Emergency work! Many semiconductor factories in Japan responded to the impact of the earthquake.
According to Japanese media reports, at 16:10 pm on January 1, local time, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurred in the northern part of Japan. The epicenter was located in the Nengari area of Shichuan County. Due to the earthquake, many semiconductor factories in the earthquake area in Japan were Recently, the impact of the work of stopping work has been successively stopped.Although the main gathering places of Japan's semiconductor industry are located in the eastern part of Kyushu Island, as well as the Kanto and Northeast regions of Honshu Island, according to TrendForce surveys, MLCC giant Murata, semiconductor wafer giant ShinEtsu, GlobalWafers, Toshiba, Tower Semiconductor, and Nuvoton's jointly operated TPSCo all have factories in the vicinity of the strong earthquake impact area in the Neden area of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
Toshiba said that the production of a factory of a subsidiary Kaga Toshiba Electronics has stopped, which is the main production center of Toshiba Power Semiconductor. Toshiba said it has not decided when to restart the factory. Kaga Toshiba Factory is located in the southwestern part of Ishikawa Prefecture, with a six -inch and eight -inch factory, and a twelve -inch factory will be completed in the first half of 2024.
The Murata Production Institute stated that the company is evaluating the damage to the damage to the two infrastructure near the epicenter to ensure the safety of workers. Murata said that in addition to the two companies mentioned above, some damage in the factory in the Northland area also had some damage, but it has been confirmed that the buildings have not been damaged. At present, equipment status is being confirmed.
In response to the Semiconductor, the company's factory in Toyama found damage and was investigating further. It is planned to resume operations on January 4.
GlobalWafers responded that for equipment that is less sensitive to vibration, it has been resumed in work. As for the suspended equipment for vibration, the main reason is to observe whether the situation of Yu Zhen has slowed down. All equipment must be checked to resume work. GlobalWafers has two factory districts located in Niigata County near Ishikawa Prefecture in this strong earthquake, including Niigata Plant in St. Canchachi, Beibura County, and Guanchuan Plant in Guanchuan Village, Iwa County.
Nuvoton pointed out that the emergency safety procedure has been launched immediately after the strong earthquake. At present, all employees, offices and factories are safe and worry -free; the facilities and equipment of the plant are being comprehensively inspected, and the time for re -machine is evaluated. The production plant in Toyama Prefecture near Ishikawa includes TPSCO, a front section of the tower semiconductor, and the new section of the Nuvoton Dynasty.
Kokusai Electric said that some of the plants and walls of the factory are damaged. At present, the company is checking the surrounding road conditions and the entire supply chain. If there is no problem, it will restore the operation on the 4th as planned.
Shin-Etsu issued a statement saying that the equipment stopped automatically after detecting the shaking of the earthquake after detecting the shaking of the earthquake. Shin-Etsu is currently being checked to restore operations with safe. In addition, Shin-Etsu's Wusheng plant in Fukui County has not been affected.
For this earthquake, some semiconductor manufacturers analyzed that no semiconductor factories can operate normally under the strong earthquake with a scale of 7.6, and the wafer factory is bound to face serious problems such as furnace pipes and yellow light districts. As long as the degree of shaking is large, it must be completely cleaned and sorted out. In addition, it has to face problems such as the chaos of traffic after the earthquake, and affecting employees' attendance and cargo transportation.
However, the R & D institution Jibang Technology believes that at this stage, the semiconductor market is still in the downward cycle, and the sequence has entered the off -season. Some components still have inventory. Most factories are facing the level of about 4 to five, and they are within the scope of the factory's earthquake -resistant design. According to its survey, most factories have not been severely damaged by the initial inspection machines, and the degree of analysis is controllable.
