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Market Cap:$53.8B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$9.9B
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Wafers anyone? Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (NYSE: TSM (ADR) Taiwan) is the first and largest dedicated semiconductor foundry. It deals with integrated circuits, other semiconductor devices, and the manufacture of masks. It makes chips for manufacturers such as Philips and Motorola and fabless chip companies such as Broadcom and NVIDIA. It offers various wafer fabrication and processing services. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, this NTD266 billion company employs about 20,100 people. In March 2006 the company was named a recipient of Intel Corporation's Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel's success.
Number of Employees 21,496
Contact Information
8 Li Hsin Road 6 Science-Based Industrial Park
Hsinchu 300
(886) 3 563 6688
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413
Recent Events
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TSMC: Won't Intervene In SMIC Operations Or Join SMIC Board
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Bank of America Downgrades Taiwan Semiconductor TSM to Neutral
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TAIWAN'S CHIP INDUSTRY TYCOON GRATEFUL OVER DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
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Can AMD keep an upper hand on Nvidia in graphics chip war?
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FBR Capital Upgrades Taiwan Semiconductor TSM to Outperform
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TSMC OKs Spending US$2.5 Billion On Advanced Technology Plants
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Chip stocks fall on downgrade, CEOs talk recovery
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SMIC to settle lawsuit with TSMC in cash and shares -source
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Taiwan chip co TSMC settles secrets-theft lawsuit with China's SMIC
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Infineon and TSMC sign new development and production partnership agreement
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NetLogic Microsystems Announces Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results
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PLX Technology Completes First Design on Advanced 40nm Process Technology
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ARM vs. Atom: The battle for the next digital frontier
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TSMC Forms New Units, Names Executives To Boost Efficiency, Strengthen Customer Base
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TSMCs 40nm Revenues Quadruple in the Third Quarter.
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Taiwan Semi TSM Downgrade Alert, Watch for 0% Technical Uptrend Reversal
News & Analysis
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Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator At this time we will open the floor for questions. (Operator's Instructions) The first question comes from the line of Pranab Sumar with Daiwa Securities. Pranab Sumar - Daiwa Securities Thank you for taking my questions. First question is for Dr. Chang. What is...
Taiwan Semi Pushing Hard to Fill Spots for Solar, Lights
Greentech Media submits: By Michael Kanellos Employment continues to be difficult, but qualified engineers might want to remember these four letters: TSMC. by Greentech Media
UMC, Another Chip Company with a Solar Fund
Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang The United Microelectronic Corp. UMC plans to set up a company to invest in solar and LED lighting in order to expand beyond the traditional semiconductor industry. by Greentech Media
TSMC buys stake in Neo Solar
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company TSMC is paying Powerchip Semiconductor an estimated USD21.3m for a 9.7% stake in Neo Solar Power. The acquisition follows news from earlier this month that TSMC's board has given approval to invest USD50m in social energy. Neo Solar, also based...
Taiwan Semi Sets Aside $50M for Solar Business
Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM has long discussed getting into the solar business. Now its board of directors has backed up the talks with money. On Tuesday, it set aside $50 million for "possible use in solar" investments. by Greentech Media
Taiwan Semi Goes Shopping for Solar
Greentech Media submits: By Ucilia Wang Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. TSM has dominated the contract chipmaker business for years. Now it's eyeing the solar market and wants to buy its way in. by Greentech Media
Taiwan Semi Q2: Beats Estimates, Announces Big Jump in Capex
Reversing a “sell-on-the-news” trend in the contract semiconductor market, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing TSM Thursday morning announced results for its Q2 that beat analysts’ estimates for sales and profit, announced a huge jump in projected capital expenditures, and the stock actually rose. TSM was up 75 cents, or 7.4%,...
Taiwan Semiconductor Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg. Co. Ltd. TSM Q2 2009 Earnings Call July 30, 2009 8:00 am ET
Taiwan Semiconductor Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Randy Abrams with Credit Suisse. Randy Abrams - Credit Suisse Good evening. This afternoon, Morris, you laid out that new ventures could potentially be a NT$10 billion to NT$15 billion opportunity for things like solar...
Taiwan Semi's Brightening Outlook
Vincent Fernando submits: As markets come down and Nouriel Roubini talks of yellow weeds over green shoots, I figured it was useful to still point out some positive news despite it being a bit passé. Taiwan Semiconductor TSM, the top dog when it comes to independent semi-conductor foundries, has...
| Volume | 9,168,509 |
| Shares Outstanding | 5.1B |
| Market Cap | 53.8B |
| Year High | 11.94 |
| Year Low | 5.80 |
| Earnings Per Share | 0.3996 |
| P/E Ratio | 26.0009 |
| Dividend | 0.3646 |
| Yield | 3.50 |
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