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A Second World War-era bomb was found at the construction site of TSMC’s new chip factories in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The firm is currently building five leading-edge chip manufacturing plants in the area, with one expected to produce 2-nanometer chips by year-end.
The site will house five fabrication plants, including P1, which is set to begin mass production of TSMC’s 2-nanometer chips this year after equipment installation late last year. TSMC is also constructing four additional chip plants at Kaohsiung: P2, P3, P4, and P5. Among them, P2 will produce 2-nanometer chips, while the others are expected to produce either 2-nanometer or more advanced products.
Local media reports from Taiwan indicate that an unexploded World War II-era bomb was discovered at the Kaohsiung plant construction site for the third time. This region was previously bombed by US forces during the war as the island was under Japan’s control. The previous two discoveries involved air-use bombs, one weighing 1,000 pounds and the other 500 pounds. Like the latest discovery, these were severely rusted, making it impossible to determine their material or batch number.
The Taiwanese army was immediately notified about the latest bomb, which was removed an hour later. According to Focus Taiwan, the bomb did not pose a threat to workers who discovered it and has been shifted to a warehouse for disposal according to proper procedures.
This discovery is the third of its kind at the site, following similar finds in August and November last year.
