Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), established in 1987 with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is best known for dedicated semiconductor foundry business, which is the manufacturer of integrated circuits (ICs) for customers based on their own or third parties' IC designs.
The company offers a range of wafer fabrication processes, including embedded non-volatile memory process, embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM) process, mixed signal/ radio frequency (RF) process, high voltage process, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor process, color filter process, micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) process and silicon germanium process, among others.
The Company's chips are used in computer products, communications products and consumer electronic products. Various fabless high-tech companies such as Qualcomm, Altera, Broadcom, Conexant, Marvell, NVIDIA, and VIA are customers of TSMC.
Full name: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Chinese name: 台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司
Short name: TSMC
Arconym: TSMC
Stock code: 2330
Country: Taiwan
Tax ID: 22099131
Market: TSE
Established: 21 Feb 1987
Paid in capital: NT$259.21 billion
Listed on TSE: 5 Sep 1994
Website: www.tsmc.com
Officers
Dr. Rick Tsai, President, New Business Development
Dr. F.C. Tseng, Vice Chairman
Dr. Stephen Tso, Senior Vice President and CIO
Dr. C.C. Wei, Senior Vice President, Mainstream Technology
Dr. Mark Liu, Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology
Ms. Lora Ho, Vice President, CFO, Finance
Mr. Jason C.S. Chen, Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing
Dr. Fu-Chieh Hsu, Vice President, Design and Technology Platform
Dr. Jack Sun, Vice President, Research & Development
Dr. Richard Thurston, Vice President, General Counsel
Dr. N.S. Tsai, Vice President, Quality & Reliability
Mr. Y.P. Chin, Vice President, Advanced Technology
Facilities
Web links:
WebsiteNews and events
Services
Employment
About
Investor relations
Technology
Email contacts:
Human resourcesInvestment
Procurement
Phone/fax contacts:
tel: 886 03 5636688fax: 886 03 5790893
Phone/fax contacts:
tel: 886 6 5056688fax: 886 6 5052057
Phone/fax contacts:
tel: 1 360 8173000fax: 1 360 8173590
Phone/fax contacts:
fax: 65 62487606Phone/fax contacts:
tel: 86 21 57768000fax: 86 21 57762525
TSMC: Steady semiconductor industry growth to persist for at least a decade
Photo: Andrea Liu, DigiTimes, Jun 23.
ESC Taiwan: TSMC showcases 300mm wafer with copper pad and bumping
Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, Jul 27.
TSMC chairman Morris Chang shows 300mm wafer technology at SemiTech
Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, May 4.
TSMC CEO Rick Tsai delivered a speech at SEMICON opening ceremony CEO forum
Photo: Allen Lin, DigiTimes, Sep 13.
TSMC: Steady semiconductor industry growth to persist for at least a decade
Photo: Andrea Liu, DigiTimes, Jun 23.
TSMC chairman Morris Chang shows 300mm wafer technology at SemiTech
Photo: Vyacheslav Sobolev, DigiTimes, May 4.
TSMC chairman Morris Chang sings the praises of the local Taiwan science park
Photo: Jeremy Huang, DigiTimes, Dec 16.
| TSMC [2330] historical stock price (NT$) | |||||||||||
| Date | Volume (k) | Transactions | Value | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | Ask | Bid | |
