Chipmakers in Taiwan have systems in place to protect the most delicate technologies used in the manufacturing process from sustaining damage in the event of an earthquake by automatically shutting down systems when the quake begins.The 7.2-magnitude earthquake followed by aftershocks struck Taiwan’s eastern coast on Wednesday morning, killing 10 people and injuring more than 1,000. The country plays a critical role in the global supply chain for semiconductors and is home to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), which is the world’s largest chipmaker and supplies chips to Apple and artificial intelligence (AI) giant Nvidia. Is the American companies overlying on Taiwan for semi-conductors ?

