TSMC plant halted over possible archeological findLIMITING THE IMPACT: Due to the discovery at the site of the firm’s first advanced packaging plant in Chiayi, plans are being made to begin work on its second plant Construction of a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) packaging plant in Chiayi County has been halted following the discovery of suspected archeological ruins, local authorities said on Monday. The discovery was made at the end of last month, during construction of the first of two planned packaging plants using sophisticated chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) technology at the Chiayi Science Park (嘉義科學園區) — the Chiayi section of the Southern Taiwan Science Park (南部科學園區). Construction on the plant only began last month, and it was scheduled to begin production in 2028. In accordance with the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act (文化資產保存法), a review committee convened early this