| 24-May | 26,736 | 7,786 | 2,929,037,118 | 109.50 | 110.50 | 108.50 | 109.50 | +1.50 | +1.39% | 109.50 | 109.00 |
| 23-May | 46,624 | 12,253 | 5,105,373,372 | 110.50 | 111.50 | 108.00 | 108.00 | -4.00 | -3.57% | 108.50 | 108.00 |
| 22-May | 31,297 | 8,460 | 3,511,424,886 | 112.50 | 113.50 | 111.00 | 112.00 | -0.50 | -0.44% | 112.00 | 111.50 |
| 21-May | 17,238 | 5,038 | 1,941,365,116 | 113.00 | 113.50 | 112.00 | 112.50 | -1.50 | -1.32% | 113.00 | 112.50 |
| 20-May | 14,523 | 4,895 | 1,644,361,567 | 112.50 | 114.00 | 112.50 | 114.00 | +0.50 | +0.44% | 114.50 | 114.00 |
| 17-May | 19,316 | 6,145 | 2,177,150,076 | 112.00 | 113.50 | 111.50 | 113.50 | +0.00 | +0.00% | 113.50 | 113.00 |
| 16-May | 44,240 | 10,029 | 5,053,068,107 | 115.00 | 116.00 | 113.00 | 113.50 | -1.50 | -1.30% | 114.00 | 113.50 |
| 15-May | 26,134 | 6,845 | 2,996,394,553 | 115.00 | 116.00 | 113.50 | 115.00 | -0.50 | -0.43% | 115.00 | 114.50 |
| 14-May | 27,855 | 7,881 | 3,224,146,605 | 115.50 | 116.50 | 115.00 | 115.50 | +1.00 | +0.87% | 116.00 | 115.50 |
| 13-May | 18,263 | 3,993 | 2,094,696,397 | 115.00 | 115.50 | 114.00 | 114.50 | +0.00 | +0.00% | 115.00 | 114.50 |
| 10-May | 27,413 | 115.00 | 115.00 | 113.50 | 114.50 | -0.50 | -0.43% | ||||
| 9-May | 27,342 | 9,099 | 3,156,203,147 | 116.00 | 116.00 | 114.50 | 115.00 | +0.50 | +0.44% | 115.00 | 114.50 |
| 8-May | 41,123 | 11,868 | 4,684,354,326 | 112.50 | 115.00 | 112.50 | 114.50 | +2.00 | +1.78% | 114.50 | 114.00 |
| 7-May | 19,489 | 7,351 | 2,188,656,660 | 112.00 | 113.00 | 111.00 | 112.50 | +1.00 | +0.90% | 113.00 | 112.50 |
| 6-May | 19,394 | 6,706 | 2,156,914,078 | 111.50 | 111.50 | 110.50 | 111.50 | +1.50 | +1.36% | 111.50 | 111.00 |
| 3-May | 36,622 | 9,832 | 4,072,080,617 | 111.50 | 112.50 | 110.00 | 110.00 | -0.50 | -0.45% | 110.50 | 110.00 |
| 2-May | 37,483 | 10,470 | 4,127,395,070 | 110.00 | 111.00 | 109.00 | 110.50 | +1.00 | +0.91% | 110.50 | 110.00 |
| 30-Apr | 34,468 | 10,731 | 3,757,017,595 | 108.50 | 109.50 | 108.50 | 109.50 | +1.50 | +1.39% | 109.50 | 109.00 |
| 29-Apr | 21,092 | 6,502 | 2,279,129,984 | 108.50 | 108.50 | 107.50 | 108.00 | -0.50 | -0.46% | 108.50 | 108.00 |
| 26-Apr | 36,609 | 11,734 | 3,957,554,192 | 107.00 | 109.00 | 107.00 | 108.50 | +1.50 | +1.40% | 108.50 | 108.00 |
- Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes
TSMC: Consolidated revenues, Apr 2012 - Apr 2013 (NT$m) | |||||
Month | Sales | M/M | Y/Y | YTD | Y/Y |
Apr-13 | 50,071 |
13.5% |
23.6% |
182,826 |
25.2% |
Mar-13 | 44,134 |
7.2% |
19% |
132,755 |
25.8% |
Feb-13 | 41,182 |
(13.2%) |
21.6% |
88,621 |
29.5% |
Jan-13 | 47,439 |
27.8% |
37.2% |
47,439 |
37.2% |
Dec-12 | 37,114 |
(16.1%) |
18.8% |
506,249 |
18.5% |
Nov-12 | 44,253 |
(11.4%) |
23.4% |
469,134 |
18.5% |
Oct-12 | 49,938 |
15.2% |
32.8% |
424,882 |
18% |
Sep-12 | 43,353 |
(12.4%) |
29.8% |
374,944 |
16.3% |
Aug-12 | 49,497 |
2% |
31.5% |
331,591 |
14.8% |
Jul-12 | 48,525 |
11.7% |
37% |
282,094 |
12.3% |
Jun-12 | 43,427 |
(1.6%) |
18.4% |
233,569 |
8.2% |
May-12 | 44,138 |
9% |
20.2% |
190,141 |
6.1% |
Apr-12 | 40,496 |
9.2% |
9.1% |
146,004 |
2.5% |
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
TSMC: Non-consolidated revenues, Dec 2011 - Dec 2012 (NT$m) | |||||
Month | Sales | M/M | Y/Y | YTD | Y/Y |
Dec-12 | 36,559 |
(16.2%) |
19.6% |
499,872 |
