The 7.2-magnitude earthquake shows the vulnerability of TSMC, the world's top chipmaker, to natural or geopolitical events.
AdvertisementTaiwan experienced its worst earthquake in 25 years on Wednesday morning, disrupting the operations of companies including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, or TSMC.
It's the world's largest chipmaker and is, by some estimates, the producer of 90% of the world's most advanced processor chips.
Overall, a war over Taiwan could hit the world's economy to the tune of $10 trillion — or about 10% of global GDP — Bloomberg forecast.
April 3, 6:41 p.m. SGT: An earlier version of this story misstated the magnitude of the earthquake that struck Taiwan.
Persons:
—, TSMC
Organizations:
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Service, Bloomberg, — Bloomberg, Taiwan Stock Exchange
Locations:
Arizona, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, Hsinchu, Beijing, Washington, China