{"id":27544,"date":"2026-04-16T07:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=27544"},"modified":"2026-04-16T07:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T07:12:31","slug":"tsmc-posts-record-profits-on-continued-ai-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=27544","title":{"rendered":"TSMC posts record profits on continued AI demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108263658\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company&#8217;s logo is seen in the background beside a printed circuit board. <\/p>\n<p>Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 58% increase in first-quarter profit, beating estimates and hitting a fresh record as demand for artificial intelligence chips stayed strong.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the company&#8217;s results versus LSEG SmartEstimates, which are weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Revenue: 1.134 trillion new Taiwan dollars ($35 billion), vs. NT$1.127 trillion expected<\/li>\n<li>Net income: NT$572.48 billion, vs. NT$543.32 billion\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TSMC&#8217;s net income of NT$572.48 billion for the three months ended in March represented a fourth consecutive quarter of record profits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the company&#8217;s revenue rose to NT$1.134 trillion, beating estimates. It had first reported the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/10\/tsmc-q1-record-revenue-ai-chip-demand-strong.html\">35% year-on-year rise<\/a> in first-quarter revenue last week.<\/p>\n<p>TSMC, Asia&#8217;s largest technology company by market capitalization, has maintained sustained demand for advanced semiconductors from its key customers, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AAPL\/\">Apple<\/a>, even as concerns persist about supply chain disruptions from the Middle East conflict and the potential impact on demand.<\/p>\n<p>During an earnings call, TSMC executives said the company does not expect any near-term impact on its operations from recent disruptions to global energy supplies. <\/p>\n<p>The company also said it was adding an advanced chip fabrication plant in Tainan, Taiwan, as it attempts to keep up with strong demand. <\/p>\n<p>TSMC manufactures chips for everything from consumer electronics to data centers, and has benefited greatly from the proliferation of AI, producing advanced processors designed by the likes of <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/NVDA\/\">Nvidia<\/a><span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\" \/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> \u2014 now the company&#8217;s largest customer \u2014 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/AMD\/\">AMD<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>TSMC&#8217;s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsmc.com\/english\/dedicatedFoundry\/technology\/platform_HPC\" target=\"_blank\"> high-performance computing<\/a> division, which includes AI and 5G applications, accounted for the majority of sales in the first quarter, rising to 61% of revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the company said advanced chips, with sizes 7-nanometer or smaller, accounted for about 74% of TSMC&#8217;s total wafer revenue in the quarter. TSMC&#8217;s shipments of advanced chips under 3-nanometers accounted for 25% of total wafer revenue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In semiconductor technology, smaller nanometer sizes signify more compact transistor designs, which lead to greater processing power and efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>At its last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/01\/15\/tsmc-q4-profit-record-ai-chip-demand-nt1-trillion.html\">earnings call in \u200bJanuary<\/a>, the company said it expected its capital spending this year to rise as much as 37% to between $52 billion \u200band $56 billion, \u2060reflecting an expectation that demand will continue to grow. On Thursday, the company said it now expected capex to be at the high end of that range. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted name in business news.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/04\/16\/tsmc-q1-profit-58-percent-ai-chip-demand-record.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company&#8217;s logo is seen in the background beside a printed circuit board. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 58% increase in first-quarter profit, beating estimates and hitting a fresh record as demand for artificial intelligence chips stayed strong. 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