• 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$125 on the TSE on Thursday, July 24, 2014.

  The company has reported consolidated revenues of NT$60,344 million for June 2014, representing a 0.7% drop on month and 11.7% increase on year.

  For the first quarter of 2014, the company totaled NT$148,215 million in consolidated revenues, up 1.7% sequentially and up 11.7% 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
  25-Jul	31,348	11,357	3,869,770,034	124.50	125.00	122.50	123.00	-2.00	-1.60%	123.00	122.50
  24-Jul	65,681	12,533	8,188,321,375	124.50	125.00	124.00	125.00	+0.50	+0.40%	125.00	124.50
  22-Jul	53,307	12,061	6,611,629,704	123.50	125.00	122.50	124.50	+1.00	+0.81%	124.50	124.00
  21-Jul	58,994	15,070	7,298,292,910	124.00	124.50	122.50	123.50	+0.00	+0.00%	123.50	123.00
  18-Jul	95,711			121.50	124.00	121.50	123.50	-1.00	-0.80%
  17-Jul	136,407	34,862	16,962,234,875	125.00	125.50	123.00	124.50	-6.00	-4.60%	125.00	124.50
  16-Jul	39,184	9,999	5,156,945,108	133.00	133.50	130.00	130.50	-2.50	-1.88%	131.00	130.50

  • Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes

  Latest sales

  TSMC: Consolidated revenues, Jun 2013 - Jun 2014 (NT$m)
  Month	Sales	M/M	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  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%
  Nov-13	44,330	(14.4%)	0.1%	547,343	16.6%
  Oct-13	51,795	(6.5%)	3.6%	503,013	18.3%
  Sep-13	55,382	0.5%	27.6%	451,218	20.2%
  Aug-13	55,091	5.7%	11.2%	395,836	19.3%
  Jul-13	52,103	(3.6%)	7.3%	340,745	20.7%
  Jun-13	54,028	4.3%	24.3%	288,641	23.5%

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, July 2014

  TSMC: Consolidated revenues, 1Q13 - 1Q14 (NT$m)
  Quarter	Sales	Q/Q	Y/Y	YTD	Y/Y
  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%
  2Q-13	155,886	17.4%	21.6%	288,641	23.5%
  1Q-13	132,755	1%	25.7%	132,755	25.7%

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, July 2014

  Latest balance sheet and income statement

  TSMC: Consolidated balance sheet, 1Q13 - 1Q14 (NT$k)
  Item	1Q-2014	4Q-2013	3Q-2013	2Q-2013	1Q-2013
  Current assets	355,890,417	358,486,654	338,210,837	352,462,353	297,751,192
  Intangible assets	12,113,629	11,490,383	11,393,280	11,142,323	11,478,437
  Non-current assets	942,848,864	904,568,323	839,329,378	817,423,101	763,878,534
  Assets	1,298,739,281	1,263,054,977	1,177,540,215	1,169,885,454	1,061,629,726
  Current liabilities	174,397,164	189,777,934	148,284,188	243,631,467	158,206,324
  Non-current liabilities	226,344,016	225,501,958	225,081,266	180,017,716	134,774,317
  Liabilities	400,741,180	415,279,892	373,365,454	423,649,183	292,980,641
  Stockholders' equity	897,998,101	847,775,085	804,174,761	746,236,271	768,649,085

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, July 2014

  TSMC: Consolidated income statement, 1Q13 - 1Q14 (NT$k)
  Item	1Q-2014		4Q-2013		3Q-2013		2Q-2013		1Q-2013
  	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales	NT$k	% of sales
  Operating revenue	148,215,172		145,805,847		162,577,034		155,886,320		132,754,996
  Gross profit (loss) from operations	70,379,079		64,840,737		78,940,570		76,418,800		60,766,270
  Operating expenses	17,874,995		17,134,564		19,260,232		18,792,134		16,376,304
  Operating income (loss)	52,522,360		47,754,218		59,618,054		57,629,082		44,428,009
  Non-operating expenses and losses	779,482		2,618,427		-268,170		2,387,597		1,319,905
  Income from continuing operations before income tax	53,301,842		50,372,645		59,349,884		60,016,679		45,747,914
  Net income (loss)	47,845,778		44,787,139		51,934,752		51,761,503		39,535,543
  Diluted earnings per share (NT$)	1.9		1.7		2		2		1.5

  *Figures are consolidated
  Source: TSE, compiled by Digitimes, July 2014

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