When the Grid Fails: Powering Through Disruptions
This year’s CNY eve, alarms suddenly blared across one of the most advanced semiconductor fabs in Hsinchu Science Park, Taiwan, signaling a sudden voltage drop. Engineers, mid-reunion dinner, dropped their chopsticks and sprinted back to their stations. Days earlier and days following, several earthquakes rattled the island, displacing billion-dollar equipment and damaging wafers. Despite meticulous planning, semiconductor production remains at the mercy of unpredictable disruptions.