SougarLord Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Samsung has trouble starting its chip plant in Austin, Texas The cold snap that swept through Texas has created an enormous amount of problems. Many power plants suffered outages due to increased demand. Autin Energy decided to send electricity to users and stop supplying semiconductor manufacturers, something more than logical. The problem is that shutting down a semiconductor manufacturing plant is very easy. The difficulty is in the ignition, since the machines must first be cleaned and then turned on in a specific order and hope that nothing fails. Chipmakers now have the power, water and gas they need to operate, but they need time to restart tools and clean factories Edward Latson, CEO of the Austin Regional Manufacturers Association It seems that Samsung has problems reactive S2 plants. This plant manufactures chips based on the 14LPP and 11LPP nodes. The affected plant is in charge of manufacturing controllers for SSDs, chips for automotive companies such as Tesla and Renesas or telecommunications chips for Qualcomm. I've never seen a factory go live after a smooth outage. For example, if a water molecule got into the tools, it could completely stop production. A factory uses very particular gases, liquids and matter that are difficult to store and put back after they have been removed from warehouse Patrick Moorhead, director of analytics firm Moor Insights and Strategy, to Austin American Statesman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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