19.5% |
Nov-12 | 43,644 |
(11.4%) |
23.9% |
463,313 |
19.5% |
Oct-12 | 49,283 |
15.1% |
32.3% |
419,669 |
19.1% |
Sep-12 | 42,817 |
(12.4%) |
30.3% |
370,386 |
17.5% |
Aug-12 | 48,896 |
2% |
32% |
327,569 |
16% |
Jul-12 | 47,924 |
11.8% |
37.3% |
278,673 |
13.6% |
Jun-12 | 42,870 |
(1.7%) |
20.2% |
230,749 |
9.7% |
May-12 | 43,623 |
9% |
21.3% |
187,880 |
7.5% |
Apr-12 | 40,008 |
9.3% |
10.4% |
144,256 |
4% |
Mar-12 | 36,611 |
9% |
0.7% |
104,249 |
1.7% |
Feb-12 | 33,584 |
(1.4%) |
5.8% |
67,638 |
2.2% |
Jan-12 | 34,053 |
11.4% |
(1.1%) |
34,053 |
(1.1%) |
Dec-11 | 30,567 |
(13.2%) |
(9.4%) |
418,245 |
2.8% |
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
TSMC: Consolidated revenues, 1Q12 - 1Q13 (NT$m) | |||||
Quarter | Sales | Q/Q | Y/Y | YTD | Y/Y |
1Q-13 | 132,755 |
1.1% |
25.8% |
132,755 |
25.8% |
4Q-12 | 131,305 |
(7.1%) |
25.4% |
506,249 |
18.5% |
3Q-12 | 141,375 |
10.4% |
32.8% |
374,944 |
16.3% |
2Q-12 | 128,061 |
21.4% |
15.9% |
233,569 |
8.2% |
1Q-12 | 105,508 |
0.8% |
0.1% |
105,508 |
0.1% |
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
TSMC: Non-consolidated revenues, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$m) | |||||
Quarter | Sales | Q/Q | Y/Y | YTD | Y/Y |
4Q-12 | 129,486 |
(7.3%) |
25.7% |
499,872 |
19.5% |
3Q-12 | 139,637 |
10.4% |
33.2% |
370,386 |
17.5% |
2Q-12 | 126,501 |
21.3% |
17.3% |
230,749 |
9.7% |
1Q-12 | 104,249 |
1.2% |
1.7% |
104,249 |
1.7% |
4Q-11 | 103,032 |
(1.7%) |
(3.6%) |
418,245 |
2.8% |
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
TSMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k) | |||||
Item | 4Q-2012 | 3Q-2012 | 2Q-2012 | 1Q-2012 | 4Q-2011 |
Current assets |
252,288,635 |
245,325,345 |
280,880,903 |
268,123,032 |
225,260,396 |
Long-term investments |
23,430,020 |
23,958,462 |
23,372,224 |
23,632,874 |
24,900,332 |
Intangible assets |
10,959,569 |
10,888,854 |
10,860,551 |
10,969,136 |
10,861,563 |
Other assets |
8,470,613 |
13,716,536 |
15,857,773 |
13,037,884 |
13,309,563 |
Assets |
955,034,605 |
878,651,770 |
883,906,053 |
831,890,385 |
774,264,942 |
Current liabilities |
142,435,944 |
119,052,483 |
211,846,915 |
126,200,641 |
117,006,687 |
Other liabilities |
4,683,472 |
4,668,446 |
4,612,926 |
4,749,096 |
4,756,211 |
Liabilities |
229,280,906 |
201,505,713 |
253,848,405 |
168,307,976 |
142,221,391 |
Stockholders' equity |
725,753,699 |
677,146,057 |
630,057,648 |
663,582,409 |
632,043,551 |
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
TSMC: Non-consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k) | |||||
Item | 4Q-2012 | 3Q-2012 | 2Q-2012 | 1Q-2012 | 4Q-2011 |
Current assets |
207,815,340 |
171,455,431 |
206,362,984 |
197,779,086 |
158,563,352 |
Long-term investments |
139,264,161 |
132,018,796 |
132,250,792 |
127,897,713 |
128,200,718 |
Intangible assets |
6,449,837 |
6,323,077 |
6,073,257 |
6,192,765 |
6,287,000 |
Other assets |
5,556,792 |
11,287,667 |
13,282,079 |
12,543,648 |
12,783,145 |
Assets |
946,173,183 |
870,043,006 |
873,361,260 |
821,137,301 |
761,407,874 |
Current liabilities |
138,795,878 |
115,713,785 |
206,708,611 |
120,967,891 |
109,514,430 |
Other liabilities |
4,125,591 |
4,132,030 |
4,133,359 |
4,237,083 |
4,299,930 |
Liabilities |
222,975,469 |
195,499,815 |
245,895,970 |
160,204,974 |
131,814,360 |
Stockholders' equity |
723,197,714 |
674,543,191 |
627,465,290 |
660,932,327 |
