- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
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.
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Brief
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$259.21 billion
Listed on TSE: 5 Sep 1994
Website: www.tsmc.com
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On display
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Photo: Andrea Liu, DigiTimes, Jun 23.
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Financial performance
TSMC [2330] historical stock price (NT$) Date Volume (k) Transactions Value Open High Low Close Change Ask Bid 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 - Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes
TSMC: Consolidated revenues, Apr 2012 - Apr 2013 (NT$m)
Month
Sales
M/M
Y/Y
YTD
Y/Y
Apr-13
50,071
13.5%
23.6%
182,826
25.2%
Mar-13
44,134
7.2%
19%
132,755
25.8%
Feb-13
41,182
(13.2%)
21.6%
88,621
29.5%
Jan-13
47,439
27.8%
37.2%
47,439
37.2%
Dec-12
37,114
(16.1%)
18.8%
506,249
18.5%
Nov-12
44,253
(11.4%)
23.4%
469,134
18.5%
Oct-12
49,938
15.2%
32.8%
424,882
18%
Sep-12
43,353
(12.4%)
29.8%
374,944
16.3%
Aug-12
49,497
2%
31.5%
331,591
14.8%
Jul-12
48,525
11.7%
37%
282,094
12.3%
Jun-12
43,427
(1.6%)
18.4%
233,569
8.2%
May-12
44,138
9%
20.2%
190,141
6.1%
Apr-12
40,496
9.2%
9.1%
146,004
2.5%
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013TSMC: Non-consolidated revenues, Dec 2011 - Dec 2012 (NT$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 2013TSMC: Consolidated revenues, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$m)
Quarter
Sales
Q/Q
Y/Y
YTD
Y/Y
4Q-12
131,305
(7.1%)
25.4%
506,249
18.5%
3Q-12
141,375
10.4%
32.8%
374,944
16.3%
2Q-12
128,061
21.4%
15.9%
233,569
8.2%
1Q-12
105,508
0.8%
0.1%
105,508
0.1%
4Q-11
104,711
(1.7%)
(4.9%)
427,081
1.8%
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013TSMC: Non-consolidated revenues, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$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 2013TSMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$k)
Item
4Q-2012
3Q-2012
2Q-2012
1Q-2012
4Q-2011
Current assets
252,288,635
245,325,345
280,880,903
268,123,032
225,260,396
Long-term investments
23,430,020
23,958,462
23,372,224
23,632,874
24,900,332
Intangible assets
10,959,569
10,888,854
10,860,551
10,969,136
10,861,563
Other assets
8,470,613
13,716,536
15,857,773
13,037,884
13,309,563
Assets
955,034,605
878,651,770
883,906,053
831,890,385
774,264,942
Current liabilities
142,435,944
119,052,483
211,846,915
126,200,641
117,006,687
Other liabilities
4,683,472
4,668,446
4,612,926
4,749,096
4,756,211
Liabilities
229,280,906
201,505,713
253,848,405
168,307,976
142,221,391
Stockholders' equity
725,753,699
677,146,057
630,057,648
663,582,409
632,043,551
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013TSMC: Non-consolidated balance sheet, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$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 2013TSMC: 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
132,028,911
143,978,772
130,550,851
106,877,069
104,707,601
Operating revenue
131,304,626
99.5%
141,375,451
98.2%
128,060,828
98.1%
105,507,675
98.7%
104,711,167
100%
Gross profit (loss) from operations
61,843,749
46.8%
69,019,378
47.9%
62,470,189
47.9%
50,286,583
47.1%
46,845,924
44.7%
Operating expenses
15,693,614
11.9%
16,376,880
11.4%
15,544,539
11.9%
14,922,644
14%
13,841,838
13.2%
Operating income (loss)
46,254,675
35%
52,652,879
36.6%
46,711,671
35.8%
35,437,968
33.2%
32,930,057
31.4%
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%
986,247
0.9%
Income from continuing operations before income tax
46,247,420
35%
53,728,546
37.3%
45,924,306
35.2%
35,653,704
33.4%
33,620,619
32.1%
Net income (loss)
41,484,388
31.4%
49,345,233
34.3%
41,768,736
32%
33,365,332
31.2%
31,564,466
30.1%
Fully-diluted earnings per share (NT$)
1.6
1.9
1.6
1.3
1.2
*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, May 2013TSMC: Non-consolidated income statement, 4Q11 - 4Q12 (NT$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 - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company full profile
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