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You read it here: https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/Semiconductors/Chip-st...

Some more details on the NXP texas fuckup: https://outline.com/rfBWzn

> because the facilities were completely shut down, clean rooms were flooded with particles and every piece of equipment was contaminated

Ouch. That suggests that they didn't have backup power for the positive pressure ventilation system. I hope adding that is on someone's todo list for next time.

Even if they had backup power for those kinds of systems, the cold in Texas took down utility-grade generation capacity. It wouldn't be a surprise if they had their backups die, too.

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