Major Apple Silicon supplier TSMC posted an 80% surge in third-quarter net profit on Thursday, according to Reuters calculations showed. The Taiwanese chipmaker was buoyed by strong sales of its advanced chips despite a slowdown in the global chip industry because of economic headwinds.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) , the world’s largest contract chipmaker and a major Apple Inc supplier, saw net profit for the July-September period rise to T$280.9 billion ($8.81 billion) from T$156.3 billion a year earlier.
That compared with the T$265.64 billion average of 21 analyst estimates compiled by Refinitiv.
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