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TSMC first-quarter profit rises 58%, beats estimates as AI demand fuels record run

Cnbc · · 593 words · By Dylan Butts
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“Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company on Thursday reported a 58% increase in first-quarter profit”
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Two independent cross-references from CNBC explicitly state that TSMC reported a 58% increase in first-quarter profit on Thursday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Che-Chia Wei (Chinese: 魏哲家; pinyin: Wèi Zhéjiā; born 1953) is a Taiwanese business executive and electrical engineer who is the president, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of Taiwan Semicon…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che-Chia_Wei
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Taiwan Semiconductor or TSMC) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TSMC Arizona is a semiconductor manufacturing complex in Phoenix, Arizona, United States built by TSMC. Its chip fabrication plants are the first built in the United States and with a total US$ 165 bi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC_Arizona
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“Revenue: 1.134 trillion new Taiwan dollars ($35 billion), vs. NT$1.127 trillion expected”
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Multiple web search results confirm the first-quarter revenue was NT$1.134 trillion (approximately $35.71 billion).
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web search NEUTRAL — What drove TSMC's record-breaking first-quarter revenue surge? January-March revenue reached T$1.134 trillion ($35.71 billion) compared with T$839.3 billion in the same period a year earlier, TSMC sai…
https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/tsmcs-…
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web search NEUTRAL — TSMC Beats Estimates With Strong First-Quarter Sales. TSMC said first-quarter revenue reached T$1.134 trillion, or about $35.71 billion, based on its monthly sales update released on Friday.
https://www.analyticsinsight.net/news/tsmc-q1-revenue-jumps-…
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web search NEUTRAL — For the entire first quarter of 2026, revenue totaled 1.1341 trillion NT dollars, representing a 35.1 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/tsmc-grows-more-than-expected-in-…
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“Net income: NT$572.48 billion, vs. NT$543.32 billion”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm or deny the specific net income figures of NT$572.48 billion or the estimate of NT$543.32 billion.
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“TSMC's net income of NT$572.48 billion for the three months ended in March represented a fourth consecutive quarter of record profits.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general company descriptions and history, but does not mention the specific net income figure or the record of four consecutive quarters of profit.
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web search NEUTRAL — TSMC constitutes about 30 percent of the Taiwan Stock Exchange 's main index. [14][15] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was established in 1987 as a joint venture between Taiwan’s gov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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web search NEUTRAL — TSMC has been the world's dedicated semiconductor foundry since 1987, and we support a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry's leading process technology and portfolio …
https://www.tsmc.com/english
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) is the world’s first and largest independent foundry for semiconductor chips. Headquartered in Hsin-chu, Taiwan, TSMC was founded in…
https://www.britannica.com/money/Taiwan-Semiconductor-Manufa…
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“The chipmaker had first reported the 35% year-on-year rise in first-quarter revenue last week.”
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A web search result from Hartware explicitly states that first-quarter revenue increased 35.1% year-over-year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — TSMC Arizona is a semiconductor manufacturing complex in Phoenix, Arizona, United States built by TSMC. Its chip fabrication plants are the first built in the United States and with a total US$ 165 bi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC_Arizona
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In semiconductor manufacturing, the "3 nm process" is the next die shrink after the "5 nm" MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) technology node. South Korean chipmaker Samsung st…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_nm_process
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (Taiwan Semiconductor or TSMC) is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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“TSMC, Asia's largest technology company by market capitalization”
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Wikipedia evidence describes TSMC as 'one of the world's largest non-U.S. companies by market capitalization'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park, it is one of the world's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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web search NEUTRAL — List of the largest tech companies by market capitalization, all rankings are updated daily.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/tech/largest-tech-companies-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Largest Companies in the World as of Jan. 01, 2026. 1. Nvidia. Company Profile: Nvidia Corporation Market Cap (USD): $4.598 T Country: United States Sector: US Technology Industry: US Semiconductors.
https://disfold.com/world/companies/
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“producing advanced processors designed by the likes of Nvidia — now the company's largest customer.”
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Two independent cross-references from CNBC confirm that Nvidia has surpassed Apple as TSMC's largest customer.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Apple is TSMC's second-largest customer, topped only by Nvidia
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/08/intel-stock-apple-chip-deal.…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia recently dethroned Apple as TSMC's biggest customer.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/apple-promotes-chip-lead-sro…
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“TSMC forecast full-year 2026 revenue growth of more than 30% year over year in U.S. dollar terms.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that TSMC forecasts approximately 30% revenue growth in 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ryzen family is an x86-64 microprocessor family from AMD, based on the Zen microarchitecture. The Ryzen lineup includes Ryzen 3, Ryzen 5, Ryzen 7, Ryzen 9, and Ryzen Threadripper with up to 96 cor…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing, Inc. (JASM) is a joint-venture, which is majority-owned by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and minority-owned by Sony Semiconductor So…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Advanced_Semiconductor_M…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Panther Lake is the codename for Core Ultra Series 3 mobile processors developed by Intel. The architecture was launched in January 2026 at CES 2026. It succeeds and extends Lunar Lake and is designed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panther_Lake_(microprocessor)
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“it projected second-quarter revenue of $39 billion to $40.2 billion, representing a 10% sequential increase.”
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Two separate web search results confirm the projected second-quarter revenue of $39 billion to $40.2 billion, representing a 10% sequential increase.
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web search NEUTRAL — TSMC projected second-quarter (2Q) revenue of $39 billion to $40.2 billion, representing a 10% sequential increase. ASML Earnings - Sales to China in Decline.
https://www.semiconductorthings.com/p/the-semiconductor-boom…
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web search NEUTRAL — The immediate catalyst is TSMC’s Q2 2026 earnings release, expected in mid-July. Revenue guidance of $39.0 billion to $40.2 billion represents approximately 10% sequential growth from Q1.
https://za.investing.com/analysis/tsmc-the-ai-infrastructure…
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web search NEUTRAL — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited is a Taiwanese multinational semiconductor contract manufacturing and design company. Headquartered in Hsinchu Science Park, it is one of the world's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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“TSMC's high-performance computing division, which includes AI and 5G applications, accounted for the majority of sales in the first quarter, rising to 61% of revenue.”
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The provided evidence for this claim contains general company history and descriptions, but does not mention the 61% revenue share for the high-performance computing division.
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) is the world’s first and largest independent foundry for semiconductor chips. Headquartered in Hsin-chu, Taiwan, TSMC was founded in…
https://www.britannica.com/money/Taiwan-Semiconductor-Manufa…
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web search NEUTRAL — TSMC constitutes about 30 percent of the Taiwan Stock Exchange 's main index. [14][15] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) was established in 1987 as a joint venture between Taiwan’s gov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC
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web search NEUTRAL — TSMC has been the world's dedicated semiconductor foundry since 1987, and we support a thriving ecosystem of global customers and partners with the industry's leading process technology and portfolio …
https://www.tsmc.com/english
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“advanced chips, defined as 7-nanometer or smaller, made up about 74% of TSMC's total wafer revenue in the quarter.”
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“Shipments of advanced chips under 3-nanometers accounted for 25%.”
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“executives said the company was adding an advanced chip fabrication plant in Tainan, Taiwan”
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“At its last earnings call in January, the company said it expected capital spending this year to rise as much as 37% to between $52 billion and $56 billion”
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“The company said Thursday it now expects capex to be at the high end of that range.”
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