629,593,514 |
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
TSMC: Consolidated income statement, 1Q12 - 1Q13 (NT$k) | ||||||||||
Item | 1Q-2013 | 4Q-2012 | 3Q-2012 | 2Q-2012 | 1Q-2012 | |||||
NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | |
Gross sales |
|
|
132,028,911 |
|
143,978,772 |
|
130,550,851 |
|
106,877,069 |
|
Operating revenue |
132,754,996 | 100.5% |
131,304,626 | 99.5% |
141,375,451 | 98.2% |
128,060,828 | 98.1% |
105,507,675 | 98.7% |
Gross profit (loss) from operations |
60,766,270 | 46% |
61,843,749 | 46.8% |
69,019,378 | 47.9% |
62,470,189 | 47.9% |
50,286,583 | 47.1% |
Operating expenses |
16,376,304 | 12.4% |
15,693,614 | 11.9% |
16,376,880 | 11.4% |
15,544,539 | 11.9% |
14,922,644 | 14% |
Operating income (loss) |
44,428,009 | 33.7% |
46,254,675 | 35% |
52,652,879 | 36.6% |
46,711,671 | 35.8% |
35,437,968 | 33.2% |
Non-operating revenues and gains |
|
|
2,172,396 | 1.6% |
1,231,143 | 0.9% |
2,176,293 | 1.7% |
1,202,205 | 1.1% |
Income from continuing operations before income tax |
45,747,914 | 34.6% |
46,247,420 | 35% |
53,728,546 | 37.3% |
45,924,306 | 35.2% |
35,653,704 | 33.4% |
Net income (loss) |
39,535,543 | 29.9% |
41,484,388 | 31.4% |
49,345,233 | 34.3% |
41,768,736 | 32% |
33,365,332 | 31.2% |
Fully-diluted earnings per share (NT$) |
1.5 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.9 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.3 |
|
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
TSMC: Non-consolidated income statement, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k) | ||||||||||
Item | 4Q-2012 | 3Q-2012 | 2Q-2012 | 1Q-2012 | 4Q-2011 | |||||
NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | NT$k | % of sales | |
Gross sales |
130,081,003 |
|
142,133,228 |
|
128,909,670 |
|
105,573,837 |
|
103,016,231 |
|
Operating revenue |
129,485,621 | 99.5% |
139,636,984 | 98.2% |
126,500,546 | 98.1% |
104,248,736 | 98.7% |
103,032,378 | 100% |
Gross profit (loss) from operations |
59,356,025 | 45.6% |
66,166,331 | 46.6% |
60,315,108 | 46.8% |
48,495,883 | 45.9% |
45,186,522 | 43.9% |
Operating expenses |
14,490,789 | 11.1% |
15,106,396 | 10.6% |
14,379,854 | 11.2% |
13,529,509 | 12.8% |
12,420,376 | 12.1% |
Operating income (loss) |
44,969,776 | 34.6% |
51,070,316 | 35.9% |
45,721,275 | 35.5% |
35,040,403 | 33.2% |
32,817,818 | 31.9% |
Non-operating revenues and gains |
1,858,824 | 1.4% |
2,581,109 | 1.8% |
5,167,787 | 4% |
1,580,357 | 1.5% |
977,901 | 0.9% |
Income from continuing operations before income tax |
46,328,146 | 35.6% |
53,483,436 | 37.6% |
48,091,084 | 37.3% |
35,727,282 | 33.8% |
33,574,479 | 32.6% |
Net income (loss) |
41,569,268 | 32% |
49,302,730 | 34.7% |
41,812,617 | 32.4% |
33,474,187 | 31.7% |
31,578,648 | 30.7% |
Fully-diluted earnings per share (NT$) |
1.6 |
|
1.9 |
|
1.6 |
|
1.3 |
|
1.2 |
|
*Figures are not consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013
- Hermes to see revenues grow higher than 10% sequentially in 2Q13
Hermes Microvision (HMI), which provides electron beam inspection tools and solutions for the production of semiconductors, is expected to see its revenues...
- TSMC presence in advance process market remains strong
A report has claimed that Samsung Electronics' combined production of chips using advanced 32/28nm process technologies accounted for roughly 50% of...
