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Zorro

(15,740 posts)
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 07:10 PM Aug 2018

Apple iPhone chip supplier says virus will delay shipments

Source: AP

A company that makes semiconductors for Apple iPhones says it is recovering from a virus outbreak but expects the incident to delay shipments and raise costs.

Taiwan Semiconductor Co. Ltd. said 80 percent of the fabrication tools affected by Friday’s virus had been recovered by Sunday. TSMC expects full recovery on Monday.

The company didn’t detail the impact on Apple or other customers. Apple Inc. did not immediately return a message seeking comment.

The semiconductor company blames the outbreak on a mistake during installation of software for a new tool, which was then connected to its computer network. It says confidential information was not compromised.

Read more: https://apnews.com/fab1659e27484bbbafdf92f8c4d67eac/Apple-iPhone-chip-supplier-says-virus-will-delay-shipments

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Apple iPhone chip supplier says virus will delay shipments (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2018 OP
Lots of scrapped wafers. amerikat Aug 2018 #1

amerikat

(4,909 posts)
1. Lots of scrapped wafers.
Sun Aug 5, 2018, 08:26 PM
Aug 2018

Some wafers can wait for the next process. Some wafers need the next layer done within 1/2 an hour.
So those wafers will be lost. Probably take up to two weeks to bring everything back on line. Must
be chaos in that clean room.

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