{"id":4436,"date":"2024-04-23T17:29:58","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/econoasia.com\/taiwan-earthquake-displays-vulnerability-of-chip-giant-tsmc\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T17:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T17:29:58","slug":"taiwan-earthquake-displays-vulnerability-of-chip-giant-tsmc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/econoasia.com\/hi\/taiwan-earthquake-displays-vulnerability-of-chip-giant-tsmc\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Earthquake Displays Vulnerability of Chip Giant TSMC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"> <span class=\"full-width\"> <\/p>\n<figure> <amp-img src=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/660ce8623f923f7dab03f6c5?width=750&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\" width=\"750\" height=\"562\" layout=\"responsive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/660ce8623f923f7dab03f6c5?width=400&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 400w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/660ce8623f923f7dab03f6c5?width=500&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 500w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/660ce8623f923f7dab03f6c5?width=700&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 700w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/660ce8623f923f7dab03f6c5?width=1000&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 1000w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/660ce8623f923f7dab03f6c5?width=1300&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 1300w, https:\/\/i.insider.com\/660ce8623f923f7dab03f6c5?width=2000&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp 2000w\" alt=\"Firefighters work at the site where a building collapsed following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan, in this handout provided by Taiwan's National Fire Agency on April 3, 2024.\"\/> <span class=\"image-source-caption with-caption-drawer\"> <input class=\"caption-drawer-input\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"caption-drawer-checkbox\"\/> <label class=\"caption-drawer-label\" for=\"caption-drawer-btn\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"svg-icon arrow-up-icon caption-drawer-icon\" width=\"12\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 8\"> <title>Angle down icon<\/title> <desc>An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down.<\/desc> <path d=\"M11.3281 0.792709C11.1874 0.796035 11.0537 0.854817 10.9562 0.95625L5.99996 5.9125L1.04371 0.95625C0.994011 0.90516 0.934574 0.864549 0.868913 0.836818C0.803251 0.809086 0.732698 0.794796 0.661421 0.794792C0.555323 0.79482 0.451644 0.826488 0.363639 0.885749C0.275634 0.94501 0.207301 1.02917 0.167378 1.12747C0.127454 1.22577 0.117753 1.33374 0.139515 1.43758C0.161277 1.54143 0.213513 1.63642 0.289546 1.71042L5.62288 7.04375C5.7229 7.14374 5.85854 7.1999 5.99996 7.1999C6.14139 7.1999 6.27702 7.14374 6.37705 7.04375L11.7104 1.71042C11.7878 1.63594 11.841 1.5398 11.8629 1.43459C11.8848 1.32939 11.8744 1.22003 11.833 1.12084C11.7917 1.02164 11.7214 0.937245 11.6313 0.878694C11.5412 0.820144 11.4355 0.790174 11.3281 0.792709V0.792709Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/> <\/svg> <\/label><figcaption class=\"headline-bold image-caption\"> Firefighters work at the site where a building collapsed following the earthquake, in Hualien, Taiwan, in this handout provided by Taiwan&#8217;s National Fire Agency on April 3, 2024. <\/figcaption><span class=\"source headline-regular image-source\">Taiwan National Fire Agency\/Reuters<\/span> <\/span> <\/figure>\n<p> <\/span> <\/p>\n<ul class=\"summary-list\">\n<li>Taiwan&#8217;s worst earthquake in 25 years disrupted operations of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.<\/li>\n<li>The 7.2-magnitude earthquake shows the vulnerability of TSMC, the world&#8217;s top chipmaker, to natural or geopolitical events.<\/li>\n<li>TSMC is diversifying with new plants in Arizona, Japan, and Germany to mitigate future disruptions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/taiwan-earthquake-prompts-well-wishes-china-pla-references-2024-4\" data-analytics-product-module=\"body_link\" data-vars-hyper-link=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/taiwan-earthquake-prompts-well-wishes-china-pla-references-2024-4\" data-vars-link-domain=\"AMP\" data-vars-link-type=\"Inbound Click\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan experienced its worst&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/taiwan-earthquake-displays-vulnerability-chip-giant-tsmc-china-invasion-war-2024-4?amp\">\u0938\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0924 \u0932\u093f\u0902\u0915 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. 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