- Digitimes Research: Rising mobile device demand drives TSMC, UMC wafer shipment growth in 2Q13
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) both saw their wafer shipments increase sequentially in April 2013,...
- Chipset players queuing up for TSMC production capacity
International and domestic chipset vendors have begun to queue up at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) in order to secure production...
- TSMC to budget US$1.5 billion for R&D expenditure
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has unveiled plans to invest a record US$1.5 billion on research and development in 2013. The spending...
- Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13
Quartz component maker TXC expects to post sequential sales growth through the fourth quarter of 2013, with results in the second half of the year outperforming...
- Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement
IC design house Phison Electronics has warned several Taiwan-based backend service providers that products being shipped to Silicon Motion Technology...
- Computex 2013: Memory module firms to showcase new SSDs
Taiwan-based memory module makers including Adada Technology, Transcend Information and InnoDisk all plan to showcase their latest SSD solutions for...
- ABB to produce PV inverters in South Africa
ABB, a Switzerland-based power and automation technology group, plans to start production of central PV inverters in South Africa to support the rapidly...
- Digitimes Research: Seoul Semiconductor may see 2013 revenues up 40.3% on year
Revenues for South Korea-based LED firms have been rising due to the introduction of affordable LED direct-type TVs and lighting products since 2012...
- Imagination Technology Forum: Advanced SoC solutions in cooperation with TSMC
Imagination, one of the world's three largest makers of multimedia and communications semiconductor intellectual property (IP) cores recently held a...
- Imagination optimizes its IP capabilities with TSMC on latest silicon process technologies
Imagination Technologies, a leading multimedia and communications technologies company, announced its collaboration with TSMC to ensure that licensees...
- TSMC completes 28nm design infrastructure
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that 28nm support within its Open Innovation Platform (OIP) design infrastructure is...
- TSMC joins Sematech
Sematech, the global consortium of chipmakers, has announced Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) decision to join it as a core member.
- TSMC leads supplier partners to complete first IC supply chain carbon footprint verification for Taiwan
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has announced that it led 15 supplier partners in jointly completing Taiwan's first semiconductor supply...
- Samsung takes top spot in 28-32 nm chip foundry business: data (May 20) - Yonhap News
Samsung Electronics ranked first in terms of production of sub 28-32 nanometer chip foundry in the first quarter of the year, data showed on Monday.
- Altera de-risks Intel foundry move (April 16) - Electronics Weekly
For 30 years Altera has used the same, sole-sourced foundry - TSMC. Recently it announced it would be going to Intel for sole-sourced foundry at the 14nm generation. Isn't this a risk?
- TSMC starts FinFETs in 2013, tries EUV at 10nm (April 11) - EE Times
TSMC has pulled in plans for initial production of its 16nm FinFET process to the end of 2013. In addition, it hopes to adopt extreme ultraviolet lithography to make 10nm chips starting in late 2015 but is still researching e-beam as an alternative.
- TSMC to post double-digit sales growth in 2013, Chang says (April 10) - Bloomberg
At a recent event in San Jose, California, TSMC CEO Morris Chang said that company sales will rise at a percentage in the teens this year.
- Cadence, TSMC strengthen collaboration on design infrastructure for 16nm FinFET process (April 8) - Company release
Cadence Design Systems has announced an ongoing multi-year agreement with TSMC to develop the design infrastructure for 16-nanometer FinFET technology, targeting advanced node designs for mobile, networking, servers and FPGA applications.
- Globalfoundries quietly becoming a threat to competitors
While market outlets pay close attention to Samsung Electronics' rise and Intel's entry - both a threat to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company...
- With Intel grabbing Altera orders, can we now begin speculating about future Apple hookup?
Since Intel has opened up its fabs to other fabless IC firms, the Silicon Valley giant will pose a threat to TSMC at some point when it comes to high-volume...
- TSMC with 20nm SoC most likely to secure chip orders from Apple, says Digitimes Research analyst
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expected to start making an integrated AP/GPU solution for Apple, using 20nm SoC process technology,...
- TSMC has no good reason to accept investment from particular clients, says Digitimes Research
A recent Bloomberg report cited unnamed sources as saying that Apple and Qualcomm had been rebuffed in separate attempts to invest cash in Taiwan...
- TSMC 28nm ramp-up within expectations, says Digitimes Research
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) could ramp up its 28nm production capacity at a much faster pace than older 40/45nm and 65nm process...
 © DIGITIMES Inc. All rights reserved. |
