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What's with Japanese chip fabs catching fire? It's very odd that Renesas was producing some chips for AKM at that plant after the AKM plant caught fire. From

What's with Japanese chip fabs catching fire? It's very odd that Renesas was producing some chips for AKM at that plant after the AKM plant caught fire. From earlier this year: "Renesas steps up and lends capacity to AKM after the fire" https://evertiq.com/design/49481 https://evertiq.com/design/49481

jeffbee 6y ago
Semiconductor fabrication involves pyrophoric vapors. It's pretty dangerous.
- buescher 6y ago
  That's a good answer for "why would a fab catch fire?", not as good an answer for "why would two fabs in Japan that were producing some of the same chips catch fire?". But as they say, twice is coincidence.
  - jeffbee 6y ago
    Right, I'm not taking at face value the claim that Japan is somehow more prone to these fires.
    - buescher 6y ago
      Where did you see that claim?
fomine3 6y ago
> The fire was caused by plating equipment in one of the buildings due to a surge in current, https://www.eetimes.com/fire-destroys-part-of-renesas-fab/ https://www.eetimes.com/fire-destroys-part-of-renesas-fab/