THELOGICALINDIAN - The worlds better absolute semiconductor architect Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC has appear almanac sales during March 2024 TSMCs admiral has attributed the companys achievement in allotment to appeal for the accouterments appropriate to abundance cryptocurrencies
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World’s Largest Semiconductor Manufacturer Reports Record Sales
During a contempo shareholder appointment call, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing aggregation announced revenues of 248 billion TWD (approximately $8.46 billion USD) during the aboriginal division of 2018 – a 6.1 percent year-on-year increase.
The aggregation additionally afresh appear that March comprised the best assuming ages in TMSC’s history, with the aggregation advertisement about $3.5 billion USD in acquirement in March alone. TMSC’s March profits comprised almost 41 percent of the company’s balance during Q1 2018.
Cryptocurrency Mining Drives Demand for TSMC Chips
C.C. Wei, the TSMC’s admiral and co-chief controlling administrator (CEO), has declared cryptocurrency mining as a notable disciplinarian of appeal for TSMC’s products, advertence that “These after-effects were mainly apprenticed by able appeal from high-performance accretion such as cryptocurrency mining.”
Mark Liu, TSMC’s added co-CEO, bidding the company’s apprehension that appeal from the cryptocurrency mining industry will abide to be able throughout 2024, admitting anticipating bargain sales for its 28mm chip. “We see actual able appeal in the aboriginal division from cryptocurrencies. During the additional quarter, while we do see some weakness in the 28mm chip, the [demand for] the blow of the technology is still actual able on cryptocurrency,” said Mr. Liu.
Despite the absorbing achievement during March, overall, TSMC performed hardly beneath expectations during the aboriginal division of 2024, with the company’s balance per allotment of 59 U.S cents falling aloof one cent beneath accord estimates.
TSMC Stock Prices Fall Amid Decreasing Smartphone Demand
Despite the almanac achievement in March, TSMC shares accept accomplished a slump in contempo days, as crumbling appeal for smartphones prompted the aggregation to acclimatize its end of year acquirement prediction. TSMC now anticipates advance of 10 percent during 2018, bottomward from its antecedent anticipation of 15 percent.
Medhi Hosseini, an analyst for Susquehanna Financial Group, has stated: “We are blurred our estimates for [TSMC] to annual for a steeper-than-expected account assimilation by exceptional smartphone customers, decidedly Apple.”
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