Comment by zuzululu
9 hours ago
> TSMC, Sony, Fujifilm chips, imagers, materials plants evacuated
This makes me think, is it wise to build these places in regions with known earthquake trends.
Almost no earthquakes in Korea and Samsung fabs are also located in the most safe area within Korea.
Japan itself is involved with a lot of the R&D, the factories are there because of that and because of major buyers also being there. It’s not like we’re going to evacuate the hundred million plus of Japan.
It's a major reason why Arizona was selected for a US site.