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description: "TSMC Arizona had to shut for “at least a few hours” and “scrap thousands of wafers” after a power outage at industrial gas supplier Linde in mid-September, Culpium reports, a possible reason for its 99% profit decline in Q3 to US$1.4 million. Shutdowns and scrapped wafers cost millions due to the loss of chips and, importantly, time. Chip production lines cost so much they have to run 24/7 to be economical. $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US) $Apple(AAPL.US) $NVIDIA(NVDA.US) $AMD(AMD.US) #SemiconductorsSource: Dan Nystedt"
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# TSMC Arizona had to shut for “at least a few hours…


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