Apple's main chipmaker in Taiwanslotxohas issued a self-imposed warning that if the vaccine is not yet available, the current chip shortage will exacerbate. Because some factories have to temporarily suspend production due to the Covid-19 epidemic.
Nikkei reported that Taiwan's leading semiconductor parts supplier will suspend all production in the country for two days after a cluster of Covid-19 cases were reported, likely affecting chip production. The world's leading chip testing provider King Yuan Electronics said: The company will suspend production at factories in Miaoli and Hsinchu, the center of the island's chip industry, which accounts for up to 80 percent.
One supplier said Currently, only 2.5% of Taiwanese people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, which is relatively low. and make the population in the country still at risk of getting infected That means more factories will have to close because the virus is the first to prevent the spread of the virus.
Apple also assists TSMC by providing Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for TSMC employees.
