TAIPEI: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) reported a sixth straight quarter of record sales, buoyed by unrelenting demand by Apple Inc and other customers for chips produced by the world’s largest foundry.
Revenue for the December quarter jumped 21% to 438.2 billion Taiwanese dollars (US$15.8bil or RM66.60bil), according to monthly figures released by TSMC yesterday. That compared with the 436.2 billion Taiwanese dollars (RM66.3bil) consensus estimate and the company’s own forecast of sales of as much as US$15.7bil (RM65.99bil).