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TSMC sales might rise 25%
Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) is expected to post a 25 percent year-on-year increase in sales in the first quarter of this year to US$12.91 billion, up from US$10.31 billion a year earlier, as its production is at full capacity, market advisory firm TrendForce Corp said in a note last week.
The increase would help TSMC cement its leadership in the industry by taking a 56 percent market share in the global pure wafer foundry business, TrendForce said.
Its forecast was in line with TSMC’s estimate in January, which pointed to a range of US$12.7 billion to US$13 billion for the first quarter.
Silicon Motion to invest NT$4bn to build new facility
By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
Silicon Motion Technology Corp (慧榮科技), the world’s biggest supplier of controllers used in NAND flash memory chips, yesterday said it plans to invest NT$4 billion (US$141.31 million) to build a new headquarters in Hsinchu County’s Jhubei City as chip demand continues to grow.
The NASDAQ-listed company said that it expects robust demand for NAND flash memory chips used in smartphones, PCs and Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications to help fuel growth of its revenue.
Revenue this year is forecast to increase by 20 to 30 percent to US$650 million to US$700 million, from US$539.52 million last year, which was up 17 percent from 2019, Silicon Motion Technology said in a statement.
IF you order a new top-of-the-line sedan in Europe or North America these days, you might find there is a long waiting time unless it’s a less popular model. The sudden car shortage has nothing to do with the spread of the South African or Brazilian strain of the coronavirus. The reason why automakers are not making enough cars and some plants of General Motors, Daimler, Ford, Toyota and Nissan are now idle is an acute shortage of semiconductors, which power functions from brakes to emission controls. “Electrification of vehicles is increasing the content of power chips 10-fold in every car,” notes Pierre Ferragu, an analyst at New Street Research in New York.
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