Semiconductor manufacturing not affected by strong earthquake in Taiwan
A Richter 6.8 magnitude scale earthquake and aftershocks hit Taiwan on September 18, but as the epicenter was located off the southeastern coast of the island, semiconductor manufacturing companies said there was no major damage on their production lines.
"Although the earthquake triggered automatic shutdown on some of our wafer foundry equipment, all of the production lines have returned to normal operation this morning," Chi-tung Liu, UMC CFO and spokesman told DIGITIMES on September 19.
