Wei said an upgraded version of the 3nm process - 3nm enhanced (N3E) - is scheduled to start commercial production in the second half of next year. Wei (魏哲家) said at the investor conference that the more advanced 3nm process was scheduled to begin commercial production in the fourth quarter of this year.Īccording to Wei, the development of the 3nm process has been on schedule with a satisfactory yield rate and on the back of solid demand for high-performance computing devices and smartphones, shipments of chips made using the technology will be stable in 2023 and are expected to account for 4-6 percent of its sales next year. The 5-nanometer process is the latest technology that TSMC has launched mass production in, and TSMC CEO C.C. TSMC Q3 net profit hits new high as gross margin improves.Q3 resultsĭuring the July-September period, TSMC posted NT$280.87 billion (US$8.80 billion) in net profits, rising 18.5 percent from a year earlier and soaring 79.7 percent from a year earlier, with earnings per share at NT$10.83, as the company benefited from a weakening Taiwan dollar. In the third quarter alone, its capex reached US$8.75 billion, up 19.2 percent from the second quarter and also up 29.2 percent from a year earlier. In the first nine months of this year, TSMC’s capex totaled about US$25.47 billion, up 18.02 percent from a year earlier. While he did not give any comments on the 2023 capex, Huang said TSMC would review its capex plan from time to time to see whether any change has to be made, and will work closely with its clients. Huang added that specialty processes, such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), embedded flash (eFlash), and CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) image sensors, or CIS, would make up 10-20 percent of the capex. Huang said TSMC would allocate 70-80 percent of its 2022 capex to the development of advanced technologies, and 10 percent to the development of sophisticated packaging and testing services as well as photomask products.
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