• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (TSMC), established in 1987 with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is best known for dedicated semiconductor foundry business, which is the manufacturer of integrated circuits (ICs) for customers based on their own or third parties' IC designs. 

  The company offers a range of wafer fabrication processes, including embedded non-volatile memory process, embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM) process, mixed signal/ radio frequency (RF) process, high voltage process, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor process, color filter process, micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) process and silicon germanium process, among others.

  The Company's chips are used in computer products, communications products and consumer electronic products. Various fabless high-tech companies such as Qualcomm, Altera, Broadcom, Conexant, Marvell, NVIDIA, and VIA are customers of TSMC.

• Performance

  The company's stock price closed at NT$143.5 on the TSE on Thursday, January 29, 2015.

  The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$69,510 million for December 2014, representing a 3.8% drop on month and 39.9% increase on year.

  For the third quarter of 2014, the company totaled NT$209,050 million in consolidated revenues, up 14.2% sequentially and up 28.6% on year.
  Brief

  Full name: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

  Chinese name: 台灣積體電路製造股份有限公司

  Short name: TSMC

  Arconym: TSMC

  Stock code: 2330

  Country: Taiwan

  Tax ID: 22099131

  Market: TSE

  Established: 21 Feb 1987

  Paid in capital: NT$259.29 billion

  Listed on TSE: 5 Sep 1994

  Website: www.tsmc.com
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• Latest stock

  TSMC [2330] historical stock price (NT$)
  Date	Volume (k)	Transactions	Value	Open	High	Low	Close	Change		Ask	Bid
  30-Jan	43,718	12,507	6,209,789,210	145.00	145.50	141.00	141.00	-2.50	-1.74%	141.50	141.00
  29-Jan	34,459			144.00	145.00	143.00	143.50	-3.00	-2.05%
  28-Jan	45,982	13,043	6,722,450,628	146.50	147.00	145.50	146.50	-0.50	-0.34%	146.50	146.00
  27-Jan	53,363	13,505	7,766,942,038	145.50	147.00	144.50	147.00	+2.00	+1.38%	147.00	146.50
  26-Jan	46,831	12,365	6,757,208,528	145.50	145.50	143.50	145.00	+0.00	+0.00%	145.00	144.50
  23-Jan	82,360	24,817	11,860,880,764	142.50	145.00	142.50	145.00	+5.00	+3.57%	145.00	144.50

  • Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

  Latest sales

  TSMC: Consolidated revenues, Dec 2013 - Dec 2014 (NT$m)
  Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  Dec-14	69,510	(3.8%)	39.9%	762,806	27.8%
  Nov-14	72,275	(10.5%)	63%	693,296	26.7%
  Oct-14	80,736	7.9%	55.9%	621,022	23.5%
  Sep-14	74,846	8%	35.1%	540,285	19.7%
  Aug-14	69,279	6.7%	25.8%	465,439	17.6%
  Jul-14	64,925	7.6%	24.6%	396,161	16.3%
  Jun-14	60,344	(0.7%)	11.7%	331,236	14.8%
  May-14	60,789	(1.8%)	17.4%	270,892	15.5%
  Apr-14	61,887	23.9%	23.6%	210,103	14.9%
  Mar-14	49,956	6.7%	13.2%	148,215	11.7%
  Feb-14	46,829	(9%)	13.7%	98,259	10.9%
  Jan-14	51,430	3.5%	8.4%	51,430	8.4%
  Dec-13	49,681	12.1%	33.7%	597,024	17.8%

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, February 2015

  TSMC: Consolidated revenues, 3Q13 - 3Q14 (NT$m)
  Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  3Q-14	209,050	14.2%	28.6%	540,285	19.7%
  2Q-14	183,020	23.5%	17.4%	331,236	14.8%
  1Q-14	148,215	1.7%	11.7%	148,215	11.7%
  4Q-13	145,806	(10.3%)	10.9%	597,024	17.8%
  3Q-13	162,577	4.3%	14.9%	451,218	20.2%

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, February 2015

  Latest balance sheet and income statement

  TSMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 3Q13 - 3Q14 (NT$k)
  Item	3Q-2014	2Q-2014	1Q-2014	4Q-2013	3Q-2013
  Current assets	476,230,199	459,199,555	355,890,417	358,486,654	338,210,837
  Intangible assets	11,942,249	11,433,307	12,113,629	11,490,383	11,393,280
  Non-current assets	873,764,641	885,845,212	942,848,864	904,568,323	839,329,378
  Assets	1,349,994,840	1,345,044,767	1,298,739,281	1,263,054,977	1,177,540,215
  Current liabilities	172,248,167	246,635,077	174,397,164	189,777,934	148,284,188
  Non-current liabilities	221,188,422	221,449,396	226,344,016	225,501,958	225,081,266
  Liabilities	393,436,589	468,084,473	400,741,180	415,279,892	373,365,454
  Stockholders' equity	956,558,251	876,960,294	897,998,101	847,775,085	804,174,761

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, February 2015

  TSMC: Consolidated income statement, 3Q13 - 3Q14 (NT$k)
  Item	3Q-2014		2Q-2014		1Q-2014		4Q-2013		3Q-2013
  	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
  Operating revenue	209,049,734		183,020,484		148,215,172		145,805,847		162,577,034
  Gross profit (loss) from operations	105,581,570	50.5%	91,197,294	49.8%	70,379,079	47.5%	64,840,737	44.5%	78,940,570	48.6%
  Operating expenses	21,141,080	10.1%	20,251,755	11.1%	17,874,995	12.1%	17,134,564	11.8%	19,260,232	11.8%
  Operating income (loss)	84,431,984	40.4%	70,713,919	38.6%	52,522,360	35.4%	47,754,218	32.8%	59,618,054	36.7%
  Non-operating expenses and losses	949,208	0.5%	3,384,201	1.8%	779,482	0.5%	2,618,427	1.8%	-268,170	-0.2%
  Income from continuing operations before income tax	85,381,192	40.8%	74,098,120	40.5%	53,301,842	36%	50,372,645	34.5%	59,349,884	36.5%
  Net income (loss)	76,304,606	36.5%	59,659,857	32.6%	47,845,778	32.3%	44,787,139	30.7%	51,934,752	31.9%
  Diluted earnings per share (NT$)	2.9		2.3		1.9		1.7		2

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, February 2015

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