TSMC's Q1 revenue jumps 35% YoY, beats market forecasts

The world's largest contract chipmaker, TSMC, reported first-quarter revenue of T$1.134 trillion ($35.71 billion) on Friday, rising 35% on the year to beat market forecasts on surging interest in ‌artificial intelligence (AI) ⁠applications.

January-March ⁠revenue of T$1.134 trillion compared with T$839.3 billion in the year earlier period. The brief statement gave no other details.

The results topped an LSEG SmartEstimate of T$1.125 billion from 20 analysts, and was in line with TSMC's January guidance of $34.6 ⁠billion to $35.8 ‌billion on its last earnings call. TSMC only gives guidance in U.S. dollars.


TSMC will ⁠report full first-quarter earnings on April 16, including an updated outlook for the current quarter and the full year.

The company, whose customers include Nvidia, has been a major beneficiary of advances in AI, which has more than offset a tapering-off in pandemic-led demand for chips ‌used in consumer electronics like tablets.

TSMC's Taipei-listed shares have gained 29% this year, versus a rise of ⁠22% in the benchmark index. Its shares closed up 2.3% on Friday.

Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and Nvidia's biggest server maker, has also reported bumper sales, with an on-year rise of 30% in first-quarter revenue.

($1=31.7560 Taiwan dollars)