The epidemic has heated up sharply, and Shanghai announced yesterday that it will adopt “sealing and control management” in batches. In response, TSMC, the wafer foundry, responded that everything is in accordance with the local government’s epidemic prevention measures and currently does not affect the production of the Shanghai plant.
In addition, Hejing, a semiconductor silicon wafer factory, pointed out that the personnel arrangement and production of the Shanghai factory will not be affected, but shipments may be affected.
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Moreover, TSMC has an 8-inch fab in Songjiang, Shanghai, which was built in 2003, which is of great significance for the current global semiconductor shortage. The Office of the Leading Group for the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic in Shanghai announced yesterday that in order to curb the spread of the epidemic and ensure the safety and health of the people, it has decided to carry out a new round of “sliced and gridded” nucleic acid screening across the city.
According to the announcement, starting from 5:00 on March 28, Shanghai will implement nucleic acid screening in batches with the Huangpu River as the boundary. The first batch, Pudong, Punan, and adjacent areas (including Pudong New District, Fengxian District.
Moreover, Jinshan District, Chongming District, Minhang District Pujin Street, Pujiang Town, Songjiang District Xinbang Town, Shihudang District Town, Maogang Town, Yexie Town) first implemented the closure and control, carried out nucleic acid screening, and lifted the closure at 5:00 on April 1.
At the same time, key areas in the Puxi area continued to implement closure and control management. The second batch, starting from 3:00 on April 1, will be closed and controlled in the Puxi area in accordance with the principle of stubble promotion, and nucleic acid screening will be carried out, and the closure will be lifted at 3:00 on April 5.
