Lifted in toto from Reuters, October 16:
TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, posted a 39.1% jump in third-quarter net profit on Thursday, beating market forecasts and hitting a record as it benefited from surging demand for semiconductors used in artificial intelligence applications.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (2330.TW), whose customers include Nvidia (NVDA.O) and Apple (AAPL.O), saw July-September net profit rise to T$452.3 billion ($14.76 billion).
The profit handily beat a T$417.7 billion LSEG SmartEstimate, which is weighted toward forecasts from analysts who are more consistently accurate.($1 = 30.6390 Taiwan dollars)
And more to come.
