{"id":69264,"date":"2026-04-16T05:53:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/tsmc-makes-record-profit-on-sustained-ai-demand\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:54:18","slug":"tsmc-makes-record-profit-on-sustained-ai-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/tsmc-makes-record-profit-on-sustained-ai-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"TSMC makes record profit on sustained AI demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"InlineImage-imageEmbed\" id=\"ArticleBody-InlineImage-108263658\" data-test=\"InlineImage\">\n<div class=\"InlineImage-wrapper\">\n<div>\n<p>The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is visible in the background next to a printed circuit board. <\/p>\n<p>Sopa Images | LightRocket | getty images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday reported a 58% rise in first-quarter profit, beating estimates and setting a new record as demand for artificial intelligence chips remained strong.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the company&#8217;s results versus LSEG SmartEstimates, which are based on analysts&#8217; forecasts that are consistently more accurate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Revenue: 1,134 billion New Taiwan dollars ($35 billion), versus NT$1.127 trillion expected<\/li>\n<li>Net income: NT$572.48 billion, versus NT$543.32 billion <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TSMC&#8217;s net income for the three months ended in March represents its fourth consecutive quarter of record profits. <\/p>\n<p>The company&#8217;s revenue exceeded estimates by NT$1.134 billion. It last week reported a 35% year-over-year increase in first-quarter revenue.<\/p>\n<p>TSMC, Asia&#8217;s largest technology company by market capitalization, has maintained steady demand for advanced semiconductors from its key customers such as Apple, even as concerns remain about supply chain disruptions and the potential impact on demand from the Middle East conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The chip giant has also benefited greatly from the spread of AI, producing advanced processors with designs like <span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-3\">NVIDIA<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" aria-label=\"Add To Watchlist\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"\/><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span>    &#8211; Now the company&#8217;s largest customer &#8211; and AMD. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleBody-googlePreferredSourceContainer\" data-module=\"GooglePreferredSource\" data-id=\"RegularArticle-GooglePreferredSource-5\">Choose CNBC as your favorite source on Google and never miss a moment of the most trusted name in business news.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company is visible in the background next to a printed circuit board. Sopa Images | LightRocket | getty images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. on Thursday reported a 58% rise in first-quarter profit, beating estimates and setting a new record as demand for artificial intelligence chips remained strong. 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