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Sequential Rise Expected at TSMC

by Tom Allen

TSMC’s consolidated revenues in February reached NT$59.6 billion ($1.6 billion): a 16% QoQ and 4.9% YoY fall. Year-to-date revenues were NT$130.4 billion ($3.6 billion), down 12.9% YoY. The firm previously adjusted its Q1 revenue …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 10

TSMC Expects Q1 Dip

by Tom Allen

TSMC’s revenues in January were down 18.7% YoY, to NT$70.9 billion ($2.1 billion), although up 21.4% MoM. The company expects a 1.3% – 2.7% YoY revenue fall for Q1’16.

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 06

Companies Revise Earthquake Impact

by Tom Allen

After the earthquake last week (Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base), TSMC has said that the impact on its production would be larger than originally thought. Wafer shipments had been estimated to fall less than …

Earthquake Rocks Taiwan Production Base

by Tom Allen

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter Scale hit southern Taiwan around 4am on the 6th of February, affecting the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP). Several chip and panel makers have buildings here, including …

TSMC Expects to Outperform Chip Market

by Tom Allen

TSMC’s Co-CEO, Mark Liu, has said that he expects the company to post a 5%-10% YoY revenue increase in 2016, compared to 2% growth in the semiconductor market. Smartphones will continue to provide growth …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Semiconductor Market| TSMC| Vol 23 - Issue 02

TSMC Falls in November

by Tom Allen

TSMC announced consolidated revenues of NT$64.4 billion ($2 billion) for November, representing a 22.4% MoM and 12.2% YoY fall. Cumulative revenues for January – November rose 13.2% YoY, however, to NT$785.2 billion ($23.9 billion).

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 50

Apple: iPhone Battery Tests Are ‘Not Representative’

by Tom Allen

As well as random turn-offs (iPhone Owners Complain of Random Shutdowns), the iPhone 6S is said to be suffering from battery life problems – which can be traced back to the chip. There are …

September Panel Revenues Fall, But Shipments Climb

by Tom Allen

Taiwanese panel makers have released their monthly results for September. AUO‘s revenues reached NT$31.4 billion ($965.5 million), up 3% MoM but down 11.8% YoY. The company shipped around 9.5 million large-sized (TV, monitor, notebook …

TSMC Updates Finance Forecast

by Tom Allen

TSMC has said that it expects its Q3 results to exceed the guidance issued in July, thanks to the strong US dollar exchange rate compared to the Taiwan dollar. Revenues are expected to be …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 39

TSMC Forecasts Weak 4Q15

by Bob Raikes

TSMC said that sales revenues are up in Q3 for exchange reasons, but expects a sequential drop in Q4 as weak smartphone demand impacts processor shipments.

Tags:Mobile Display Monitor| Smartphone Market| TSMC| Vol 22 - Issue 38

TSMC Wins Ruling Against Former Executive

by Helen Vince

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) is reported to have won a lawsuit involving one of its former R&D executives, which claimed that the employee had passed details of TSMC’s 28-nanometer process technology to Samsung. Liang …

Good Month for Taiwan Chip Companies

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s major chip companies reported strong sales in July, with Mediatek achieving monthly revenue which was the highest in four months. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) saw sales rise 35% sequentially and 24.7% year on …