A new generation of processes! TSMC's 3nm process will be mass-produced in the second half of the year

The Core Research Institute quoted Internet sources as saying that TSMC recently held a financial briefing for the new year, at which in addition to the data release, TSMC President Wei Zhejia said that the progress of the 3-nanometer process is in line with expectations and will be mass-produced in the second half of this year.

At the same time, he also pointed out that the 3nm process will be mainly used in the field of high-efficiency computing and smart phones, and it is expected that 3nm will be another large-scale generation process after 5nm.

Wei Zhejia said that in order to cope with the strong demand for special processes such as image sensors and non-volatile memory, TSMC will expand its 28nm process production capacity in Chinese mainland, Japan and Taiwan.

In addition, TSMC today released its financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 ended December 31. According to the financial report, TSMC's fourth-quarter consolidated revenue was 438.189 billion yuan (NT$, the same below) (about 15.846 billion US dollars), an increase of 21.2% from 361.533 billion yuan in the same period of the previous year, and a record for the sixth consecutive quarter; net profit was 166.232 billion yuan (about 6.011 billion US dollars), an increase of 16.4% from 142.766 billion yuan in the same period of the previous year.

In the earnings report, TSMC also disclosed that their gross profit margin in the fourth quarter of last year was 52.7%, the operating profit margin was 41.7%, and the net profit margin was 37.9%, all lower than the same period last year, but slightly better than the previous quarter.

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