UMC skips radio waves and TSMC, the market pays attention to Zhuke’s voltage drop | TechNews Technology News

On the 9th, UMC’s regular plant in Hsinchu caused a large-scale voltage drop in the park, affecting many large plants, including TSMC, AUO, Macronix, and Power Semiconductor Manufacturing.

UMC CFO Liu Qidong confirmed the matter and said power has been resumed, but two 8-inch factories are actually affected, accounting for nearly half of the company’s 8-inch wafer production capacity. plant. The detailed cause of the accident is still under investigation and there may be a problem. There is a small impact. Not only that, the accident also caused a pressure drop in Zhuke Park. Although TSMC had an emergency response, it is rumored that some machines were still crashing, mainly because the mature process was affected. TSMC said it was okay.

However, Power Semiconductor Corporation and Macronix also reported that 8-inch factories have been affected. Semiconductor factories such as Global Crystal, Jiajing, Mosel, Hanlei and Taiwan Photomask have also reported power outages and have been suspended for several hours. AUO, Realtek, Qibang, Sipin, Nanmao, Jiajing and other factories have reaction pressure drop problems, and the scale involved can be said to be quite large. However, Taipower claimed that the accident had nothing to do with the power grid, it was due to an internal equipment accident at the UMC plant. Taipower sent people to help.

Although most households affected by the disaster said they were not severely affected and only lost a little capacity, the market is still concerned. The current production capacity of the 8-inch cast iron has been severely adjusted. The power jump has scared the downstream even more. The second quarter of this year you can raise prices again in advance. The cause of the accident has not yet been clarified. It may be that the UMC plug is faulty, and there are even rumors that the coffee machine is in trouble. Of course, this is not credible, but it also shows that public opinion is very concerned about it.

If Taipower’s claim is true, then Taiwan’s semiconductor development may not only be an insufficient power problem, but the security of the power grid in the park needs more attention. UMC announced that its consolidated revenue in December last year reached 15,288 million yuan, an annual growth of 19.3%, a record. The legal entity expects the price of the foundry to continue rising this year.

(Source of the first image: UMC)

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