"SMIC needs to ensure that factory production runs 365 days a year and 24 hours a day to meet customers' fabrication needs," the company said in the post. The company, which rivals Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, has facilities in Tianjin, Shenzhen, Beijing, and Shanghai. Outside of Wuhan, Samsung and Intel have NAND flash production bases in Xi'an and Dalian, respectively. Samsung's Xi'an production base is the center of this year's expansion. On the other hand, Intel has no plans to expand its Dalian base currently. According to TrendForce's investigation, since the locations of both bases are relatively less affected by the epidemic, besides basic preventive measures, indirect labor will resume work on February 3 according to the Chinese government announcement, and the fabs will operate as usual. Other tech frims Nina Kao, TSMC's spokeswoman, said that the company currently "maintains partial operation" in China and it plans to resume full operation on Feb 10.