台积电在一份声明中表示，事故发生于周二，地点位于台湾南部的工地，该公司是英伟达公司的首选芯片制造商。据当地媒体TVBS报道，工人在该工厂焊接钢梁时从高处坠落。
The accident occurred on Tuesday during steel structure construction at the site in southern Taiwan, Nvidia Corp.’s go-to chipmaker said in a statement. The workers fell from height while welding steel beams at the plant, according to a report from local outlet TVBS.
台积电表示，已暂停高雄的施工，并在与当局合作查明事故原因期间，停止了台湾所有场址的类似钢结构施工。总部位于台北的《自由时报》报道称，这是台积电高雄场址开工以来最致命的事故。
TSMC said it suspended work at Kaohsiung and halted similar steel structure construction at all of its sites across Taiwan while the company works with authorities to determine the cause of the accident. Taipei-based Liberty Times reported that it was the deadliest mishap since construction began at TSMC’s Kaohsiung site.
这起致命事件发生之际，台积电正加大产能，以满足人工智能所需先进芯片需求的激增。
The deadly incident comes as TSMC ratchets up production capacity to keep up with surging demand for advanced chips needed for artificial intelligence.
高雄综合体是台积电的关键先进制造中心之一，另一个是该公司位于台北西南部新竹的设施，拥有用于制造高性能芯片以最大化数据中心算力的2纳米制程技术。
The Kaohsiung complex is one of TSMC’s key leading-edge manufacturing hubs — along with the company’s facilities in Hsinchu, southwest of Taipei — with 2-nanometer processing technology needed to to manufacture high-performance chips to maximize computing power for data centers.