Operations at earthquake-hit TSMC chip facility gradually resuming

Osmond ChiaBusiness reporter Operations at a Kumamoto semiconductor plant run by Taiwanese chip giant TSMC are "gradually resuming" after the lab recorded a "maximum seismic intensity of level 5", TSMC tells the BBC. All personnel are safe, TSMC said. The company has also conducted post-earthquake inspections, and has confirmed the structures to be safe, it said, adding that further assessments continue. "As there may still be occasional aftershocks, parts of the constru