IT Home According to news on January 13, TSMC held an online corporate briefing in the afternoon. President Wei Zhejia said that the development progress of the 3-nanometer process is in line with expectations and will be mass-produced in the second half of this year.
Wei Zhejia pointed out that the 3-nanometer process will be mainly used in high-efficiency computing and smartphone fields. predicts that 3-nanometer will be another large-scale generation process after 5-nanometer. Wei Zhejia said that in response to the strong demand for special processes such as image sensors and non-volatile memory, TSMC will expand its 28nm process production capacity in mainland China, Japan and Taiwan.
In addition, TSMC Chief Financial Officer Huang Renzhao mentioned that TSMC spent US$30 billion in capital expenditures last year to support the growth needs of customers. In the fourth quarter, TSMC had accumulated US$8 billion in customer advances. He also pointed out that TSMC’s capital expenditure last year was US$30 billion, and this year it plans to spend US$40 billion to US$44 billion, of which 70% to 80% includes advanced processes such as 2 nanometers, about 10% is used for photomasks and advanced packaging, and the rest is mature processes. invest.
IT House learned that TSMC announced its fourth quarter performance report for 2021 today. In the fourth quarter of 2021, TSMC’s revenue was NT$438.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21.2%; net profit was NT$166.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%.
