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Making chips requires lots of water, and Taiwan has a drought

Mar 5, 2021 Turns out, semiconductor manufacturing doesn’t just require multi-billion dollar factories and a lot of smarts, it also takes water. Gallons and gallons of it for every single chip. Better hope there’s no drought. Oops, too late. Just as world leaders, and auto companies, start to panic about a shortage of components, the global center of chipmaking is facing water restrictions that could impact Taiwan’s most important export. Not only is this 500 kilometer stretch of land at the edge of the Pacific home to now-famous Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., but it also hosts factories run by Micron Technology Inc., United Microelectronics Corp., Vanguard International Semiconductor Co. and many more. They all make chips that go into everyday products like smartphones, games consoles and cars.

Making chips requires lots of water and, gulp, Taiwan has a drought

Making chips requires lots of water and, gulp, Taiwan has a drought SECTIONS Last Updated: Feb 26, 2021, 10:24 AM IST Share Synopsis Data from TSMC indicates that shipments of wafers a metric used to measure volume of output climbed 23% last year. iStock Chipmakers use the world’s most ubiquitous liquid to clean wafers throughout the production process, as well as keep factories and the air inside them clean. Turns out, semiconductor manufacturing doesn’t just require multi-billion dollar factories and a lot of smarts, it also takes water. Gallons and gallons of it for every single chip. Better hope there’s no drought.

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