TSMC 7nm process to attract more orders from China for AI chips

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TSMC 7nm process to attract more orders from China for AI chips

Cindy Yu, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES

Tuesday 8 May 2018

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.
Performance

The company's stock price closed at NT$339.5 on the TSE on Friday, January 3, 2020.

The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$107,884 million for November 2019, representing a 1.7% increase on month and 9.7% increase on year.

For the third quarter of 2019, the company totaled NT$293,045 million in consolidated revenues, up 21.6% sequentially and up 12.6% on year.

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$259.30 billion
Listed on TSE: 5 Sep 1994
Website: www.tsmc.com
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Latest stock

TSMC [2330] historical stock price (NT$)
Date	Volume (k)	Transactions	Value	Open	High	Low	Close	Change		Ask	Bid
6-Jan	45,677	22,944	15,210,531,318	333.00	334.50	332.00	332.00	-7.50	-2.21%	332.00	332.50
3-Jan	42,023	20,545	14,295,651,580	344.00	345.00	335.50	339.50	+0.50	+0.15%	339.00	339.50
2-Jan	33,282	17,160	11,224,165,450	332.50	339.00	332.50	339.00	+8.00	+2.42%	338.50	339.00
31-Dec	22,951	12,253	7,614,538,961	331.00	333.50	331.00	331.00	-3.50	-1.05%	331.00	331.50
30-Dec	21,591	10,468	7,270,827,164	338.00	339.00	334.00	334.50	-3.50	-1.04%	334.50	335.00

Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

Latest sales

TSMC: Consolidated revenues, Nov 2018 - Nov 2019 (NT$m)
Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
Nov-19	107,884	1.7%	9.7%	966,672	2.7%
Oct-19	106,040	3.8%	4.4%	858,788	1.8%
Sep-19	102,170	(3.7%)	7.6%	752,748	1.5%
Aug-19	106,118	25.2%	16.5%	650,578	0.6%
Jul-19	84,758	(1.3%)	14%	544,461	(2%)
Jun-19	85,868	6.8%	21.9%	459,703	(4.5%)
May-19	80,437	7.7%	(0.7%)	373,835	(9%)
Apr-19	74,694	(6.3%)	(8.8%)	293,398	(11.1%)
Mar-19	79,722	30.9%	(23.1%)	218,704	(11.8%)
Feb-19	60,889	(22%)	(5.8%)	138,983	(3.7%)
Jan-19	78,094	(13.1%)	(2.1%)	78,094	(2.1%)
Dec-18	89,831	(8.7%)	(0.1%)	1,031,474	5.5%
Nov-18	98,389	(3.1%)	5.6%	941,643	6.1%

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, January 2020

TSMC: Consolidated revenues, 3Q18 - 3Q19 (NT$m)
Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
3Q-19	293,045	21.6%	12.6%	752,748	1.5%
2Q-19	240,998	10.2%	3.3%	459,703	(4.5%)
1Q-19	218,704	(24.5%)	(11.8%)	218,704	(11.8%)
4Q-18	289,770	11.3%	4.4%	1,031,474	5.5%
3Q-18	260,348	11.6%	3.3%	741,703	6%

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, January 2020

Latest balance sheet and income statement

TSMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 3Q18 - 3Q19 (NT$k)
Item	3Q-2019	2Q-2019	1Q-2019	4Q-2018	3Q-2018
Current assets	849,427,436	1,010,179,338	991,324,815	951,679,721	859,223,705
Intangible assets		17,500,830	17,974,017	17,002,137	13,989,184
Non-current assets	1,284,807,014	1,229,164,333	1,196,111,970	1,138,448,317	1,110,665,083
Assets		2,239,343,671	2,187,436,785	2,090,128,038	1,969,888,788
Current liabilities		622,256,378	378,267,634	340,542,586	321,630,202
Non-current liabilities		62,665,766	65,651,549	72,089,056	72,428,585
Liabilities	546,737,449	684,922,144	443,919,183	412,631,642	394,058,787
Stockholders' equity		1,554,421,527	1,743,517,602	1,677,496,396	1,575,830,001

*Figures are consolidated
Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, January 2020

TSMC: Consolidated income statement, 3Q18 - 3Q19 (NT$k)
Item	3Q-2019		2Q-2019		1Q-2019		4Q-2018		3Q-2018
Item	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
Operating revenue	293,045,439		240,998,475		218,704,469		289,770,193		260,347,882
Gross profit (loss) from operations	139,432,161	47.6%	103,673,230	43%	90,352,125	41.3%	138,042,400	47.6%	123,380,843	47.4%
Operating expenses	31,378,953	10.7%	27,164,995	11.3%	26,018,013	11.9%	30,852,310	10.6%	28,128,452	10.8%
Operating income (loss)	107,887,292	36.8%	76,304,053	31.7%	64,266,023	29.4%	107,123,251	37%	95,245,181	36.6%
Non-operating expenses and losses	4,448,979	1.5%	4,241,387	1.8%	3,915,629	1.8%	3,958,841	1.4%	3,651,761	1.4%
Income from continuing operations before income tax	112,336,271	38.3%	80,545,440	33.4%	68,181,652	31.2%	111,082,092	38.3%	98,896,942	38%
Net income (loss)	101,102,454	34.5%	66,775,851	27.7%	61,387,310	28.1%	100,005,385	34.5%	89,098,072	34.2%
Diluted earnings per share (NT$)			2.6		2.4		3.9		3.4