Wednesday, October 10th 2018
TSMC Increases Industry Foothold With 11.6% Increase in Revenue for Q3 2018
TSMC has quickly (over a span of years, but still) become the de-facto silicon manufacturing giant in the industry. They produce silicon-based solutions for almost all the significant tech companies (NVIDIA, AMD, Apple, Qualcomm, including the silicon manufacturing leader of yonder, Intel), and are on the forefront of new fabrication technologies. Just today we've covered how they are already well on their way to their second-gen 7 nm (N7+) fabrication technology with usage of EUV, and carving their path forward for 5 nm (N5).
As a result of becoming the key manufacturer and supplier in the industry, the company's revenues have been steadily increasing, and the outlook just looks great for the company, provided no significant snags appear in their R&D and manufacturing departments. For Q3 2018, TSMC reported on consolidated revenues of NT$260.3 million (US$8.41 million), up 11.6% sequentially and 3.2% YoY (year-over-year). Market watcher are placing this increased revenue over strong performance of NT$, not on increasingly robust chip sales - the new iPhones don't possess the same upwards-push as they did before, much because the ceiling has only become higher. However, the fact remains that TSMC is "looking good" in its market entrenchment opportunities and is carving a swath of new products and supply opportunities to fuel its growth.
Source:
DigiTimes
21 Comments on TSMC Increases Industry Foothold With 11.6% Increase in Revenue for Q3 2018
"with great power comes great responsibility"
"you can't fool me man, I read your damned book"
"look into de light, all you will see is darkness"
"In a world where 1's and 0's rule, we are looked upon as 9's"
"if'n jo momma's sayin it aint right, then it must be so"
"if you heard it on da interwebs, it must be true"
Please remember these quotes (and other, similar dire warnings of the past) before we all become victims/slaves of the ever-growing "silicone monsters" who are now poised to take over every single facet of our lives :(
As for TSMC.. Good for them, I guess. I only truly care about the PC market though. Which they're only beginning to be involved in. And probably not much, at that.
I never said anything about evil companies. That was the other guy. I was joking.
Microsoft is an actual tech company. I do believe the fear about them is unwarranted.
Google and Facebook OTOH survive off of advertising. And the product is YOU. This is not really a conspiracy. It's their whole profit model. And it engenders far less trust to me than MS.
I don't use any of it either. So it's not like I have anything real to worry about anyways. I'm just glad I can make this choice. If other people want to use them, so be it. I'm not trying to stop them.
Folks please read the OP and comment based on that.
Otherwise, start a new thread or take it to PM
TSMC is not a monopoly right now though... not even close. Them growing in capacity is only a good thing, IMO.
If you want to get in a debate about privacy and what consitutes spying, I am happy to do so, but please make another thread.
If by official you mean directly from Intel I don't think that would ever happen.