, with 20,000 8-inch wafers delayed to the second quarter. For Fab 14B, the delivery delay will negligible, the company said.

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